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18 <h1>Ale is Neat</h1>
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1c3a48c8 22<a href="#sec1">Current Activity</a>
23</dt>
24<dt>
cd536704 25<a href="#sec2">More Recent Brews</a>
23108524 26</dt>
27<dd>
28<dl>
29<dt>
9be210c0 30<a href="#sec3">English IPA</a>
cd536704 31</dt>
cd536704 32<dt>
9be210c0 33<a href="#sec4">Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</a>
cd536704 34</dt>
cd536704 35<dt>
9be210c0 36<a href="#sec5">Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</a>
cd536704 37</dt>
cd536704 38<dt>
9be210c0 39<a href="#sec6">Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</a>
40</dt>
41<dt>
42<a href="#sec7">Pale Ale</a>
cd536704 43</dt>
44</dl>
45</dd>
cd536704 46<dt>
9be210c0 47<a href="#sec8">Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</a>
48</dt>
49<dt>
50<a href="#sec9">Long Past Brews</a>
cd536704 51</dt>
52<dd>
53<dl>
54<dt>
9be210c0 55<a href="#sec10">Pale Ale</a>
23108524 56</dt>
57<dt>
9be210c0 58<a href="#sec11">Porter</a>
23108524 59</dt>
60<dt>
9be210c0 61<a href="#sec12">Wheat Ale</a>
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70<p>Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's
23108524 71kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness
72for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new
73kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed
74again.</p>
75
76<h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
1c3a48c8 77Current Activity</h2>
78
79<p class="first">I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to
80actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple
81people are involved we are using <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">a wiki</a> to collaborate. This poor page
82will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there
83instead.</p>
84
85
86<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
cd536704 87More Recent Brews</h2>
23108524 88
cd536704 89<p class="first">I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking
90to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable
91brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files
92themselves.</p>
23108524 93
d55b30bd 94<p>I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled
95here&mdash;information on anything in the pipeline is at the <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">brewing wiki</a>
96since it is liable to change a lot.</p>
97
98<p>Since old trusty <a href="http://www.usermode.org/code.html">QBrew</a> is no longer actively maintained and <a href="http://brewtarget.sourceforge.net/">Brewtarget</a>
99is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in <a href="http://beerxml.com">BeerXML</a>
100that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very
101well only work in Brewtarget.</p>
102
1c3a48c8 103<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
9be210c0 104English IPA</h3>
105
106<p class="first">We had a lot of leftover ingredients after
107<a href="http://pursuing.calefaction.org/2011/11/the-things-i-do-for-love/">Steve's amazing brewing Odyssey</a>, most of them English grains and
108hops. As such I threw together the leftovers into what seemed like it
109would be a good approximation of an English IPA. We even threw this
110onto the yeast cake of the last batch in the wedding brews (an ESB).</p>
d55b30bd 111
9be210c0 112<p>Unfortunately, it was a wee bit underwhemling. Since we have a fancy
113temperature controlled fridge now, I decided to brew around 68F (no
114risk of overshooting). It came out slightly musty and generally
115bland... still, for being made from leftovers it's alright.</p>
d55b30bd 116
117<ul>
9be210c0 118<li><a href="beer-recipes/8-English%20IPA/english_ipa-8_a.html">Batch A</a> 2011-10-16 (<a href="beer-recipes/8-English%20IPA/english_ipa-8_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
d55b30bd 119</ul>
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d55b30bd 121
122<h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
9be210c0 123Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</h3>
124
125<p class="first">Cheap and quick to make, this is ready to drink after a quick
126fermentation and as soon as the bottles carbonate. The chamomile
127really shines here adding a honey-like note; the ginger adds
128additional earthiness and a bit of zing; Sorachi Ace hops finish
129everything up with notes of lemon cream.</p>
130
131<ul>
132<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.html">Batch A 2011-05-04</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
133<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_b.html">Batch B 2011-07-05</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_b.xml">source</a>)</li>
aebf22ad 134<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_c.html">Batch C 2012-02-18</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_c.xml">source</a>)</li>
135<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_d.html">Batch D 2012-02-18</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_d.xml">source</a>) - My first ten gallon batch. I lost
136about a gallon, but what can you do.</li>
9be210c0 137</ul>
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139
140<h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
d55b30bd 141Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</h3>
142
143<p class="first">Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was
144heeded and the result was incredible.</p>
145
146<ul>
9be210c0 147<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.html">Batch A</a> 2011-03-20 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
148<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.html">Batch B</a> 2011-06-11 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.xml">source</a>) This adds Centennial and expanded the
149dry hopping a bit &mdash; the Centennial was out of place, and the extra
150dry hopping overpowered the fruity notes present in Batch A. But
151the extra bitterness and attenuation definitely improved things.</li>
152<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_c.html">Batch C</a> 2012-01-11 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_c.xml">source</a>) Back to the basics, but adding Citra to
153the boil and using Chico Yeast. First impressions are: even better
154than Batch A!</li>
aebf22ad 155<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_d.html">Batch D</a> 2012-05-06 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_d.xml">source</a>) Ten gallons, half on US ale yeast, half
156on Wyeast <a href="http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=136">Belgian Ardennes</a> yeast. Initial impressions are that the
157Belgian version is amazing: the fruit flavors and phenols from the
158yeast complement the hopping quite nicely.</li>
d55b30bd 159</ul>
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9be210c0 162<h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
d55b30bd 163Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</h3>
cd536704 164
165<p class="first">An attempt at experimentation&mdash;an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a
166spice (star anise), and a reused yeast cake (Ringwood from a
167<a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/576/">Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale</a> clone).</p>
168
169<ul>
76bbaa58 170<li><a href="beer-recipes/5-Strong%20Stout/strong_stout-5_a.html">Thoth</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/5-Strong%20Stout/strong_stout-5_a.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
cd536704 171</ul>
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173
9be210c0 174<h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a>
d55b30bd 175Pale Ale</h3>
cd536704 176
177<p class="first">My first brew, resurrected.</p>
178
179<ul>
76bbaa58 180<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_c.html">First Time on the New Rig</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_c.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
cd536704 181</ul>
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9be210c0 185<h2><a name="sec8" id="sec8"></a>
186Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</h2>
187
188<p class="first">My girlfriend hates carbonation and so, inspired by Edwort's
189Applewine, I started experimenting with batches of cider. I'm keeping
190some notes, but doing it more by &quot;I guess this is the gravity...&quot; than
191with brewing due to the fairly different production
192methods. Eventually I hope to get wine making down a bit better...</p>
193
194<p>Occasionally I dump the text notes from my phone to
195<a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/ClintonEbadi/Cider">a page on Steve's wiki</a>.</p>
196
197
198<h2><a name="sec9" id="sec9"></a>
cd536704 199Long Past Brews</h2>
200
201<p class="first">I present to you my poorly annotated <a href="http://www.usermode.org/code.html">QBrew</a> files from my ancient brews
202made in the lands of pleasant living.</p>
203
9be210c0 204<h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a>
23108524 205Pale Ale</h3>
206
207<ul>
76bbaa58 208<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_a.html">First Brew Ever</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_a.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
209<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_b.html">Revision B</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
23108524 210</ul>
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9be210c0 213<h3><a name="sec11" id="sec11"></a>
23108524 214Porter</h3>
215
216<ul>
217<li>The record of the first brew has been lost in time</li>
76bbaa58 218<li><a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.html">Second Attempt</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
23108524 219</ul>
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9be210c0 222<h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a>
23108524 223Wheat Ale</h3>
224
225<ul>
76bbaa58 226<li><a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.html">Bannanas</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.qbrew">source</a>) &mdash; A very hot fermentation made this taste like
23108524 227liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li>
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