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Skirt Remover 80/-
By phlyingpenguin on January 14, 2010
We did the first batch I’ve done on the all grain setup on Tuesday. This is my Scottish 80/- Ale which (on paper) is accurate to BCJP standards. Since the recipe itself is very similar to the Kilt Remover recipe minus a whole lot of 2-row and DME, this batch is dubbed Skirt Remover. We’ve blindly [...]
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Ripper Jack, My Take
By phlyingpenguin on January 3, 2010
I made (vinted?) a 5 gallon batch of Ripper Jack Ginger Ale (cider?) on New Year’s day. I’m still having trouble classifying this drink as either a cider, ginger ale, wine, or “other.” My take on the recipe basically scaled everything up (x5) except the sugar and the ginger. I miscalculated the sugar because Wolfram|Alpha [...]
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Legacy IPA
By phlyingpenguin on December 21, 2009
We brewed Cory’s historic recipe of an IPA last night based on this 1837 recipe. Our recipe scaled back the hops to 8oz. of fuggles and upped the aromatics to 2oz. of kent goldings. We kept the marris otter malt the same and brewed according to the recipe’s directions. I believe a White Labs English [...]
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Tuesday Tasks
By phlyingpenguin on November 25, 2009
Bottled the cherry mead (11/25/09) and ended up with five bottles. That is all.
Posted in Meadmaking
Friday Evening Meadmaking
By phlyingpenguin on November 23, 2009
Friday (11/20/09), Ross and I made a batch of mead each. I did a blend of dark raspberry honey and then a majority of clover. This blend was about 8 oz. of the raspberry honey and 40 oz. of clover. It’s possible that the clover amount was 8 oz. less than I think. I can’t [...]
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Beginning a Champagne Mead
By phlyingpenguin on November 17, 2009
For kicks, I’m planning to make a champagne mead with a target of some Belgian beer bottles that I’ve got sitting about. I think there are 6 bottles available and I’m planning to get the plastic champagne corks and some cages. This mead is very plain, just bargain clover honey and water. From instructions on [...]
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Meading to Journal
By phlyingpenguin on November 17, 2009
Sorry for the pun. With several meads in the end phase of their non-drinkable process, I’m finding that I really should have written down a few things that I’ve done during the ages with dates attached. I’ve tried analog journals no no avail so maybe I can do a little bit better here.
Here’s what’s gone [...]
Posted in Meadmaking | Tagged finings, mead, Meadmaking, melomel