Homebrewing.muse

   1 #title  Ale is Neat
   2
   3 Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's
   4 kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness
   5 for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new
   6 kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed
   7 again.
   8
   9 * Current Activity
  10
  11 I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to
  12 actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple
  13 people are involved we are using [[http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing][a wiki]] to collaborate. This poor page
  14 will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there
  15 instead.
  16
  17 * More Recent Brews
  18
  19 I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking
  20 to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable
  21 brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files
  22 themselves.
  23
  24 I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled
  25 here--information on anything in the pipeline is at the [[http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing][brewing wiki]]
  26 since it is liable to change a lot.
  27
  28 Since old trusty [[http://www.usermode.org/code.html][QBrew]] is no longer actively maintained and [[http://brewtarget.sourceforge.net/][Brewtarget]]
  29 is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in [[http://beerxml.com][BeerXML]]
  30 that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very
  31 well only work in Brewtarget.
  32
  33 ** Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale
  34
  35 Cheap and quick to make this is ready to drink after a mere 11 days
  36 fermentation and another five or six carbonating.
  37
  38  - [[beer-recipes/7-Ginger Chamomile Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.html][Batch A 2011-05-04]] ([[beer-recipes/7-Ginger Chamomile Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.xml][source]])
  39
  40 ** Nowruz (India Pale Ale)
  41
  42 Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was
  43 heeded and the result was incredible.
  44
  45  - [[beer-recipes/4-India Pale Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.html][Batch A]] ([[beer-recipes/4-India Pale Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.xml][source]])
  46  - [[beer-recipes/4-India Pale Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.html][Batch B]] ([[beer-recipes/4-India Pale Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.xml][source]])
  47
  48 ** Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)
  49
  50 An attempt at experimentation--an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a
  51 spice (star anise), and a reused yeast cake (Ringwood from a
  52 [[http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/576/][Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale]] clone).
  53
  54  - [[beer-recipes/5-Strong Stout/strong_stout-5_a.html][Thoth]] ([[beer-recipes/5-Strong Stout/strong_stout-5_a.qbrew][source]])
  55
  56 ** Pale Ale
  57
  58 My first brew, resurrected.
  59
  60  - [[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_c.html][First Time on the New Rig]] ([[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_c.qbrew][source]])
  61
  62 * Long Past Brews
  63
  64 I present to you my poorly annotated [[http://www.usermode.org/code.html][QBrew]] files from my ancient brews
  65 made in the lands of pleasant living.
  66
  67 ** Pale Ale
  68
  69  - [[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_a.html][First Brew Ever]] ([[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_a.qbrew][source]])
  70  - [[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_b.html][Revision B]] ([[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_b.qbrew][source]])
  71
  72 ** Porter
  73
  74  - The record of the first brew has been lost in time
  75  - [[beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.html][Second Attempt]] ([[beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.qbrew][source]])
  76
  77 ** Wheat Ale
  78
  79  - [[beer-recipes/3-Wheat Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.html][Bannanas]] ([[beer-recipes/3-Wheat Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.qbrew][source]]) -- A very hot fermentation made this taste like
  80    liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.