Well I haven't updated this for a while. I kinda ran out of extra money so I haven't been brewing as much as I would like. I brewed a few more Mr. Beer kits I got as a gift with relative success. They all came out drinkable but not great. And I've made some more Apfelwein. That stuff is great. My second batch came out even better than the first, which was pretty good. I made some flavored apfelwein as well. One gallon each of lemon, cherry, raspberry, and grape. All I did was add a can of 100% juice concentrate to the recipe. I've got them bottled and ageing. They tasted pretty promising (and boozy) at bottling time.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
I'm Back...ish
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Brewed and bottled
Well I didn't get the Irish Red Ingredients ordered in time for St. Patrick's Day. I did however have some Mr. Beer kits that my mom got for me on sale. Thanks Mom. I made two of them. I used some dry malt extract with the cans of Mr. Beer extract to make it all malt (instead of using the corn sugar that comes with the kit) and I steeped some grains I had left over. I'm sure they are now no longer the correct style but they should still be good. One is a Canadian Drought that I added some crystal 40 to (should give it a slight caramel and toasty flavor) and the other is a Oktoberfest beer that I added crystal 40 and chocolate malt to (should give it a slight caramel flavor with a lot of toastyness and some bitterness).
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Finally the Reward
I tried my first batch the other day. It came out very good. Not my favorite style very good indeed. I guess that means I have succeeded at what I set out to do. Hooray for me!! I'm going to order the ingredients for my next batch this week. I'm going to make an Irish red ale for St. Patrick's day. I'm going to use both fermenters and make a full 5 gallons. As soon as I get the ingredients I'll bottle the amber/brown ale and the cider and get brewing. I can't wait.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
A face-lift, a scary moment, and success
First of all I would like to thank Sara for the updated layout and blog counter. The two of you should have much more fun reading it now.
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Labels: bad yeast, beer, graff, new equipment, Nottingham, success
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New Beer!!!
So I had an unexpected day off yesterday (hope you feel better soon Sara) so I decided to bottle and brew a couple days early. My first batch tastes pretty good. It's quietly sitting in my closet getting carbonated. A couple weeks and I can start tasting it, although a couple more after that will make it better.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Late update
Well a week came and went. I tried my beer. It was pretty good. It actually tasted like beer!!!! Yay. I resisted the urge to bottle it right away. All my research has told me to let it ferment for at least 2 weeks before you bottle it. Well I work every day until Thursday so that makes it easy. Thursday is bottle and brew day!!! I'm going to bottle whats in my fermenter and brew my next batch. I couldn't be more excited. I'm still tweaking my next recipe but I think I've got it figured out. It should be a fairly hoppy brown/amber ale. I'm shooting for amber but I have no idea what I'm doing so...we'll see.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Foam!!
So my beer is getting foam on top. Not as much as I expected but the yeast is defiantly alive and doing something. Hopefully making beer.
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Labels: beer, foam, homebrewing