Beer Brewing

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 [...]

Posted in Beer Brewing | Tagged beer, brew night, recipe

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 [...]

Posted in Beer Brewing | Tagged must, recipe

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 [...]

Posted in Beer Brewing | Tagged beer, brew night, IPA, recipe