Fermenting? Nope....

Not much going on in the fermenter... may have to bottle sooner than expected. Monday or Tuesday will be my first opportunity.

Still no third batch...

Been trying to brew batch #3 for over a week, where does the time go.... Will have to wait another week now, have the pager this week and can't take the chance of getting called into work mid boil......

Batch #2 to the Carboy

June 6th 2009

Transferred Batch #2 from primary bucket to secondary carboy, must have had the siphon too deep, got lots of sludge, I was sure I was at least a couple of inches off the bottom, scared me, thought the whole bucket was sludge. After a couple of hours in the carboy it settled out good. Looks much better. Smelled GREAT while siphoning....

Filled on 750ml bottle with a tsp of sugar, it may have too much sludge but its the only way to bring a sample to Mn the end of the month.

Also orderd supplies from Midwest for Batch #3 a Blonde Ale.

Brew Day Batch #2

May 27th 2009 Brew Day Batch #2

Banished to the garage to brew, steeped grains in kitchen, got a frown from Maria for this but assured her the 'great aroma' came from boiling wort and I will do that in the Garage. :-)
Did a Honey Oat Brown with a recipe I made up from looking at recipies for other Browns and Honey Ales. Things went well other than problems with my propane hook up, that still needs work...

3.3# Amber LME
2.0# Amber DME
1.0# Crystal 60L
1.0# Flaked Oats
2.0# Honey (Kanters Northwoods Wildflower Apiaries Honey, Goodman,Wi.)
1 oz. Hallertau Pellet 60 min.
1 oz Willamette Pellet 15 min.
Muntons dry yeast.

OG 1.042 (thought it would be higher???)

Steeped the grains and Oats for 45 min. @ 160', Sparge with 1 gal @ 170' Boil 60 min.

Only took 8 beers to brew this one...

Honey Oat Brown???

May, 18th 2009
Had some Newcastle Brown Ale, liked it. Between that and looking at recipes for Honey and/or Oat ales developed a grain and extract list.

Bought supplies from Riverside for a Honey Oat Brown. @ $45 This beer is WAY out of my league for my second ever batch, Hope it turns out, course I'll drink it anyway.....

Blackstone Pizza

Blackstone Pizza tonight, Sampled Honker Ale, a Bock and a Munich ale. Even Maria Said the Bock was weak, had a good flavor though, the Munich was good, guy at the bar recommended the Honker, said he had it in Green Bay once and liked it. Very hoppy, tasted better and better as the pint glass emptied. BLT pizza was very different but very good.

FedEx Ground

Hmmm.... FedEx truck backing into the diveway.... MY NEW BEER INGREDIENTS ARE HERE! Driver Must be real exited about it too, as I'm signing for the package the truck rolls back into my red maple tree... Driver forgor to put the parking brake on.... No harm no foul... Beer stuff is undamaged! :-)