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MARK V – Leftover Ale
After doing four batches we had a few leftover ingredients. From those was born this ale. Brewed July 23, 2009 9:45 PM 8.5 ounces crystal malt 90 lovibond in grain bag placed into 2.5 gallons bottled spring water in the wort pot. Began heating wort to 160-170° F. 10:14 PM Wort at 160° F. Kept […]
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MARK IV – Whitey’s Gone Fishin’ Pale Ale
This one is in bottles right now! It was loosely based on “Whitey’s Gone Fishin’ Pale Ale” found in The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. Again, we couldn’t help but make some changes. Brewed July 12, 2009 6:45 PM Two gallons of bottled spring water, six pounds golden light Briss malt extract, 0.6 lbs Alexander’s Sun […]
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MARK III – American Amber Ale
This was our first beer where we constructed the recipe ourselves. It is loosely modeled after an American Ale from the Complete Joy of Homebrewing. We of course made some changes. Brewed May 13, 2009 9:10PM 8oz crystal malt added to 2.5 gallons of water. Water temp brought to 160-170 degrees Fahrenheit. Yeast pouch activated […]
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MARK II – Brewer’s Best English Brown Ale
Better than Mark I, still had some off flavors. Suspect this is from pouring the wort over two gallons of commercial ice to cool it.
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MARK I – Brewer’s Best American Ale
For our first recipe, we chose a “kit” (like making a cake from a box) from Brewer’s Best – and American Ale. This was a good call. Though it turns out that you can essentially completely make up a recipe, starting with a kit built confidence to develop our own brews. The first batch, brewed […]