Pecan Pie Porter" Specialty Beer Recipe. Yarrow Honey Mead « Beer For Breakfast. Posted on May 16, 2012 by Jesse Black For I Gallon I used: -3 lbs. organic fireweed honey -1/5 tbsp. gypsum -3/4 tsp. acid blend (not as exciting as it sounds!)
-Small pinch of Irish Moss -A handful of freshly picked yarrow leaves (I left the premature flowers alone so that they would seed more for future batches.) -3 gr. champagne yeast, dehydrated in 1.5 oz water and 1/2 tsp. nutritional yeast Excuse the poor quality picture, the lighting was all wrong, it’s actually more golden in colour than it appears here. All-grain brewing: How to batch sparge. Sparging is sprinkling water over mash to rinse the fermentable sugars from the grain.
The rinsing helps to extract about 70-80% of the fermentable sugars from the grain. These sugars eventually become your alcohol and beer. There are two common methods to sparge your grains: continuous sparge, and batch sparging. Continuous (or Fly) sparging is the most popular, and this method is similar to how the big breweries sparge. How To Brew Pumpkin Beer in a Pumpkin, in 20 Easy Steps. Ever wanted to brew beer in a pumpkin, but found yourself intimidated by the unknown?
Well thanks to Nate Poell, the process by which this this awesome accomplishment might be realized has been laid out for us in detail. To be fair to both the creator of the process, and to home-brewing as an artform, it is suggested that the following not be attempted by first-time brewers. Here it is, how to brew pumpkin beer, inside of a pumpkin, in 20 easy steps. source Then buy them and take them home. Big surprise: you’ll use the pumpkin as the fermenting vessel.
Introduction to Kegging. Cleaning Your Keg Unless you plan on serving a Root Beer Pils or an Orange Crush Pale Ale, you need to clean up and refurbish your newly acquired keg.
Before concerning yourself with the keg innards, it's not a bad idea to clean up the outside of the keg. Chances are, unless you're lucky, the keg is covered with an assortment of "Property of Pepsi" and a host of other such labels. Making a Stir Plate for Homebrewing. Making a stir plate for homebrew yeast starters.
I got most of my instructions from Brew Your Own July-Aug 2007, and Zymugry Jan-Feb 2007 (see scans of both articles here). You can also get some good info on building a stir plate here or here. At left you see the original (free) 7.5 volt power supply I planned on using (more on that later). At right is a (free) 12 volt computer CPU fan. The fun thing about this project is seeing how many of the required things you can scrounge up for free to cut down the overall cost. Later I discovered that the recommended 6 volt power supply would probably be better so I bought one. Close up of the fan harvested from a non-working server at work. Index of Herbs Pacific Northwest Gardening. Apfelwein (Hard Cider) « DIY or Buy. Strongbow vs. homemade I was first introduced to hard cider by a college friend.
She had just come back from studying abroad in Wales, and there she discovered this awesome drink called Strongbow. I was just 21 and still naïve to the broad, glorious range of intoxicating beverages available – my repertoire at the time consisted of amaretto sour, capt’n-coke and Bud Light. Austin Homebrew Supply. BeerTools Pro Wiki. Botting Priming Calculator.
Brew Your Own: The How-To Homebrew Beer Magazine - Techniques - Lowdown on Lautering: Tips from the Pros. Lowdown on Lautering There’s nothing like formulating a recipe, crushing the grain and hitting all the temperatures during the mash, only to be thwarted by problems when you’re draining the sweet wort off the mash.
Brew Your Own: The How-To Homebrew Beer Magazine - Story Index - Ingredients - Hot! Hot! Hot! Brewing with Chili Peppers. From jalapeno to habanero, how to make scorching chili beer at home.
At the back of every homebrew supply store, there is a secret door. It's covered with posters from malt and hop suppliers, labels from local brewpubs and microbreweries, price lists and other paperwork. You'd never even notice the door, if I hadn't told you about it. The shop employees and management don't want the average customer to know about the door. It's reserved for "special" clientele, those in the know.
Winemaking: Getting Started. Fermentarium. Mash Infusion and Rest Schedule Calculator. Beer Calculus . homebrew recipe calculator. American Homebrewers Association. Suger Priming Chart. Chapter 11 - Priming and Bottling 11.4 Priming Solutions The best way to prime your beer is to mix your priming sugar into the whole batch prior to bottling.
This ensures that all the bottles will be carbonated the same. Some books recommend adding 1 tsp. of sugar directly to the bottle for priming. Priming Sugar Calculator. Ted's Homebrew Journal: Brewing One Gallon Batches. I've brewed a good number of one gallon batches (view the list...here) in my day, and I'd like to share some things to consider while trying it for yourself.
Overall, its a great way to experiment, to get in a small batch of something simple, to brew a batch as a yeast starter, or to use the vessels for tertiary aging with added flavors. Both my Mother and Grandma drink cheap bulk Carlo Rossi wines by the 3 & 4 liter jug. Not really sure why, nor how they get through the whole thing before it gets even nastier. But, somehow it makes them happy, and I get as many jugs as I need. Make Your Own Mash Tun. Home Brewing Beer Blog by BeerSmith. Over the years, I’ve come to realize that the basic principles of beer recipes design are often misunderstood and rarely well articulated. This week we’re going to look at how you can design a great beer recipes at home using a tried and true process. What follows is an what I consider an overview of the essence of beer recipe design. Starting a New Recipe When I build a new beer recipe, I almost always start by picking a target beer style.
How To Make Beer In A Pumpkin: Cask'O'Lantern Homebrew. Main Page - BrewWiki. Home Distillation of Alcohol. Bacon Infused Vodka. If you have a deep love or general obsession with bacon, or if you're one of the vegetarians turned carnivore again because you couldn't refuse the tasty deliciousness of bacon anymore, then this Instructable is for you. This how-to will give you a simple way to infuse vodka with the savory flavor of freshly cooked bacon.
Oh yeah, and you can have this scrumptious flavor in less than an hour! There are other ways to get bacon infused vodka, but this one is quick and gets you the same taste without having to wait a week or two. Napolitan Limoncello: A Family Recipe « Midwestern Exposure. Let me begin this post by confessing this is not my family’s recipe.
Nearly a decade ago, I traveled to Pozzuoli, Italy (just outside of Naples) to attend the wedding of my friends Luigi and Giusy. After dinner at Giusy’s parents’ house one evening, her father, Paolo, treated me to a special digestivo — his homemade limoncello. Napolitans are very proud of their limoncello, as well they should be. In addition to the commercially available liqueur, many people make their own homemade version, and nearly every hole-in-the-wall restaurant touts its own traditional recipe. I was enchanted by limoncello’s brilliant color, its bright, lemony flavor, and its potent 80 proof kick. Brew Your Own: The How-To Homebrew Beer Magazine - home page.
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