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I made a decision about the wit and went with banana extract. Initially I had visions of using real banana and doing some cool stuff, but with the holidays I was really distracted and just added some extract into the secondary. I added 1 fl oz of extract to 5 gallons of beer. The extract [...]
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Today was another glorious brew day in Central New York! Normally I use my brew day posts to review the stats on our session, but this morning I was thinking that this might be a good opportunity to review some of my brew day practices in greater detail.
Living close to a homebrew shop can [...]
This weekend Nick and I were going to do a nice easy 10.5 gallon of brew (Nick commented that brewing for 5 gallons almost didn’t seem worth it anymore, I disagree). I like the idea of going smaller and spending some time focusing on our process and thinking about how we can improve what it [...]
This past weekend we brewed up three batches of brew. We also broke a new brewer into the hobby when by wife’s cousin Bryan (Yes MNB, spelled like Bryan Adams, no need to get all giddy) joined us and brewed up an extract batch. When the day was all said and done, we had brewed [...]
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the mid-west who have been effected by the tornado’s. I lost my house to fire and I know how it feels to have to pick up the pieces, things will get better with time.
With that said, we were fortunate this weekend in the North East to have [...]
So I thought that the best way to wake my senses back up was to brew…so away I go. This is an all-grain interpretation of the Blanche de Bruges (Belgium White) that we coined Mulligan Wit after a piss-poor day of golf. I considered going safe and just making another extract brew, but I [...]
Now I have never been a fan of the Cherry Wheat’s that I have tried (Sam Adams), I think because they use the Cherry Flavoring as opposed to the real Cherry’s. Well everyone I have talked too loves the Cherry Wheat so I bucked and decided to make this.
Malt Extract: 3.3lbs Light malt extract (I [...]
The Belgium White is flowing!
This is by far my favorite kind of beer, so without a doubt I’m a bias observer. However, the brew recipe I used for this worked out great, it comes highly recommended.
It has a great smell, light fruity hints throughout the brew, and it’s even uncharacteristically clear for a Belgium White. [...]
This was a mix I got from Ed at EJ Wren, there are a lot of extras in this one and I have to say the are all good.
Malt Extract: 4lb Alexander’s wheat Malt Syrup (60% wheat and 40% Barley)Specialty Grain: 4oz flaked oats3oz Belgian biscuit MaltBitter hops: 1oz Styrian Goldings (45 min)Flavor Hops: 1/2 [...]
