Brewed a Pale Ale

I brewed a Pale Ale this past weekend. It might be close to an IPA, but I’m not sure. Here’s the recipe…

Steeped .5 lb of Crystal 40L for 24 hours in 5.75 gallons of hot water from the tap
Brought up to 155F and let sit at that temp for 30 min.
Brought to a boil and removed grains.
1 oz. Cascade hops A.A. 6.3%
Boiled for 30 min.
.5 oz. Cascade hops A.A. 6.3%
2 cups of corn sugar
2 cans of Alexanders Sun Country Pale Malt Extract
1 tsp Irish Moss
Boiled for 15 min.
.5 oz. Cascade hops A.A. 6.3% Boiled for 10 min.
.5 oz. Cascade hops A.A. 6.3%
Boiled for 5 min. and removed from heat
Cooled the wort and added Muntons Gold yeast at around 79F
Gravity = 1.066

I’m planning on dry hopping (my first experiment with dry hopping) with .5 oz. Cascade hops A.A. 6.3% after a week in the primary and let sit for another week in the primary before transferring over to the secondary. Again, I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Hefe Weizen

Brewed a Hefe Weizen. Here’s the recipe…

Steeped
.5 lbs Briess Wheat Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 2.2)
.5 lbs Briess Dextrine Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 1.5)
for 4 hours in 6.25 gallons of hot water from the tap
Brought water to 155-160 F and let rest for 30 min. and brought to full boil and removed grains
1 oz. Vangard pellet hops A.A. 4.4%
1/2 cup of Malto dextine
2 cups of corn sugar
Boiled for 30 minutes
3.3 lbs Briess Bavarian Wheat LME
3 lbs Munton’s Plain Extra Light DME (7 EBC)
1 cup of corn sugar
.75 lbs Munton’s Plain Wheat DME (55% wheat/45% barley, 9 EBC)
Boiled for 15 more minutes
.5 oz Willamette pellet hops A.A. 4.6%
Boiled for 10 more minutes
.5 oz Willamette pellet hops A.A. 4.6%
Boiled for 5 minutes and cooled
Pitched Munton’s Gold Yeast directly into Wort at 68F

This made about 6 gallons, and I forgot to measure my original gravity before pitching the yeast. I think I’m going to add a half can of Oregon canned raspberries to 1 gallon in the secondary for a raspberry hefe. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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Brewed a Hefe Weizen

Brewed a Hefe Weizen. Here’s the recipe…

Steeped
.5 lbs Briess Wheat Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 2.2)
.5 lbs Briess Dextrine Malt crushed 6 row (lovibond 1.5)
for 4 hours in 6.25 gallons of hot water from the tap
Brought water to 155-160 F and let rest for 30 min. and brought to full boil and removed grains
1 oz. Vangard pellet hops A.A. 4.4%
1/2 cup of Malto dextine
2 cups of corn sugar
Boiled for 30 minutes
3.3 lbs Briess Bavarian Wheat LME
3 lbs Munton’s Plain Extra Light DME (7 EBC)
1 cup of corn sugar
.75 lbs Munton’s Plain Wheat DME (55% wheat/45% barley, 9 EBC)
Boiled for 15 more minutes
.5 oz Willamette pellet hops A.A. 4.6%
Boiled for 10 more minutes
.5 oz Willamette pellet hops A.A. 4.6%
Boiled for 5 minutes and cooled
Pitched Munton’s Gold Yeast directly into Wort at 68F

This made about 6 gallons, and I forgot to measure my original gravity before pitching the yeast. I think I’m going to add a half can of Oregon canned raspberries to 1 gallon in the secondary for a raspberry hefe. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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Brewed a Dunkelweizen

This weekend I brewed a very wheaty wheat beer. It’s my first use of my new turkey fryer (my wife wanted me out of the kitchen and it allows me to do full boils). Here’s the recipe…

.5 lbs of Briess Dextrine grains
.5 lbs of cracked wheat
Steeped and brought 6.5 gallons of water to 155F and set at 155 for 30 minutes
Brought water to a boil and removed steeping bag
3.3 lbs Briess Bavarian Wheat LME
1 cup of corn sugar
1/4 cup of malto dextrine
1 tsp of Irish moss
1 oz of Tradition hops (A.A. 5.8%)
Boiled for 30 minutes
3.3 lbs Briess Bavarian Wheat LME
3 lbs Muntons Wheat DME (55% Wheat/45% Barley)
.5 oz of Willamette hops (A.A. 4.5%)
Boiled for 15 minutes
.5 oz of Willamette hops (A.A. 4.5%)
Boiled for 15 minutes and cooled

Here’s the interesting part… I’m fermenting 5 gallons in my carboy with Munton’s Gold Ale dry yeast, and then I’m fermenting 1 gallon in couple half-gallon growlers. In the growlers I’ve tried my first attempt at yeast harvesting (from a Schlafly Hefe). The original gravity is 1.070. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

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