Grain Bill:
4 lbs 2-row base malt
5.6 lbs flaked wheat
8 oz Münchenmalz
7 oz CaraMünchenmalz
1 oz Chocolate malt
Hops: 3.2% Saaz, 2 oz
Yeast: White Labs WLP302 American Hefeweizen liquid yeast tube
Equipment:
50 quart mash tun, of my own fabrication (with the aid of Zymeco Kewler Kitz, and a lot of screwing up along the way)
21 quart water bath canner/lobster [...]
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Hefeblaueweizen!
August 10th, 2009 No Comments
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Kombucha Made of Win
December 16th, 2008 No Comments
I just made an awesomely win-ful, eye-poppingly tart Cranberry Kombucha. You should too. This is how it goes:
Ingredients:
1 bottle store-bought Kombucha, any flavor (buy it at whole foods or your local health-food store).
1 cup sugar (cane, beet, corn, maple, whatever)
4 tea bags (your choice) or equivalent amount of loose tea
1 gallon-size crock pot (or scale [...]
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Pumpkin Ale
September 7th, 2008 No Comments
Last night, with the aid of my friend Stephanie, I started a pumpkin ale. This entry is mostly for my reference, but published in hopes that somebody else may find it useful.
For a 5-gallon batch:
2 cans light Light Malt Extract
1/2 lb German Crystal dark malt
1/4 lb Chocolate Malt
1 lb flaked barley (looks like oatmeal)
1 [...]