The Dead Rouge Ale kit is in the carboy and fermentation is under way. I did a adjunct of 7 or 8 ounces of Mesquite honey from Flagstaff. I added the hone in the last 10 minutes of the boil at the same time as the aroma hops.
I'm interested to see how the beer turns out, I didn't pull back on any of the malt or candy I don't think it will be a overly sweet beer. You never know with home brew though that's part of the joy.
Also brewing in the backyard worked much better then brewing in the garage, more space and less cleanup after a boil over.
15 days in the carboy, and then the keg.
Tapping happens on the first monday night football game of the season.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
And before I forget....
I did finally resolve my carbonation issues with my last batch of beer. I need to remember it's ok to super saturate it the beer for a couple of days not the whole time it's conditioning in the keg.
So good to know. Also good to note is that conditioning should take place under gentle pressure (like the first beer).
Ok that is all.
Aren't you glad you get to read all of this Eve?
So good to know. Also good to note is that conditioning should take place under gentle pressure (like the first beer).
Ok that is all.
Aren't you glad you get to read all of this Eve?
A little bit of this and a little bit of that....
Went to the Homebrew depot today and picked up a new kit. It's a licensed kit from the Rouge brewery in Oregon. I also got a nice validation from the owner of Homebrew depot when we were talking about kits and what people have done with them.
Turns out that kits in Homebrew are much more forgiving then the cake and cookie mixes you get from Safeway (lets not talk about my experience with cake and cookie mixes). Actually it was just nice to chat with such a experienced person about brewing in general.
So tonight when the sun goes down I light up the 60,000 btu burner and do up a batch of beer. I'm starting a little early on the teach a friend to homebrew, hey you never know what will come out of it.
Oh and as for the project for the cooler... that is on hold for that moment since I can't seem to get my stuff together to try pull it off. It's not like I don't have a ton of free time :)
Turns out that kits in Homebrew are much more forgiving then the cake and cookie mixes you get from Safeway (lets not talk about my experience with cake and cookie mixes). Actually it was just nice to chat with such a experienced person about brewing in general.
So tonight when the sun goes down I light up the 60,000 btu burner and do up a batch of beer. I'm starting a little early on the teach a friend to homebrew, hey you never know what will come out of it.
Oh and as for the project for the cooler... that is on hold for that moment since I can't seem to get my stuff together to try pull it off. It's not like I don't have a ton of free time :)
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