| Date | Brew:5/09/2014 | Rack:5/23/2014 | Bottle:6/10/2014 |
| Days | 0 | 14 | 32 |
From Extreme Brewing p138
Chris and his wife really love Allagash, and he’s had good luck with this recipe before. Ross wants to start enjoying wheat beers. Maybe we’ll all end up happy!
Once someone decides that a kegging setup is right for them, the very next question is usually:
“what is the difference between ball lock and pin lock kegs?”
The answer is pretty simple. The kegs are usually quite similar, but the connection point that the gas and beer lines use is slightly different.
This is an example of a ball lock post
and this is an example of a pin lock post.
Notice the small pins that poke out of the base of the pin lock post. That is why it is named “pin lock”
In the past these kegs were used predominantly for soda syrup. Coke used the pin lock kegs and Pepsi used the ball lock kegs. They could have easily used the same system, but it was probably obfuscated in order to discourage restaraunt owners from switching soda companies as well as to keep the kegs circulating in their respective distribution pools.
Continue reading Ball lock vs Pin lock Corny keg?
Days000
| Date | Brew:4/24/2014 | Rack:0/00/0000 | Bottle:5/27/2014 |
http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/9665/brads-dry-stout-biab
Make a simple recipe for our first foray into BIAB. Not very much hops, not a ton of grains, and (theoretically) fairly simple. I was in the homebrew store trying to decide on yeasts and someone brought up the idea of doing a split batch.
Continue reading Batch #18 – Evil Twin Part II – Dry Stout BIAB
| Date | Brew:4/8/2014 | Rack:4/30/2014 | Bottle:5/13/2014 |
| Days | 0 | 22 | 35 |
CJOHB, Papazian, p.186
Do our first lager, and our first split batch. See the effect of fruit on a brew and have a control to compare it to and mix it back with if needed.
Continue reading Batch #17 – Evil Twin Part I – Vienna Lager
Day#00031
| Date | Brew:3/24/2014 | Rack:0/00/0000 | Bottle:4/24/2014 |
Hoppiness is an IPA, Brewing Classic Styles
Make a sessionable IPA that is still satisfying. Ideally around 4% ABV. The last few beers we made were creeping up above 7% and will sneak up on you if you put a few back. This will still have a clean hoppy taste, but not be a day-wrecker. I took the BCS recipe above and tweaked it in beersmith in order to have lower fermentables. I honestly don’t remember what else I did to it.
Continue reading Batch #16 – Somertime ipa
| Date | Brew:3/4/2014 | Rack:3/24/2014 | Bottle:3/30/2014 |
| Days | 0 | 20 | 28 |
Brewing Classic Styles, Hop Hammer, modified for partial boil.
Put together a super hop powered alcohol rocket! Try for something like a pliny or Heady Topper. Moderate bitterness, very low sweetness and body, and a pop of fresh hop character from aggressive dry-hopping.
Continue reading Batch #15 – One Pound of Hops DIPA
| Date | Brew:1/8/2014 | Rack:1/28/2014 | Bottle:2/12/2014 | Days | 0 | 20 | 35 |
Brewer’s Best Porter Kit, with added ingredients
Try to make a “thin mint in a glass.” This was a basic porter extract recipe with cocoa-nib infused schnapps added at bottling.
Continue reading Batch #12 – Thick Mint
| Date | Brew:11/19/2013 | Rack:1/8/2014 | Bottle:1/28/2014 | Days | 0 | 50! | 70! |
SunPig Grapefruit Summer Wheat
Try to make a grapefruit wheat, a twist on the usual combo of oranges and wheat beers. Explore when to add grapefruit oil/zest.
Continue reading Batch #11 – Done Deal Grapefruit Wheat