Archive for October, 2006

Oatmeal Stout – Racking to secondary – 10/28/2007

    My worries were alleviated today when I racked my oatmeal stout off to the secondary fermenter. From the gravity reading of 1.020, I was able to deduce that my original gravity was right on track, a little bit low,…

ApfelWein

[ This was pulled from the forums on www.homebrewtalk.com in this post.  Thanks to Ed for the recipe.]

It’s very simple to make.

5 Gallons of Tree Top Apple Juice from Costco
2 pounds of Dextros (corn Sugar)
1 packet Dry Montrachet Wine yeast

1.…

Oatmeal Stout: Brew Day – October 20, 2006

Its is brew day and batch number five is under way. I decided to try a 90 minute boil this time around–the longer boil will reduce the amount of DMS that ends up in my beer.

I bagged up the 1…

Revving up for the next batch

I have selected a nice Oatmeal stout recipe for my next brew. I figure that this sweet stout is going to be very drinkable even on cold days.

I was all ready to brew this last weekend when I discovered I…

Sweet Respite

1 oz Tequila
1 oz Light Rum
1 oz Beefeater gin
1 oz Tripple Sec
1/2 Grenedine
1/2 Fresh squeezed limon
Soda Water

This cocktail was created in the spirit of the long island ice tea. The liquour combination generates a very strong drink without the bite…

Oatmeal Stout

This is a sweet stout recipe provided by the Homebrew Pro Shoppe of Olathe, KS. Sweet stouts are characturized by an bittering unit to gravity unit ratio of 0.5. ( Read about this in Ray Daniel’s Designing Great Beers)

Staring Gravity: 1.050…

Knob Creek Whisky

I am building up quite a nice bar and my latest addition was a 1.5 liter bottle of Knob Creek whisky (aged 9 years). This bottle will cost you about 30 dollars but it is well worth the price. Knob…

Choosing the proper boil duration

Your boil time and the rate at which you cool the wort post-boil will certainly affect the outcome of your beer. Whenever your wort is above 150 degrees F, an unpleasant-tasting chemical compound called DMS is generated. DMS tastes like…

Which yeast should I use for my Ale?

Good question.  White labs has some suggestions.  I haven’t tried using anything but dry American yeast so far, but I hear these strains come up now and then.  This is a good reference.

Holiday brew

Looking at the calendar, I notice that I better start thinking about getting another brew started if I am going to make it in time for Thanksgiving.  I have never tried one, nor have I heard of commerical example of…