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  16     <h1>Ale is Neat</h1>
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  19 <dt>
  20 <a href="#sec1">Current Activity</a>
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  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>
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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&mdash;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 &mdash; 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&mdash;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 &quot;I guess this is the gravity...&quot; 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>) &mdash; A very hot fermentation made this taste like
 224 liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li>
 225 </ul>
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