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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Homebrew review

It came to my attention that I have provided any follow up on some of my recent brews. I will post images and results from some of these beers over the next couple days.

I brewed all of the below recipes with the Brooklyn Brew shop's Recipe book:

Smoked BBQ Beer- This beer turned out awesome! I will brew this again but maybe with darker malts and maybe some cocoa next time. I renamed the resulting beer SMACK of HAM. each sip was like a fresh slice of Honey baked ham.

Nutless Brown Ale (Chestnut Brown Ale)- This turned out pretty good considering that I couldn't not find a chestnut in February at any grocery store. It had a rich dark amber color flavor that reminded me of a whacky Fat Tire.

Blackberry Red Ale-This beer turned turned out pretty good. I should have transferred it to a secondary to help clean up some of the sediment, but in general the flavor was right on and I liked the result using whole blackberries and avoiding concentrate flavoring. I learned that if I keep the mash a little hotter then recommended the flavor would have been a bit sweeter.

Spring Lager- I brewed this Lager with hopes that it would remain fairly cold in Chicago. As it turns out we had three weeks of 70+ weather in March. I used a Saf-yeast S-23 lager yeast which allows for higher temp activity.

Spicy Jalapeno Saison- Brewed 3/14/2012.. images and post to follow. This is currently in its final stage of fermentation.

Simcoe IPA- Just picked up ingredients today from Brew and Grow in Roselle.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Smoked beer brew day

A smoked beer from a Brooklyn Brew Shop recipe.

Gingerbread ale complete

The gingerbread ale from Brooklyn Brew Shop turned out awesome! I think I will brew one more batch before winter is over.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Diablo Dynamo


Some Beers from December/January


Enjoyed this Lager from Brooklyn Brewery, I need to pick up their mix pack one of these days.

Great Brown ale

I love this Red Ale and so glad it is now distributed down to Chicago from Milwaukee.


Pre Skunked!!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Gingerbread Ale

Some photos from yesterdays home brew of the gingerbread ale from Brooklyn Brew Shop.