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16 | <h1>Ale is Neat</h1> | |
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19 | <dt> | |
1c3a48c8 | 20 | <a href="#sec1">Current Activity</a> |
21 | </dt> | |
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cd536704 | 23 | <a href="#sec2">More Recent Brews</a> |
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27 | <dt> | |
9be210c0 | 28 | <a href="#sec3">English IPA</a> |
cd536704 | 29 | </dt> |
cd536704 | 30 | <dt> |
9be210c0 | 31 | <a href="#sec4">Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</a> |
cd536704 | 32 | </dt> |
cd536704 | 33 | <dt> |
9be210c0 | 34 | <a href="#sec5">Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</a> |
cd536704 | 35 | </dt> |
cd536704 | 36 | <dt> |
9be210c0 | 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> | |
cd536704 | 41 | </dt> |
42 | </dl> | |
43 | </dd> | |
cd536704 | 44 | <dt> |
9be210c0 | 45 | <a href="#sec8">Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</a> |
46 | </dt> | |
47 | <dt> | |
48 | <a href="#sec9">Long Past Brews</a> | |
cd536704 | 49 | </dt> |
50 | <dd> | |
51 | <dl> | |
52 | <dt> | |
9be210c0 | 53 | <a href="#sec10">Pale Ale</a> |
23108524 | 54 | </dt> |
55 | <dt> | |
9be210c0 | 56 | <a href="#sec11">Porter</a> |
23108524 | 57 | </dt> |
58 | <dt> | |
9be210c0 | 59 | <a href="#sec12">Wheat Ale</a> |
23108524 | 60 | </dt> |
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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> | |
1c3a48c8 | 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> | |
cd536704 | 84 | More Recent Brews</h2> |
23108524 | 85 | |
cd536704 | 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> | |
23108524 | 90 | |
d55b30bd | 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 | ||
1c3a48c8 | 100 | <h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a> |
9be210c0 | 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> | |
d55b30bd | 108 | |
9be210c0 | 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> | |
d55b30bd | 113 | |
114 | <ul> | |
9be210c0 | 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> |
d55b30bd | 116 | </ul> |
cd536704 | 117 | |
d55b30bd | 118 | |
119 | <h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a> | |
9be210c0 | 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> | |
aebf22ad | 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> | |
9be210c0 | 134 | </ul> |
135 | ||
136 | ||
137 | <h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a> | |
d55b30bd | 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> | |
9be210c0 | 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> | |
aebf22ad | 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> | |
d55b30bd | 156 | </ul> |
157 | ||
158 | ||
9be210c0 | 159 | <h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a> |
d55b30bd | 160 | Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</h3> |
cd536704 | 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> | |
76bbaa58 | 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> |
cd536704 | 168 | </ul> |
169 | ||
170 | ||
9be210c0 | 171 | <h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a> |
d55b30bd | 172 | Pale Ale</h3> |
cd536704 | 173 | |
174 | <p class="first">My first brew, resurrected.</p> | |
175 | ||
176 | <ul> | |
76bbaa58 | 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> |
cd536704 | 178 | </ul> |
179 | ||
180 | ||
181 | ||
9be210c0 | 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> | |
cd536704 | 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 | ||
9be210c0 | 201 | <h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a> |
23108524 | 202 | Pale Ale</h3> |
203 | ||
204 | <ul> | |
76bbaa58 | 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> | |
23108524 | 207 | </ul> |
208 | ||
209 | ||
9be210c0 | 210 | <h3><a name="sec11" id="sec11"></a> |
23108524 | 211 | Porter</h3> |
212 | ||
213 | <ul> | |
214 | <li>The record of the first brew has been lost in time</li> | |
76bbaa58 | 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> |
23108524 | 216 | </ul> |
217 | ||
218 | ||
9be210c0 | 219 | <h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a> |
23108524 | 220 | Wheat Ale</h3> |
221 | ||
222 | <ul> | |
76bbaa58 | 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 |
23108524 | 224 | liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li> |
23108524 | 225 | </ul> |
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