I’ve decided to try my hand at a coconut porter. I didn’t think much about it. It can’t be hard right? Don’t you just put some coconut in your beer? We’ll. I found it a bit trickier than that. I went out and bought two bags OG sweetened shredded coconut. I guess it’s not as simple to just buy unsweetened toasted coconut. So I took what I could find and then toasted it in the toaster oven....
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After two weeks of no beer activities, I had a little catch-up to do. I bottled the American Stout I brewed two weeks back. It is intended for Zenny’s birthday / St. Patrick’s day so I needed to get on it. Then, to keep on schedule, I brewed up another batch of beer. As sort of a leftover batch of beer, I ended up with an american Scottish heavy, not that that is an actual style. On Saturday, I drove all the way to...
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In the past, I’ve used BrewPal to create and keep track of my recipes. This works fine until my phone runs out of battery, dies, updates, or just feels like forgetting all my recipes. I was given this Homebrewer’s Journal for Christmas and have used it for the past 4 or 5 brews. It’s really handy. Not only does it keep track of recipes, but gives me space to document each brew from beginning to end. Everything from...
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I’ve bottled 15 gallons at this point. That’s 150 bottles of beer. Coming up next is an American Stout. This will come in handy come St. Patrick’s day. Besides, I figured it’s about time for another dark beer. I really enjoy stouts and porters, but it seems most people I share my beer with prefer lighter beers. Well, too bad for them this time around. If you’d like to come away with some of this batch of...
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Today makes ten gallons. I went with an American Pale Wheat Ale of my own devising. This was a little more challenging than normal since my phone app that I use for calculations updated itself and now crashes whenever I try to open it. Therefore I had to do all my own calculations. Below are a few It was a good brew day I picked up my supplies this morning and ate lunch with Leif. Started brewing alet, around 1 o’clock. I drank...
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The year has started. I have my first sponsor and a bag of Poha berries. I spent this past Sunday brewing my first batch of beer in 2014. I brewed a Poha berry California Common. It was interesting using the Poha berries. I’m still not sure how it will effect the flavor or bitterness. Should be interesting. I’ve also re-used some yeast from my last batch of beer. It’s currently bubbling away in the fermenter, so all...
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