Beer and Wine: The Blog
My mom found a spot with lots of salmonberries along the Soos Creek Trail so I headed out there and did some picking. After 4 hours I came away with 6.5 pounds of fresh salmonberries, quite a haul. I decided that after making the raspberry wine yesterday, salmonberries would be just as easy and would have a slightly different flavor. I looked for a salmonberry wine recipe but did not find one, so I modified my raspberry wine recipe and had some input from the people at my LHBS, Larry’s Brewing Supply. Here is the final recipe (again, making a 2 gallon batch):
Salmonberry Wine
2 Gallon
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| OG: |
1.085 |
FG: |
0.993 |
%ABV: |
12.7 |
TA: |
0.7% |
| Fermentables |
| 6.5 lb |
Fresh Salmonberries |
| 3 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Montrachet Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 1.5 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 2 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
| 3 |
Campden Tablets |
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With more raspberries than I can ever remember having at one time, I decided to make up a batch of raspberry wine before letting all the berries go to waste. After an hour of picking I ended up with six pounds of fresh raspberries from our garden. I looked up a few recipes for a good raspberry wine and here is the recipe I decided to go with, making what I think should turn out to be a two-gallon batch:
Razzle Dazzle Raspberry Wine
2 Gallon
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| OG: |
1.090 |
FG: |
0.991 |
%ABV: |
13.7 |
TA: |
1.0% |
| Fermentables |
| 6 lb |
Fresh Raspberries |
| 5 lb |
Sugar |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast |
| Additives |
| 1 tsp |
Acid Blend |
| 1 tsp |
Pectic Enzyme |
| 2 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient |
| 3 |
Campden Tablets |
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Wanted to make a good porter, so we came up with a recipe for a Black Butte Porter clone, which we will call the Black Beaut. This beer should be a nice dark beer with some roasted malt characteristics and a smooth mouthfeel.
Black Beaut Porter
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| OG: |
1.051 |
FG: |
1.014 |
%ABV: |
5.0 |
IBU: |
45.8 |
SRM: |
33.7 |
| Grains |
| 6 oz |
Black Patent |
| 6 oz |
Chocolate |
| 8 oz |
Crystal 10L |
| 8 oz |
Honey Malt |
| 8 oz |
Cara-pils |
| 4 oz |
Roasted Barley |
| Extract |
| 7 Lb |
Light Malt Extract |
| Hops |
| 1 oz |
Cascade (6.3% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Tettnanger (4.9% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Perle (7.5% AA) |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Wyeast 1338 European Ale |
| Additives |
| 1 tsp |
Irish Moss |
| 3/4 cup |
Priming Sugar |
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Today we brewed a variation of our last Sierra Cascade Ale recipe. We added some more grains to this batch, had a slightly different malt extract, and used some new kinds of hops. We decided to keep the Cascade hops for dry hopping and aroma, but we used some Northern Brewer for a more distinctive flavor and Amarillo for bittering.
Sierra Cascade II
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| OG: |
1.042 |
FG: |
1.006 |
%ABV: |
5.0 |
IBU: |
45.5 |
SRM: |
11.2 |
| Grains |
| 1 Lb |
Crystal 40L |
| 1 Lb |
Victory |
| Extract |
| 6 Lb |
Pilsner Extract |
| Hops |
| 2 oz |
Cascade (6.9% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Amarillo (9.4% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Northern Brewer (8.0% AA) |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II |
| Additives |
| 1 Tbsp |
Irish Moss |
| 3/4 cup |
Priming Sugar |
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The Sierra Cascade Ale only took three weeks to brew, and after a few weeks in the bottle they are tasting very good. This bottle was a 16 oz and had a little less carbonation than some of the others during the pour, but was nicely carbonated while drinking.
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After a lagering process of about 7 weeks, the Hose Water Kölsch has been bottled and is drinkable. Initially this beer had no carbonation after bottling. I tried one about a week after I bottled, and there was no head and no bubbles in the beer, felt like a beer that had been sitting out for a day and gone totally flat. I was afraid that the yeast might have died for some reason, which would also account for a higher than expected final gravity. It has been a few more weeks since trying those first bottles, and now I am pleased to say the beer has begun to carbonate a bit.
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Jeff and I made up another batch of brew today. We decided to do something similar to what we have been drinking and enjoying lately, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I found this recipe for an American Pale Ale, specifically a Sierra clone, and made a couple alterations due to the availability of supplies. This should be a quicker beer, about three weeks out to the drinking stage, so it will be a nice change from the last lager style beer we did.
| Grains |
| 1 Lb |
Crystal 40L |
| Extract |
| 6.5 Lb |
Pale Malt Extract |
| Hops |
| 3 oz |
Cascade (7.1% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Perle (7.5% AA) |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Wyeast 1056 American Ale |
| Other |
| 1 tsp |
Brewing Salts |
| 1/2 cup |
Priming Sugar |
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December 31st, 2009 by Nate
Brian was back in town for the holidays, and we needed something to do, so we decided to brew another batch of beer. We chose to make another Kolsch style beer as the last one we made (Gun Closet Kölsch) turned out pretty well, and we wanted to do another lager process. We headed down to Larry’s Brewing Supply and picked up some ingredients.
| Grains |
| 0.5 Lb |
Victory |
| 0.5 Lb |
Munich Light |
| 0.5 Lb |
Carapils |
| Extract |
| 5.5 Lb |
Light Malt Extract |
| 0.5 Lb |
Wheat Malt Extract |
| Hops |
| 1 oz |
Tettenang (5.5% AA) |
| 1 oz |
Vanguard (5.4% AA) |
| Yeast |
| 1 package |
Wyeast 1007 German Ale |
| Other |
| 1 tsp |
Brewing Salts |
| 3/4 cup |
Priming Sugar |
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