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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>
22<dt>
cd536704 23<a href="#sec2">More Recent Brews</a>
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26<dl>
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>
61</dl>
62</dd>
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65
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
68kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness
69for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new
70kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed
71again.</p>
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73<h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
1c3a48c8 74Current Activity</h2>
75
76<p class="first">I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to
77actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple
78people are involved we are using <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">a wiki</a> to collaborate. This poor page
79will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there
80instead.</p>
81
82
83<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
cd536704 84More Recent Brews</h2>
23108524 85
cd536704 86<p class="first">I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking
87to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable
88brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files
89themselves.</p>
23108524 90
d55b30bd 91<p>I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled
92here&mdash;information on anything in the pipeline is at the <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">brewing wiki</a>
93since 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>
96is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in <a href="http://beerxml.com">BeerXML</a>
97that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very
98well only work in Brewtarget.</p>
99
1c3a48c8 100<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
9be210c0 101English 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
105hops. As such I threw together the leftovers into what seemed like it
106would be a good approximation of an English IPA. We even threw this
107onto 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
110temperature controlled fridge now, I decided to brew around 68F (no
111risk of overshooting). It came out slightly musty and generally
112bland... 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 120Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</h3>
121
122<p class="first">Cheap and quick to make, this is ready to drink after a quick
123fermentation and as soon as the bottles carbonate. The chamomile
124really shines here adding a honey-like note; the ginger adds
125additional earthiness and a bit of zing; Sorachi Ace hops finish
126everything 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
133about a gallon, but what can you do.</li>
9be210c0 134</ul>
135
136
137<h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
d55b30bd 138Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</h3>
139
140<p class="first">Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was
141heeded 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
146dry hopping a bit &mdash; the Centennial was out of place, and the extra
147dry hopping overpowered the fruity notes present in Batch A. But
148the 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
150the boil and using Chico Yeast. First impressions are: even better
151than 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
153on Wyeast <a href="http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=136">Belgian Ardennes</a> yeast. Initial impressions are that the
154Belgian version is amazing: the fruit flavors and phenols from the
155yeast complement the hopping quite nicely.</li>
d55b30bd 156</ul>
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158
9be210c0 159<h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
d55b30bd 160Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</h3>
cd536704 161
162<p class="first">An attempt at experimentation&mdash;an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a
163spice (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>
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170
9be210c0 171<h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a>
d55b30bd 172Pale 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>
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181
9be210c0 182<h2><a name="sec8" id="sec8"></a>
183Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</h2>
184
185<p class="first">My girlfriend hates carbonation and so, inspired by Edwort's
186Applewine, I started experimenting with batches of cider. I'm keeping
187some notes, but doing it more by &quot;I guess this is the gravity...&quot; than
188with brewing due to the fairly different production
189methods. 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 196Long 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
199made in the lands of pleasant living.</p>
200
9be210c0 201<h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a>
23108524 202Pale 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 211Porter</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>
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9be210c0 219<h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a>
23108524 220Wheat 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>) &mdash; A very hot fermentation made this taste like
23108524 224liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li>
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