ESB

Of the beers that I have brewed, this is by far the most disappointing. This supposed ESB came out more like a weak American Pale Ale. Its body is full, but it is missing the Bitter part of Extra Special Bitter.

Grain Bill:

• 8.9 lb English Pale Ale LME (3.5L)
• 0.5 lb Crystal (15 L)
• 0.25 lb Crystal (20 L)
• 0.5 oz Styr Goldings @ 60 min 5% AA
• 0.5 oz Styr Goldings @ 0 min 5% AA

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1968 London ESB

Mash in at 155 F, 60 min.
Add hops at noted times.
Added yeast at 60F.
OG and FG were not recorded.


Next time, I need to make sure that I add the last hops at the end of the boil and not forget them. Dry hopped for 14 days.

Rye Ale

This is the first Rye that I have done. It turned out very well. There is plenty of the spice and colour of the rye in the beer. It is currently first on my list of beers to brew again.

Overall taste, colour and mouth feel were outstanding. There is nothing I am going to do to change this beer next time.

Grain bill

• 1 lb 2 row
• 3/4 lb Rye Malt
• 6.6 lb Gold LME (Liquid Malt Extract)
• 2 lb Wheat DME (Dry Malt Extract)
• 1 oz Willamett @ 60 min 5.0% AA
• 0.5 oz Centennial @ 0 min 9.0$ AA

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1010 American Wheat

Mash in the rye and two row for 45 min at 155F.
Remove from fire and add extract.
Bring to boil and add hops as timed.

3 weeks bottle conditioning time worked out well.

666 Black Belgian Ale (Kit)

I got this kit with some of my growlers from Rebel Brewer.

This turned out great but it is too far past for me to remember what was in the kit.

The colour is black, and not in the viewable way. It is bloody opaque.

Mouthfeel is smooth and a bit creamy with minimal bite for a beer that came out to almost 9%.
Taste is a smooth Belgian taste.

I highly recommend this kit.

666 Black Belgian Ale

IPA of the day

I decided that I am far behind on my required professional bloging and that I should say screw it and put down my brew to make myself feel productive.

Today's Brew: I don't know what I am doing IPA (IDKWIADIPA) I think its Native American....


Grain Bill:

• 8lb Extra Light Malt Extract (Dry)
• 1lb Light Malt Extract (Dry)
• 1lb Crystal Malt (90 SRM)
• Willamett @ 45 min 5.4% AA
• Northern Brewer US @ 45 min 8.0% AA
• Columbus @ 45 min 14.5% AA

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1056 American Ale

Seep Crystal at 155 for 45 min.
Removed from fire, add extract.

Bring to boil for 60 min. Add hops at 45 min.