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| 16 | <h1>Ale is Neat</h1> |
| 17 | <div class="contents"> |
| 18 | <dl> |
| 19 | <dt> |
| 20 | <a href="#sec1">Current Activity</a> |
| 21 | </dt> |
| 22 | <dt> |
| 23 | <a href="#sec2">More Recent Brews</a> |
| 24 | </dt> |
| 25 | <dd> |
| 26 | <dl> |
| 27 | <dt> |
| 28 | <a href="#sec3">English IPA</a> |
| 29 | </dt> |
| 30 | <dt> |
| 31 | <a href="#sec4">Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</a> |
| 32 | </dt> |
| 33 | <dt> |
| 34 | <a href="#sec5">Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</a> |
| 35 | </dt> |
| 36 | <dt> |
| 37 | <a href="#sec6">Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</a> |
| 38 | </dt> |
| 39 | <dt> |
| 40 | <a href="#sec7">Pale Ale</a> |
| 41 | </dt> |
| 42 | </dl> |
| 43 | </dd> |
| 44 | <dt> |
| 45 | <a href="#sec8">Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</a> |
| 46 | </dt> |
| 47 | <dt> |
| 48 | <a href="#sec9">Long Past Brews</a> |
| 49 | </dt> |
| 50 | <dd> |
| 51 | <dl> |
| 52 | <dt> |
| 53 | <a href="#sec10">Pale Ale</a> |
| 54 | </dt> |
| 55 | <dt> |
| 56 | <a href="#sec11">Porter</a> |
| 57 | </dt> |
| 58 | <dt> |
| 59 | <a href="#sec12">Wheat Ale</a> |
| 60 | </dt> |
| 61 | </dl> |
| 62 | </dd> |
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| 66 | |
| 67 | <!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here --><p>Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's |
| 68 | kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness |
| 69 | for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new |
| 70 | kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed |
| 71 | again.</p> |
| 72 | |
| 73 | <h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a> |
| 74 | Current Activity</h2> |
| 75 | |
| 76 | <p class="first">I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to |
| 77 | actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple |
| 78 | people are involved we are using <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">a wiki</a> to collaborate. This poor page |
| 79 | will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there |
| 80 | instead.</p> |
| 81 | |
| 82 | |
| 83 | <h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a> |
| 84 | More Recent Brews</h2> |
| 85 | |
| 86 | <p class="first">I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking |
| 87 | to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable |
| 88 | brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files |
| 89 | themselves.</p> |
| 90 | |
| 91 | <p>I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled |
| 92 | here—information on anything in the pipeline is at the <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">brewing wiki</a> |
| 93 | since it is liable to change a lot.</p> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <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> |
| 96 | is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in <a href="http://beerxml.com">BeerXML</a> |
| 97 | that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very |
| 98 | well only work in Brewtarget.</p> |
| 99 | |
| 100 | <h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a> |
| 101 | English IPA</h3> |
| 102 | |
| 103 | <p class="first">We had a lot of leftover ingredients after |
| 104 | <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 |
| 105 | hops. As such I threw together the leftovers into what seemed like it |
| 106 | would be a good approximation of an English IPA. We even threw this |
| 107 | onto the yeast cake of the last batch in the wedding brews (an ESB).</p> |
| 108 | |
| 109 | <p>Unfortunately, it was a wee bit underwhemling. Since we have a fancy |
| 110 | temperature controlled fridge now, I decided to brew around 68F (no |
| 111 | risk of overshooting). It came out slightly musty and generally |
| 112 | bland... still, for being made from leftovers it's alright.</p> |
| 113 | |
| 114 | <ul> |
| 115 | <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> |
| 116 | </ul> |
| 117 | |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a> |
| 120 | Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</h3> |
| 121 | |
| 122 | <p class="first">Cheap and quick to make, this is ready to drink after a quick |
| 123 | fermentation and as soon as the bottles carbonate. The chamomile |
| 124 | really shines here adding a honey-like note; the ginger adds |
| 125 | additional earthiness and a bit of zing; Sorachi Ace hops finish |
| 126 | everything up with notes of lemon cream.</p> |
| 127 | |
| 128 | <ul> |
| 129 | <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> |
| 130 | <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> |
| 131 | <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> |
| 132 | <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 |
| 133 | about a gallon, but what can you do.</li> |
| 134 | </ul> |
| 135 | |
| 136 | |
| 137 | <h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a> |
| 138 | Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</h3> |
| 139 | |
| 140 | <p class="first">Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was |
| 141 | heeded and the result was incredible.</p> |
| 142 | |
| 143 | <ul> |
| 144 | <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> |
| 145 | <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 |
| 146 | dry hopping a bit — the Centennial was out of place, and the extra |
| 147 | dry hopping overpowered the fruity notes present in Batch A. But |
| 148 | the extra bitterness and attenuation definitely improved things.</li> |
| 149 | <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 |
| 150 | the boil and using Chico Yeast. First impressions are: even better |
| 151 | than Batch A!</li> |
| 152 | <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 |
| 153 | on Wyeast <a href="http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=136">Belgian Ardennes</a> yeast. Initial impressions are that the |
| 154 | Belgian version is amazing: the fruit flavors and phenols from the |
| 155 | yeast complement the hopping quite nicely.</li> |
| 156 | </ul> |
| 157 | |
| 158 | |
| 159 | <h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a> |
| 160 | Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</h3> |
| 161 | |
| 162 | <p class="first">An attempt at experimentation—an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a |
| 163 | spice (star anise), and a reused yeast cake (Ringwood from a |
| 164 | <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/576/">Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale</a> clone).</p> |
| 165 | |
| 166 | <ul> |
| 167 | <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> |
| 168 | </ul> |
| 169 | |
| 170 | |
| 171 | <h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a> |
| 172 | Pale Ale</h3> |
| 173 | |
| 174 | <p class="first">My first brew, resurrected.</p> |
| 175 | |
| 176 | <ul> |
| 177 | <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> |
| 178 | </ul> |
| 179 | |
| 180 | |
| 181 | |
| 182 | <h2><a name="sec8" id="sec8"></a> |
| 183 | Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</h2> |
| 184 | |
| 185 | <p class="first">My girlfriend hates carbonation and so, inspired by Edwort's |
| 186 | Applewine, I started experimenting with batches of cider. I'm keeping |
| 187 | some notes, but doing it more by "I guess this is the gravity..." than |
| 188 | with brewing due to the fairly different production |
| 189 | methods. Eventually I hope to get wine making down a bit better...</p> |
| 190 | |
| 191 | <p>Occasionally I dump the text notes from my phone to |
| 192 | <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/ClintonEbadi/Cider">a page on Steve's wiki</a>.</p> |
| 193 | |
| 194 | |
| 195 | <h2><a name="sec9" id="sec9"></a> |
| 196 | Long Past Brews</h2> |
| 197 | |
| 198 | <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 |
| 199 | made in the lands of pleasant living.</p> |
| 200 | |
| 201 | <h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a> |
| 202 | Pale Ale</h3> |
| 203 | |
| 204 | <ul> |
| 205 | <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> |
| 206 | <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> |
| 207 | </ul> |
| 208 | |
| 209 | |
| 210 | <h3><a name="sec11" id="sec11"></a> |
| 211 | Porter</h3> |
| 212 | |
| 213 | <ul> |
| 214 | <li>The record of the first brew has been lost in time</li> |
| 215 | <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> |
| 216 | </ul> |
| 217 | |
| 218 | |
| 219 | <h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a> |
| 220 | Wheat Ale</h3> |
| 221 | |
| 222 | <ul> |
| 223 | <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>) — A very hot fermentation made this taste like |
| 224 | liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li> |
| 225 | </ul> |
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