11/22/2014 – Brew Day 1.25 lbs – Flaked Oats 1 lb – Crystal 40L malt 1 lb – Pale malt 0.5 lbs – Flaked Barley Mashed at 155 degrees F for 55 min 1 lb – Light DME 5 lbs – Extra pale LME 1 oz – Galena hop pellets (60 min) 1 oz – Glacier hop pellets (15 min) 1 tab – Whirl Flock (15 min) 1 capsule – Yeast fuel (15 min) 8 oz – New Sweden Fikablend…
11/14/2014 – Created a yeast starter Made by Michael in the evening… typical process used (fill in later) Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast 11/16/2014 – Brew day 1 lb – Flaked Rye 10 oz – English black malt 10 oz – English roasted barley 5.2 oz – Baird’s light carastan 5.2 oz – Crystal rye 8 oz – Crushed toasted pecans Added cold and steeped for 30 minutes while 2.5 Gal of spring water rose to 170 degrees F. Sparged…
11/08/2014 – Brew Day Did a double batch this time. Each should have the recipe listed below. However, it’s just a wee bit possible that something will be off, because we accidentally bought grain for four (4) batches, not two. We had to manually mix up the complete grain bill and then divide in half to get our double batch. Oops. But the wort color looked good, so we’re choosing to be optimistic… the other half was already used to make…