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Thursday, September 4, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Three Micks v1.2 Brew Day 08/23/2014
Hello beer lovers. We had a small brew session on Saturday (08/23/2014). Weather was great. Brew went really well. No major issues. We brewed another variation of my Three Micks Whisky Barrel Smoked Irish Red Ale. This recipe has 2 ounces of Peated Malt, which will impart a Scotch like smokiness. This been with age in the secondary fermenter for one month. They will age on one ounce of lightly toasted oak chips that have been soaking in two ounces of Jameson Irish Whisky. The oak chips and Jameson were sealed in a vacuum sealer bag to speed up the "marinating". I think we are going to brew another batch of the Panther Head Pale Ale soon. Thanks for visiting.
All of the supplies laid out |
Oak chips and Jameson in vacuum bag |
Collecting wort from the Mash Tun |
Awww, is that a heart? |
The brewing command center |
New timer app |
The mighty brew stand |
Heading towards the boil |
Boiling away |
Sanitizing the wort chiller |
The new brew box worked awesome |
Wort aerated, yeast pitched and into the fermenter |
On the board |
Monday, August 18, 2014
2014 Hop Harvest
Yesterday, Aidan and I harvested the 2014 hop crop. Not too bad for 2 year old plants. The Newport and Willamette hops did produce a small amount of hops, unlike last year. The Galena plant did amazing this year. Almost two pounds of wet hops harvested. Here are some pics below. Thanks to Big Dan for letting us borrow his FoodSaver vacuum sealer to package the hops for freezing.
Wet Weights
Galena: 1 lb, 13 oz
Newport: 2.25 oz
Willamette: 0.0875 oz
Dry Weights
Galena: 13.25 oz
Newport: 1.25 oz
Willamette: 0.50 oz
Wet Weights
Galena: 1 lb, 13 oz
Newport: 2.25 oz
Willamette: 0.0875 oz
Dry Weights
Galena: 13.25 oz
Newport: 1.25 oz
Willamette: 0.50 oz
Pre-harvest photo |
Hops lowered for picking |
Clean bines |
Galena hops |
Big Galena hop cone |
Galena hops |
Weighing the Galena |
Yup |
Drying the Newport and Willamette |
Clean hop bines. I might make them into a wreath. |
The aftermath |
Drying the Galena |
Packaged Newport |
Packaged Willamette |
Dryed and packaged Galena |
Dryed and packaged Galena |
Packaged and in the freezer |
Friday, August 8, 2014
Hops Update - August 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Pale Ale Brew times two
This past Saturday (5-10-2014) we had an impromptu brew day after a few quick discussions last week. We decided to brew a few pale ales to get ready for the warmer weather. I decided on a SMaSH ale, which stands for Single Malt and Single Hop. It's basically a simple pale ale. I found a recipe with 13 lbs of 2-row malt and Cascade hops. We tried to use our homemade hop rocket, but it didn't work as well as we planned. Oh well, back to the drawing board. We also brewed a pale ale with Mosaic hops that I'm calling Panther Head Pale Ale. Kind of a nod to my late Grampa Bob, who had a panther head tattoo on his arm. It is funny that we brewed a beer for a man who didn't drink. Not the first time and definitely not the last.
Here's a few pics below.
Two yeast starters. #1 is Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast for the SMaSH pale ale. #2 is White Labs WLP001 California Ale yeast. |
Our homemade hop rocket |
Boil kettle |
Brewing Command |
New multiple timer app |
Mosaic hops for the Panther Head pale ale |
BK ready to boil |
Boiling away |
One more shot |
Panther Head pale ale in the fermenter |
SMaSH pale ale in the fermenter |
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