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August 25th, 2010 by Nate The Black Beaut Porter has turned out to be a solid dark beer. It has now been about six weeks and I am down to the last six-pack of this brew. Very tasty, warm or cold, with nice malty character and subtle hops.
Black Beaut Porter in Window 2
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Mac & Jack’s African Amber Clone5.5 Gallons, Extract | | OG: | 1.063 | FG: | 1.020 | %ABV: | 5.9 | IBU: | 30.7 | SRM: | 13.1 |
| Grains | Steep at 155° F
| | 1.00 lb | Munich 10L | 60 minutes | | 0.50 lb | Cara-Pils | 60 minutes | | 0.50 lb | Crystal 80L | 60 minutes | | Extract | Total Boil Time
| | 8.50 Lb | Pale Malt Extract | 60 minutes | | Hops | Add | | 1.00 oz | Centennial (10.5% AA) | 60 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (6.3% AA) | 5 minutes | | 1.00 oz | Cascade (6.3% AA) | Dry hop in secondary | | Yeast | Cool wort to 75° F
| | 1 package | Wyeast 1098 British Ale | Pitched from packet | | Additives | Time | | 1.00 oz | Dried Orange Peel (sweet) | 20 minutes | | 4.00 oz | Priming Sugar | Bottling |
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The Sierra Cascade II was our second recipe based off of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. This one was a bit more complex than our last with some added grains and a different selection of hops.
These have been in the bottle for six weeks now and many of the beers are already gone. I decided I should do a review of one before they all disappear.
The beer pours a rich amber color with a nice head. The foam of the head is made of very fine bubbles, and the head stays throughout the beer. There is a small bit of lacing on the sides of the glass as you drink the beer.
Sierra Cascade II
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Since I’ve been trying a few different wine recipes lately, I decided to do a rhubarb wine using some of the rhubarb that grows under our apple tree. I’ve been reading a bit about making wine with juice instead of whole fruit, and I decided to try juicing the rhubarb with a steam juicer and adding that juice to the must instead of whole rhubarb. We probably had enough for a 5 gallon batch, but I just wanted to make a couple gallons like I’ve done with the raspberry and salmonberry wine. Here is a recipe for rhubarb wine, 2 gallon batch.
Rhubarb Wine2 Gallon | | OG: | 1.090 | FG: | 0.993 | %ABV: | 12.7 | TA: | 0.7% |
| Fermentables | | 6 lb | Fresh Rhubarb | | 5.5 lb | Sugar | | Yeast | | 1 package | Cote des Blancs Wine Yeast | | Additives | | 1 tsp | Yeast Nutrient | | 2 | Campden Tablets |
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Made another batch of beer today, making this my third brew in as many days. Decided to do a lighter beer, but something with some kick to it. I recall having Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale and it being a good beer, and reading reviews of the beer made me want to attempt a clone. Here is the recipe I will be using to brew a 5.5 gallon batch of my Dead Clone Ale, a nice Helles Bock style beer. It should have a nice malty character with some hops to balance but not to overpower the malt.
Dead Clone Ale | | OG: | 1.061 | FG: | 1.012 | %ABV: | 6.7 | IBU: | 36.6 | SRM: | 15.3 |
| Grains | | 13 oz | Munich | | 13 oz | Cara-Munich | | 8 oz | Crystal 40L | | Extract | | 8 Lb | Light Malt Extract | | Hops | | 1 oz | Perle (7.5% AA) | | 1 oz | Saaz (5.9% AA) | | Yeast | | 1 package | Wyeast Pacman | | Additives | | 1 tsp | Brewing Salts | | 1 tsp | Irish Moss | | 3/4 cup | Priming Sugar |
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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 Wine2 Gallon | | 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 Wine2 Gallon | | 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 | | 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 | | 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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