almost a pound from last harvest:
...thawing out the freezer right now, so these guys are going to get used up asap. My two surviving hops plants have just begun to flower this week here. A few batches of beer to come soon. Cheers!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Relax...Have a Homebrew!
my outdoor burner...ready to get brewing:
almost a pound from last harvest:
...thawing out the freezer right now, so these guys are going to get used up asap. My two surviving hops plants have just begun to flower this week here. A few batches of beer to come soon. Cheers!
almost a pound from last harvest:...thawing out the freezer right now, so these guys are going to get used up asap. My two surviving hops plants have just begun to flower this week here. A few batches of beer to come soon. Cheers!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
BIG BREW
big brew 2009 hosted by the Santa Fe brewing co.
aeration of the wort
brewers and brew kettles:
chocolate "bunny" porter, IPA, raspberry beer, and a tongue twister ale.
patent pending:
elaborate wort chiller
stilts
brew house
spent grain, going to feed the horses that were giving people rides
hot and cold hoses:
homebrewers brewing in a commercial brewhaus
large and in charge
escaped balloon:
loading dock
one batch in three carboys
good set-up
prickly pear improv brew, complete with piece of pallet for stirrer
aeration of the wort
brewers and brew kettles:
chocolate "bunny" porter, IPA, raspberry beer, and a tongue twister ale.
patent pending:
elaborate wort chiller
stilts
brew house
spent grain, going to feed the horses that were giving people rides
hot and cold hoses:
homebrewers brewing in a commercial brewhaus
large and in charge
escaped balloon:
loading dock
one batch in three carboys
good set-up
prickly pear improv brew, complete with piece of pallet for stirrer
Saturday, March 28, 2009
spring snow
Chinook hop clones are ready to be put outside, i have six total and if all of them establish I will be amazed.
the equip is growing...ipa #4 is in the primary. hopefully ill rack it off tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
welcome to the homebrew blog.
this will help keep the farming and all that separate as we are expanding our garden from last season to a small scale farm this season, and hopefully be able to supplement some of our income.
above is a photo of toasted malt from the last IPA i made. (batch #4) figure it would be about time to start keeping better track of the batches made
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i have been using QBrew on the computer to calculate IBUs, alc. content etc.. but would also like to keep track of recipes and methods/techniques.
these batch recipes are incomplete at the moment, but i just wanted to see what it looked like.
updates/ information transfer from the farm blog to come soon. we are busy bees around here this time of year, especially this year. currently in the process of putting up new siding on the wall of the house in the garden, and fixing up the porch out back, plus the whole rain catchment /drip system...needless to say, our back burners are overloaded.
batch #1 was supposed to be an IPA. just had a strong cidery taste from the dextrose used. did give it strength in alc. though.
lb or two of whole malt steeped. boiled 2 oz chinook and 2 0z chinook for finish (10 min)
homegrown hops
6 lbs crystal malt
irish moss (for clarity, also so far used in all batches)
wyeast rngwld i think.
batch #2
mystery malt (expired but a freebie nonetheless ) stout or porter
chinook hops for finish
cascade?
dry yeast
batch #3
american ale yeast
2 oz magnum hops for boil (30 min)
2 oz chinook hops for finish
batch #4
american ale yeast
2 oz magnum hops for boil (40 min)
2 oz chinook hops for finish
this will help keep the farming and all that separate as we are expanding our garden from last season to a small scale farm this season, and hopefully be able to supplement some of our income.
above is a photo of toasted malt from the last IPA i made. (batch #4) figure it would be about time to start keeping better track of the batches made
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i have been using QBrew on the computer to calculate IBUs, alc. content etc.. but would also like to keep track of recipes and methods/techniques.
these batch recipes are incomplete at the moment, but i just wanted to see what it looked like.
updates/ information transfer from the farm blog to come soon. we are busy bees around here this time of year, especially this year. currently in the process of putting up new siding on the wall of the house in the garden, and fixing up the porch out back, plus the whole rain catchment /drip system...needless to say, our back burners are overloaded.
batch #1 was supposed to be an IPA. just had a strong cidery taste from the dextrose used. did give it strength in alc. though.
lb or two of whole malt steeped. boiled 2 oz chinook and 2 0z chinook for finish (10 min)
homegrown hops
6 lbs crystal malt
irish moss (for clarity, also so far used in all batches)
wyeast rngwld i think.
batch #2
mystery malt (expired but a freebie nonetheless ) stout or porter
chinook hops for finish
cascade?
dry yeast
batch #3
american ale yeast
2 oz magnum hops for boil (30 min)
2 oz chinook hops for finish
batch #4
american ale yeast
2 oz magnum hops for boil (40 min)
2 oz chinook hops for finish
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