#title  Ale is Neat

Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's
kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness
for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new
kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed
again.

* Current Activity

I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to
actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple
people are involved we are using [[http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing][a wiki]] to collaborate. This poor page
will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there
instead.

* More Recent Brews

I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking
to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable
brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files
themselves.

I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled
here--information on anything in the pipeline is at the [[http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing][brewing wiki]]
since it is liable to change a lot.

Since old trusty [[http://www.usermode.org/code.html][QBrew]] is no longer actively maintained and [[http://brewtarget.sourceforge.net/][Brewtarget]]
is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in [[http://beerxml.com][BeerXML]]
that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very
well only work in Brewtarget.

** Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale

Cheap and quick to make this is ready to drink after a mere 11 days
fermentation and another five or six carbonating.

 - [[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]])

** Nowruz (India Pale Ale)

Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was
heeded and the result was incredible.

 - [[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]])
 - [[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]])

** Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)

An attempt at experimentation--an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a
spice (star anise), and a reused yeast cake (Ringwood from a
[[http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/576/][Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale]] clone).

 - [[beer-recipes/5-Strong Stout/strong_stout-5_a.html][Thoth]] ([[beer-recipes/5-Strong Stout/strong_stout-5_a.qbrew][source]])

** Pale Ale

My first brew, resurrected.

 - [[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]])

* Long Past Brews

I present to you my poorly annotated [[http://www.usermode.org/code.html][QBrew]] files from my ancient brews
made in the lands of pleasant living.

** Pale Ale

 - [[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_a.html][First Brew Ever]] ([[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_a.qbrew][source]])
 - [[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_b.html][Revision B]] ([[beer-recipes/1-Pale Ale/pale_ale-1_b.qbrew][source]])

** Porter

 - The record of the first brew has been lost in time
 - [[beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.html][Second Attempt]] ([[beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.qbrew][source]])

** Wheat Ale

 - [[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
   liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.