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Mar 13

Copper Ale Recipe

Copper Cascade Dry Hopped Copper Ale

Copper Ale 8-C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Size: 5.04 gal Efficiency: 79.0% Attenuation: 78.4% Calories: 199.85 kcal per 12.0 fl oz Original Gravity: 1.060 (1.048 – 1.060) |========================#=======| Terminal Gravity: 1.013 (1.010 – 1.016) |===============#================| Color: 13.89 (6.0 – 18.0) |==================#=============| Alcohol: 6.21% (4.6% – 6.2%) |========================#=======| Bitterness: 37.5 (30.0 – 50.0) |==============#=================| …

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Jan 06

2008 Pumpkin Porter

This was posted to my personal blog in September of 2008… Finding the time to brew (and do other household projects) has been tougher and tougher, especially now that our 1 year old daughter is mobile (and loves to climb). Keeping an eye on our 1 and 3 year old has forced me to start …

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Aug 24

2008 Pale Ale

This was originally posted on my personal blog in 2008… I brewed a Pale Ale this past weekend. It might be close to an IPA, but I’m not sure. Here’s the recipe… Steeped .5 lb of Crystal 40L for 24 hours in 5.75 gallons of hot water from the tap Brought up to 155F and …

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Jun 24

Moved Hefe to the Secondary

Last week was busy and I had a wedding this past weekend, so I finally moved the hefeweizen over to the secondary after 2 weeks in the primary. Again, I’m experimenting a little… I went to a local flea market and bought a 5 gal. carboy for $6. This allowed me to split the 6 …

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Jun 09

Hefe Weizen

Brewed a Hefe Weizen. Here’s the recipe… Steeped .5 lbs Briess Wheat Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 2.2) .5 lbs Briess Dextrine Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 1.5) for 4 hours in 6.25 gallons of hot water from the tap Brought water to 155-160 F and let rest for 30 min. and brought to full …

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Jun 07

Bottled the Dunkel

I’m not sure if it would be considered a dark hefe weizen or a dunkel weizen, but anyway, I bottled my Dunkel Weizen today (I always put the month it’s ready to serve as the month it was bottled on the label so friends don’t think it’s too old). I decided to call it “1474 …

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