My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Beer on Mar 1st, 2011
After 16 days in the fermenter I racked the Black IPA to the secondary. I had a little feeling, based on the sugar content of the wort (right out of the brew kettle), that it would take a day or two longer to ferment. What I did not expect was a 16 day fermentation. Maybe [...]
Well, remember the “other updates” I was referring to in one of my previous posts? I decided that it was time to do a little upgrade to my brewery. My equipment in the past consisted of the following: Bayou Classic SP-10 cooker Rubbermaid 5 gallon water cooler Homemade counterflow chiller Homemade 2′x4′ plywood table A [...]
Posted in Brewing on Aug 31st, 2010
Two weekends ago, I decided to give the brewery a good workout by turning out two batches. On Saturday, I fired up the kettle and made an oatmeal stout. Then on Sunday afternoon, I made an IPA. So, how did all this go down??? Friday / Saturday: Well, on Friday night I created a starter [...]
Posted in Brewing on Jul 12th, 2010
Well, we’re a week and a half into fermentation and I have an update… I filled the fermenter on Friday, July 2nd and pitched the yeast without a starter. This wasn’t the first time I’d pitched the yeast straight out of the vial. Only recently had I started using a starter when I pitched the [...]