Monday, July 29, 2013

Mexica Mocha Stout


12# 2 Row malt
1/2 # Roast Barley
1/2# Chocolate Malt
1/4# Black Patent Malt
1/2# Crystal 60L
1/2# Crystal 120L
1/2# Carapils
1 1/4# Flakes oats
(Try with 1 cup roasted and finely chopped pecans or walnuts)

Coffee @ 15 mins
2 oz Chocolate powder
(4 oz Cocoa nibs soaked in tequila)
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
(2 cinnamon sticks crushed soaked in tequila)
(4 oz oak chips soaked in tequila)
(1# Lactose sugar @ 10 mins)

1 1/2 oz Galena @ 60 mins
1 oz fuggles @ 5 mins 

Friday, June 28, 2013

Red Ale

6 # Light DME or do 3# DME and 4# 2 row
1# Crystal 80L
1/2# Crystal 120L

1 1/2 oz Anthanam 60 mins
1 oz Cascade 1 min

Add Irish Moss and yeast nutrients @ 15 mins

WL English Ale Yeast

Ferment for 14 days

Friday, June 21, 2013

Centennial Blonde

9 Lbs Pale malt
3/4 Lb Carapils
1/2 Lb crystal 10
1/2 Vienna malt
1/2 Honey malt

1/4 Oz centennial 60 mins
1/4 Oz cascade 45 mins
1/4 oz centennial 30 mins
1/4 oz cascade 15 mins
1/4 oz cascade 5 mins

California yeast (burton yeast?)

Friday, June 14, 2013

Kolsch

9 Lb 2 row pils
3 lbs wheat
1/2 Lb Honey malt

0.5 oz Pearle 60 mins
0.5 oz Tettnang 15 Mins
0.5 oz Tettnang 5 mins

Kolsch yeast make a starter

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Honey Citra Pale Ale

12# 2 Row 
1/2 lb 10L Crystal malt
1 lb 40L Crystal
1/2 Lb Victory malt (mash 60 mins)
1/2 lb Carapils
1 lb Honey malt

Add 1/2# pasteurized honey at 45 mins
Add 1# roasted almonds w/honey
Add 1/2# apricot at 5 mins
1 Oz Citra hops 60 mins
1/2 oz Cascade 45 mins
1/2 oz Citra 30 mins
1/2 Oz Cascade @ 5 mins
1/2 Oz Citra @ 1 min

White Labs California Yeast or Belgian Golden Yeast (try the Belgian golden next time for springtime)

1 cup priming sugar for bottling
bottle condition for two weeks

IPA

9 Lbs Light DME @ 15 minutes ( Eventually switch to 10-12 lbs of 2 row. Also use 6 lbs of DME and use 3-4 lbs of 2 Row to mini-mash)
1/2 lb 20L Crystal malt
1/2 lb 40L Crystal malt
1/4 lb Carapils
1/2 lb Victory malt

2 Oz Cascade or Ahtanum @ 60 mins
1 Oz. Crystal @ 45
1 Oz Cascade @ 30 mins
2 Oz Chinook @ 1 min

Use White Labs California Yeast (Starter two days before brewing)

3/4 cup priming sugar for bottling

Red Rye West Coast Ale

6 lb of light DME  @ 15 mins. (eventually switch to 10-12 lbs of 2 Row or add additional 3-4 lbs to mini-mash)
3/4 20L Crystal malt
1 lb 80L Crystal malt
1/2 lb 120 120L Crystal malt
1/2 Victory malt
1 1/2 Malted Rye
1/4 malanoidin 

1 1/2 Oz Cascade @ 60 mins
1cup brown sugar @ 15 mins
2 Oz Amarillo @ 1 min

White Labs California  V Yeast (do yeast starter two days before brewing)

One cup corn sugar for bottling

Let sit for three weeks before opening