2014 One-gallon batch home beer brewing

Tracking our small-batch beer brewing

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#todo create separate article pages, describing each.

h2.  Northern Brewer Ingredient Kit

h3. Irish Red Ale

* "Irish Red Ale":http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits/irish-red-ale-extract-kit.html
* malt extract
* brewed  on Mon, Apr 21
* bottled on Sat, May 3 - produced 7 x 12 ounce bottles
* drank our first bottle on Wed eve, May 14, 2014, and it tasted surprisingly good. It was well-carbonated.


h2. Brooklyn Brew Shop Recipes

* "Brooklyn Brew Shop":http://brooklynbrewshop.com/
* recipes from their book titled "Beer Making Book":http://brooklynbrewshop.com/accessories/brooklyn-brew-shop-beer-making-book


h3.  New Year's Day beer

* it's a Belgian wit
* brewed on Sun, Apr 27
* bottled on Tue, May 13. produced 8 bottles.


h3. Grapefruit Honey Ale

* brewed on Sun, May 4
* bottled on Sun, May 18. produced 8 bottles. 
** i disliked the taste because of the grapefruit, but DD likes grapefruit, so all is well. maybe we'll try this recipe again with a different fruit, such as the Mackinaw Peach.
** we drank a bottle on Jun 4, and it tasted fine. the strong grapefruity taste must have subsided during bottling. the fruity taste exists, but it's mild, and acceptable to me. i like the wit beer better though.

h3. Rosebud / Rosehips Belgian Blonde

* brewed on May 15
* bottled on Jun 1

h3. Belgian Trippel

* brewed on Jun 4




h2.  Brooklyn Brew Shop Ingredient Mix

ingredient mix purchased from their website

h3. Summer Wheat

"Summer Wheat":http://brooklynbrewshop.com/1-gallon-beer-mixes/summer-wheat-beer-mix

* brewed on Wed, May 14
** we tasted some of the wort and the spent grains after the mash, and it tasted like a sweet oatmeal-type cereal. nice.
* bottled on Jun 1
** still tasty during bottling



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