Green Pacific IPA

Brewing this IPA up today. Used the 5.2 PH in both the strike and sparge water. Mashed at 152 for 60 mins.

English Stout

Brewing up an English Stout for Learn to Homebrew Day!! Used 5 gals of strike water and 4 gals of sparge water both with the 5.2 pH stabilizer. Mashed at a low 146°F. Boiled for 75 mins. Added the Nugget hops at 60 mins ( half pellet/half whole cone). Got an OG of 1.074

4C IPA

Just brewed this today. OG of 1.074.

Barrel Harbor

Visited another brewery over the weekend but it looks like two more opened!!! Plan 9 Alehouse in Escondido and Two Kids Brewing in Mira Mesa are now open. This is a picture of Barrel Harbor. They had six beers on tap.

Hess Brewing North Park

Visited here last Saturday 9/14 and had some tasters. A set of 5 4.5 oz for $14 which includes a glass.

Pumpkin Ale

Brewed up some pumpkin ale from a recipe in the Sep/Oct 2013 issue of Zymurgy. I used two cans of Libby's pumpkin at 29 oz each and 12 oz of maple syrup and 16 oz of honey. OG of 1.064

I used some dry Windsor yeast and it started bubbling in in less than 9 hours.

Coconut Porter

Just brewed up a Coconut Porter and got an OG of 1.064. I will toast the coconut at about 325 degrees for 20 mins and add it in the secondary.

Citra/Amarillo/Simcoe IPA

Just made this yesterday and hit O.G. right on target at 1.064 Added 1oz Simcoe at 60, 1 oz Simcoe at 20, 1/2 oz each Citra and Amarillo at 10 and then again at 5 Going to dry hop 1 oz each Citra and Amarillo in secondary for a week.

Three more San Diego Breweries Visited

Checked off three more San Diego breweries on the current list of 70. Visited Indian Joe Brewing up in Vista first. They had  a nice Hazelnut Chocolate Stout and a nice American Indian IPA that I liked #10 on this list.

Next up was Belchin Beaver Brewery and they had Ol' Dirty Barrel a RIS aged in Rye Bourbon barrels for 7 months. Nice flavor and not too overpowering on the bourbon taste.

Next was Stumblefoot Brewing Co. and they had Otay Chipotle Stout which had a mild heat that went well with the stout flavour.

Cascade Pale Ale

Just brewed this and got an OG of 1.06 with 5.25 gals. Looking to make a nice hoppy low-alcohol summer pale ale.

Saint Archer Brewery

Visited Saint Archer Brewery yesterday. One more down on the list! Really loved the Pale Ale.

Scotch Ale

Brewed this up on Memorial Day and it started fermenting in about 6-8 hours!

This is my first attempt at a Scotch Ale. I hope the Victory malt adds a nice flavor.

Culture brewery in Solana Beach

Visited the brewery on Sunday and tasted the pale ale and IPA. Really liked the IPA!!. They were out of the Imperial IPA, guess I will try that next time. The wife had the brown and the Imperial stout, they were just OK, nothing special.

I just checked Westcoaster web site and it now shows 69 active breweries.  They sure are making my quest to visit all the San Diego breweries a challenge! !

Two more San Diego breweries down

Visited two more breweries and a tasting room in my quest to visit all 66 San Diego breweries. First up was Intergalactic Brewing. Alex had some nice beers on tap. The unique beer I liked was the Smoked Ale. Great job for a one man show!

Next up was the Poor House Brewing on 30th St. The beer is served in mason jars. Not bad beer, more like a neighborhood bar than a brewery. Nice touch with free pretzels and peanuts on request.

Then just down the street is the Belching Beaver tasting room. The beer was good with a nice selection. See the picture for more details.

Poor House Brewing

Belching Beaver Brewing tasting room on 30th

Intergalactic Brewing with owner Alex behind the counter

PQ Homebrewers

Anybody interested in forming a homebrew club in Rancho Penasquitos/Carmel Mountain Ranch/4s Ranch in the San Diego area? My idea is a small club or 4 or 5 brewers where we can alternate at each others house and share recipes, techniques and of course drink some beer!!!! E-mail me at Mark.Hazelwood@aol.com if interested.

Palm Sugar Brown Recipe

Just brewed this over the weekend.

Added the palm sugar at the end of the boil. This stuff is fermenting like crazy!!

All Grain Brewing Cost

Just brewed a CitraSim Imperial IPA and I wanted to show the cost of brewing an all-grain batch

• 12 lbs of 2 row @ $.90/lb = $10.80
• .75 lb of Crystal 40L @ $1.89/lb = $1.42
• .50 lb of Carapils @ $1.89/lb = $.95
• 1.5 lbs of Trader Joe's Turbinado sugar = $3.49
• 2 oz of Citra hops = $3.95
• 2 oz of Simcoe hops =$3.95
• 1 package of US-05 dry yeast = $4.50

Total = $29.06

So 5 gals of beer for ingredient cost of $29.06, not a bad deal. Ballast Point brewery sells their basic beers for $70 for a 5-gal keg.

Quest for All San Diego Breweries

Hit two more San Diego breweries, Rip Current and Prohibition breweries. Will definitely be going back to each of these breweries. Rip Current had 11 beers on tap. Four were Porter or Stout. Prohibition had 6 of their own beers on tap. The food here smelled great. I will have to come back again to try the food.

CitraSim IPA

Going to brew this recipe tomorrow.  Adding 1 oz of Citra at 60 mins and 1 oz of Simcoe at 10 mins and dry hopping 1 oz of each.

Typical All Grain Brew Day

This is a typical all-grain brew day for me.

• 0800 - Start - heat strike water, mill grains
• 0830 - Mash begins
• 0930 - Mash ends, begin sparge
• 1000 - Boil begins
• 1100 - Boil ends, cooling begins
• 1140 - Cooled to 80 degrees, add yeast
• 1205 - Finished with all cleanup and stored all equipment