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
* used Wyeast Trappist HG 3787 
* during fermentation, a strong, funky smell existed for the first 10 days or so, but it subsided some during the last week.
* bottled on Jun 1
** produced 9 bottles
** tasted great during bottling

h3. Belgian Trippel

* brewed on June 4
* used Wyeast Trappist HG 3787 
* we finished brewing and added blow-off tube around 11:00 p.m., June 4
* around 7:00 a.m. on June 5, no surface activity existed. but within an hour or so, considerable surface activity existed, filling the carboy to the lid with bubbles.
* by 11:00 p.m. on June 5, the most vigorous fermentation activity had already subsided.
* at 7:00 a.m. on June 6, fermentation activity continues at nice pace with gas flowing through the blow-off tube, but the activity is less than the evening before.
* fermentation on June 4, 5, and 6 occurred in the dining room with an air temp between 68 and 71 degrees. i wrapped a blanket around the carboy, and i stopped opening the window in the dining room because our morning temps this week were around 50 to 55 degrees. 





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
** produced 9 bottles
** still tasty during bottling



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