JR: 2014 one-gallon batch home beer brewing - Tracking our small-batch beer brewing. Brooklyn Brew Shop Book Recipes Brooklyn Brew Shop - recipes from their book titled Beer Making Book New Year Beer - One Gallon Batch Grapefruit Honey Ale - One Gallon Batch Rose-Cheeked and Blonde - One... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: Irish Red Ale - One Gallon Batch - Irish Red Ale malt extract brewed on Mon, Apr 21. 2014 bottled on Sat, May 3 - produced 7 12 ounce bottles drank our first bottle on Wed eve, May 14, 2014, and it tasted surprisingly good. It was well-carbonated. we liked this smooth-tasting beer. ... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer

JR: New Year Beer - One Gallon Batch - Brooklyn Brew Shop - This was a recipe from their book titled Beer Making Book it's a Belgian wit brewed on Sun, Apr 27, 2014 bottled on Tue, May 13, 2014. produced 8 bottles. according to the book, it's suppose to have an 8.0% ABV. Ingredients ... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer

JR: Grisette - Belgium beer - Miner beer. Old beer style, not brewed much. It's similar to a saison or farmhouse ale, except grisette is a little lighter. Grisette actually originated in French Wallonia specifically in the Hainut province of southern Belgium. It was mostly r... more>>
- Jun 06, 2014 - #beer #beverage #recipe

JR: Beer bottling conditioning - a priming sugar is NOT used at bottling. yeast from some source is used to produce natural carbonation within the bottle. some Belgium style beers can only produce certain flavors through bottling and not kegging. #beer - #beverage #todo - nee... more>>
- Jun 06, 2014 - #beer #beverage #todo

JR: Belgian Beers - farmhouse/saison blonde wit (white or wheat) dubbel trippel quad strong dark trappist abbey brown #beer - #beverage
- Jun 06, 2014

JR: Maumee Bay Brewing Company - Blood Orange Imperial Witbier - From earlier in 2014: Our brewers took inspiration from a classic Witbier recipe that employs the use of unmalted white wheat and coriander spices and doubled the grain bill for a double strength take on a Belgian classic. We took it one step fur... more>>
- Jun 03, 2014 - #toledo #beer

JR: Items needed for brewing beer - Suggestions from a beer-brewing friend. Mash tun (make your own: Food grade 6 gal+ fermenting bucket with lid/grommeted hole for airlock Airlock(s) Siphon or racking cane 7+gal boil pot Secondary fermenter (usually a carboy) with lid/cork with ... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #beer #blog_jr

JR: Notes - Wed, May 14, 2014 - DD had the week off from work. On this day, we birdwatched, shopped for beer supplies, and brewed beer. Birds around Home Bird observations around our home, mainly in the morning. NOPA - a BTNW - black-throated green warbler TEWA - a CSWA - a... more>> 5 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #beer #toledo #business #blog_jr

JR: Brooklyn Brew Shop - Summer Wheat Instructions - (Their website with instructions would not function on either tablet. Copied instructions here, so that we can access them via tablet in kitchen.) - brewing instructions - pdf file I. The Mash Heat 2 quarts (1.9 liters) of water to 160F (71C)... more>> 5 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #howto #beverage #beer #home #blog_jr

JR: Notes - Sat, Apr 26, 2014 - Copying notes from my Field Notes pocket notebook. WTSP sang along the west side our house between 6:00 and 6:20 a.m. Upstairs west window left open during the night, so good morning song wafted in. We slept in. I walked Barney at 10:00 a.m. Su... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #food #toledo #shopping #bird #beer #blog_jr

JR: Notes - Sun, May 4, 2014 - Brewing beer, church, and interesting yard bird sightings, including a new yard bird. Brewing Beer We brewed another one gallon batch of beer, using the Grapefruit beer recipe from the Brooklyn Brewshop beer book. NOMO At 5:35 p.m., a Northe... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #beer #religion #blog_jr

JR: Notes - Sat, May 3, 2014 - Shopping, house cleaning, beer bottling, beer sampling, pizza making and eating, bird watching, and dining at Blackberry Corners. A busy but fun day. Early in the morning, I shopped at The Andersons on Talmadge. Pizza After shopping, I asse... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #toledo #business #shopping #beer #bird #food #pizza #blog_jr

JR: Bottling our Imperial Stout - JP came over to help us bottle our first batch of beer, which we brewed at JP's brew party on Sun, Mar 30, 2014. During the teaching and bottling process that involves a lot of setup and cleaning, we sampled beers that DD and I bought the day before... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: Notes - May 16-18, 2014 - It was a weekend celebration of birds and beer with fine weather and good people. #todo - finish editing, including more info about bird species observed. Fri eve, May 16 Sat, May 17, 2014 North Coast Open birding event. Urbanites team try to... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #bird #beer #blog_jr