I brewed it today with 4.5 gals of strike water at 175 and 4 gals of sparge water at 170. Got a OG of 1.055 I am going to let it set in the primary for 1 week and the secondary also for 1 week.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Nelson Sauvin IPA
Picked up some Nelson Sauvin hops at What Ales Ya while over in Phoenix. Going to make an IPA with 12 lbs of 2-row, 2 lbs of crystal 40 and 2 oz of the Nelson Sauvin hops
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Kegging of the Stone Russian Imperial Stout
Left the beer in the secondary fermenter for two weeks and then got a FG of 1.025
Tasted it and you can definitely taste the alcohol !!
Got it in a 5 gal keg and will save it until St Patrick's day, three weeks away.
How long should I age this beer in the future? Six months? Anybody have any thoughts?
Friday, February 18, 2011
Recipe for the Stone Russian Imperial Stout Clone
OK, here's what I bought to make the beer.
16 lbs - 2-row
2lbs - amber
1 lb - roasted barley
1 lb -black malt
2 0z - Warrior hops
1 packet of Safale S-04 English Ale yeast
Used 5 gals of strike water at 170° F and mashed for only 30 mins
Sparged with 4 gals at 175°F almost another 30 minutes for this.
Collected almost 7 gals of wort. Boiled and added the Warrior hops for 60 minutes.
Cooled and got a OG of 1.09
Primary fermentation for one week. It is now in the secondary fermenter and I will keep it in there for two weeks.
During the boil
Friday, February 4, 2011
Home Brews & Gardens
Picking up some ingredients to make some stout this weekend to be ready by St Patrick's day. Making a clone of Stone's Imperial Russian Stout.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Brewing Software
I am using Brewtarget software for my beer recipes. It works on my Windows XP netbook and my Linux Mint 8 desktop. It is open source and works on Windows, Linux and Mac and can export and import recipes in BeerXML format.
New All Grain Setup
Just brewed my first all grain IPA on the new setup. Used a combination of this link http://members.shaw.ca/Fly_Guy/mlt.htm and the stainless steel false bottom from this one http://www.homebrewingadventures.com/wordpress/?p=443 to create the MLT.
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