Homebrewing

About two years ago I decided to try homebrewing after watching a show on the History channel. My first batch was an extract kit. Now most batches are partial mash or all grain. I'll get into this more later. I'll also add some of my favorite recipes.

Recipes

All Recipes are for a 5 gallon batch. I typically add 1 Tbs Gypsum in the beginning and 2 Tbs Irish moss at the end. (not included in ingredient list)

I'm leaving out most instructions and techniques with the assumption the reader knows how to steep, sparge, mash, lager, etc.

Apricot Ale

3# Light DME

3# Rice DME

1/2oz Hallertau - bittering

1oz Hallertau - aroma

4oz Apricot flavoring

1 pk dry yeast

60 min boil

add 1oz hops at beginning

add 1oz hops 50 min into boil

add Apricot flavoring to 2nd ferm.

Highly carbonate the brew - best when like champagne.

Smoked Porter

4# Smoked malt (Weyermann)

1/4# Chocolate malt

1/2# Black patent malt

5# Amber DME

1oz Kent Golding - bittering (beginning of 90 min boil )

1/2oz Willamette - flavoring (45 min)

1/2oz Kent Golding - aroma (10min)

WLP001 - yeast

OG 1.072 FG 1.018

Chocolate Cherry Stout

1# 90L

1/2# Black Patent

1/2# Roasted Barley (45 min @ 400 degrees - flaked barley)

3.3# Dark LME- John bull

4# Dark DME

6oz Coco - added at flame out

2# Fresh sweet cherries - added at flame out

3# frozen sour cherries - added at flame out

1oz Perle - beginning of boil

1oz Willamette 45 min into boil

WLP001 Yeast

This has to be the tastiest beer I've ever had - Highly recommended

On Tap: Imperial Russian Stout (taxman), Irish Red, Barleywine(Utopia clone), Spiced porter
Bottled: Irish Red, Lambic, Peach Lambic, Dead Guy clone
2nd Ferm: Smoked Porter
Brewing soon: 2 Hearted Ale, Hopslam, Apricot ale,
Yeast culture: from Hopslam

Java Stout

3# Lager malt

3# 2 row Pale malt

1# Munich

1/2# Chocolate malt

1/2# Roasted barley - non malted

1/2# 90L

1/2# Carapils

2oz Lactose - added just before flame out

12oz Espresso - brewed with 20 cups water - added just before flame out

1oz Tettnang - beginning of 90 min boil

1oz northern - 15 min before end

WLP810 - yeast

OG 1.046 FG 1.018

Golden Draak

9.9# Muntons extra light LME

3# Belgian pale malt

1# Wheat malt

14oz 60L

1/4# Belgian Aromatic malt

3oz Belgian Caramunich malt

2oz Belgian Biscuit

1/2# Belgian clear candi sugar

12oz honey

1oz Northern - beginning of 90 boil

1/4oz Styria golding - 15 min before flame out

WLP570

OG1.098 FG 1.005

This is not a beer for wimps - it will catch up to you fast!

2 Hearted Ale - coming soon

And more!

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