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  • HomeBrew Batch #29 – Mustard Brown Ale
    Posted by on May 21st, 2013 at 2:21 pm, Comments: 0

    Today I brewed a mustard brown ale, working from Brooklyn Brewshop’s recipe.    I uploaded my quantities to Brewtoad (they bought Hopville): 2.5 gallon batch: mash [...]

  • A Classic Homebrew Error: Forgot To Add Priming Sugar!
    Posted by on April 29th, 2013 at 2:31 pm, Comments: 0

    There are a number of common “disasters” that befall homebrew noobs, like the famous “grommet popped out and fell into my wort” situation that I [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #28 – Cream of Three Crops Ale
    Posted by on April 6th, 2013 at 1:14 pm, Comments: 0

    Astute readers will notice that I skipped over Batch #27… That’s because I re-brewed my smoked porter with some slight variations for batch #27 – [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #26 – Belgian Blonde
    Posted by on February 2nd, 2013 at 5:23 pm, Comments: 0

    I cobbed together this Belgian Blonde Ale recipe and brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of it this morning: Mash:  60 minutes at 156 degrees: 5lbs [...]

  • Homebrew Batch 25 – Maple Stout
    Posted by on January 29th, 2013 at 8:04 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday I brewed my 25th batch of homebrew – a 2.5 gallon batch of what will eventually become a Maple Stout.   It was my standard [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 19-22
    Posted by on December 4th, 2012 at 9:52 am, Comments: 0

    Chapter 19:  Apple Crisp Ale Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Apple Crisp Ale was interesting – a dark brown ale with a nice hint of apple due [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 13-18
    Posted by on December 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 am, Comments: 0

    I’m consolidating several “Beer Diaries” posts that I’ve fallen behind on: Chapter 13: Peach Cobbler Ale This beer under-delivered on both the “peach” and the [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #24 – Winter White
    Posted by on November 23rd, 2012 at 9:16 am, Comments: 0

    Like the Winter Ale before it, my Winter White is neither especially “Wintery” nor “white.”  I called it “Winter White” because of the season, and [...]

  • Homebrew Batch # 23: Winter Ale
    Posted by on November 21st, 2012 at 7:35 am, Comments: 0

    This isn’t a traditional spiced winter ale, it’s just something I threw together from scratch – what’s the worst that could happen?  As usual, the [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #22 – Frankenstorm Peanut Butter Porter
    Posted by on October 29th, 2012 at 5:07 pm, Comments: 0

    As Hurricane Sandy’s effects blustered outside, the USPS delivered my PB2 powdered peanut butter, which meant that I could brew my Peanut Butter Porter. I [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #21: Smoked Porter
    Posted by on October 27th, 2012 at 5:47 pm, Comments: 0

    I used this recipe from HomeBrewTalk, and modified it a bit to account for my poor efficiency and 2 1/2 gallon batch size.   I went [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #20: Honey Basil Ale
    Posted by on September 23rd, 2012 at 3:56 pm, Comments: 0

    After harvesting massive amounts of basil from our garden last week, I had the idea of making a beer utilizing some of my bounty.   Mrs. [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #19 – Apple Crisp Ale
    Posted by on September 9th, 2012 at 11:01 am, Comments: 0

    On Saturday I brewed up a 2 gallon batch of Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Apple Crisp Ale.   I uploaded the recipe to Hopville, with quantities slightly [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #18 – Black Cherry Stout
    Posted by on September 7th, 2012 at 12:35 pm, Comments: 0

    This morning I brewed up a 2 gallon batch of what will become a black cherry stout.   I only brewed the stout base, of course, [...]

  • The Beer Diaries: Chapter 12 – Double Pepper Saison
    Posted by on September 4th, 2012 at 11:05 am, Comments: 0

    One of my favorite homebrews so far was my fourth batch: Jalapeno Saison.   For my 12th batch, I decided to revisit this one – doubling [...]

  • The Beer Diaries: Chapter 11 – Blood Orange Hefeweizen
    Posted by on September 4th, 2012 at 11:00 am, Comments: 0

    My 11th batch of homebrew was a 5 gallon batch of Dogfish Head’s Blood Orange Hefeweizen.   It was an easy extract recipe, with orange zest [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #17 – TBD Fruit Beer (Blueberry? Raspberry?)
    Posted by on July 24th, 2012 at 8:23 am, Comments: 0

    Today, after brewing The Cuke base, I brewed the base for a fruit beer which I will decide the details of next week.  It will [...]

  • The Cuke – Homebrew Batch #16 – That’s Right: Cucumber Beer
    Posted by on July 23rd, 2012 at 5:18 pm, Comments: 0

    I just brewed  a 5 gallon batch of what will become cucumber beer.   It’s inspired by this thread at Homebrewtalk.com, along with this one.  I [...]

  • The Beer Diaries Chapter 10: Horseradish Experiment
    Posted by on July 23rd, 2012 at 3:44 pm, Comments: 0

    Back in the beginning of the spring I had delusions of grandeur – I figured I would become the first to brew a tremendously tremendous [...]

  • The Beer Diaries Chapter 9: Smoked Cherry
    Posted by on July 23rd, 2012 at 3:37 pm, Comments: 0

    Smoked Cherry was yet another of the BrooklynBrewShop creations which I brewed.  They noted that this one really starts to come together after 6 months [...]