I’m taking this week off from work in order to use up some vacation hours that I’ve accrued. This gave me an opportunity to brew twice in a month for the first time since I went back to school. I really love an IPA when the nights are cool, but I was also considering brewing [...]
Today I’m brewing one of my favorite beers, an American Rye that I like to call Stuck in Lodi Rye. I’m trying something a little different today, a step infusion mash with a protein rest. This beer is made with 50% rye and normally has a bit of a heavy mouthfeel. One [...]
It looks like I’m actually brewing again, hooray! I’ve still got 15G of Belgian Pale Ale in fermenters sitting behind me that all needs to be kegged before I can use the fermenters for the saison.
11:05 – Mashed in a few minutes ago and just realized that I haven’t set a timer. 148°F, 5.2pH.
12:09 – [...]
I didn’t get to brew on the holiday in February like I had hoped. I did keg the MBL though. My study group decided to get together on the holiday to go over some case studies we were working on. The last few weeks I’ve been neck deep in case studies and projects and I’ve [...]
Today I’m brewing Mo Betta Lite. I got off to a little later start than I wanted today, but that’s pretty typical for my brewdays.
The recipe I’m using today is here: Mo Betta Lite – 2009-01-19
11:40 – Mashed in at 148F, pH 5.4
13:10 – Added “mashout” water and began 1st runoff, also started heating batch [...]
