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Teaching Ale Update
After a few (far too many) weeks, we finally re-racked the Teaching Ale. It was fairly straightforward. Just as before, we meticulously cleaned and sanitized everything that will touch the young beer. We cleaned the keg and a hose. To siphon the beer, we first moved the carboy to a the counter and the keg […]
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Mark VI – American Pils “B-Day Brew”
Mitch and I had our hearts set on brewing up a SweetWater IPA clone, but Hop City’s homebrew supplies were nearly cleaned out. We still wanted to brew so we threw together a recipe based loosely around Whitey’s Pale Ale. Brewed the day before my birthday (9/20/2009). The actual recipe bears nearly no semblance to […]
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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 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 […]