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
* [[New Year Beer - One Gallon Batch]]
* [[Grapefruit Honey Ale - One Gallon Batch]]
* [[Rose-cheeked and Blonde - One Gallon Batch]]



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.
* we had cool mornings and days all week, Jun 9 through Jun 13. temps in the upstairs bathroom remained in the 70s.
* on Fri, Jun 13, I moved the carboy to the basement. 






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.




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