2014 One-gallon batch home beer brewing Tracking our small-batch beer brewing more. #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 * drank our first two bottles on Jun 14, and it tasted excellent. probably second favorite after the wit. 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. * temps in the dining room remained in the mid 70s from Jun 7 through Jun 9. * on Mon eve, Jun 9, turned the furnace on to 80 degrees for a while. Then later, I moved the fermenter to the upstairs bathroom and closed the door. 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 * drank our first two bottles on Jun 14, and I liked it. Extremely carbonated to a fault. Opened bottle, then while bottle remained still on counter, bubbles rose, then more bobbles, then irruption from the sediment, then it foamed out the top for a while. fascinating to watch. unsure what's going on. #home - #beer - #blog_jr