Coopers Lager with Dark LME

I brewed a Coopers lager with 3 Cups table sugar, and 2 LBS of Dark LME I had laying around.  This is the last of my supplies  and I will need some corn sugar for the bottles.  I brewed this on 5/28/11.  It did not go crazy like the stout, because I did not overly aerate the wort.  The OG was 1.047.

Coopers Stout

I brewed a Coopers Stout with 3 lbs of Dark DME on Friday May 20th, and got crazy yeast activity the next day.  I had to creat a special blow off for all the foam blowing out of the bucket.  It calmed down after about 20 hours and now I think it maybe ready for a secondray or maybe I will just leave it alone.

Trappist Ale

I brewed the Trappist Ale on 4/17/11.  Got the kit from Austin Home Brew.

Real Ale with Hop Tea Update

Bottled the beer on April 1st. - - - and came up with this Generic beer label....

Aussie Pale Ale Update #3

The Aussie is starting to taste right - - 8weeks after bottling.

Real Ale with Hop Tea

I brewed a basic real ale with hop tea (1/2 oz. hops in boiling water at 15 mon, 1/2 oz. cascade hops at last 5 min.)   - - Going to be bottling this in the next few days.  Brewed this on 3/19/11.  Appears to be comnplete in its fermentation.  I needed a basic beer.  I might make a generic beer lable.

Aussie Pale Ale Update #2

Bottled the beer on 1/29/11.  Looking blonde and cloudy.

Aussie Pale Ale - Update

moved the Aussie to a secondary fermenter 1/22/11.  Specific Gravity was reading 1.005.  I will give this another week to settle and it should be just right.

Dogfish 60-minute IPA

This is a really good beer.  I think I might try to get a clone kit for this one.

Aussie Pale Ale with Aussie Licorice

Basic Beer from Cooper's, brewed on 1/16/11.  I added some Cascade Hops at a 15 minute boil.  Added some Ausssie Style licorice candy as well (experiment).  Got it for a dollar at the dollar store.  Might  as well do an Aussie one, all the Cooper's kits are from there anyways.  Estimated 6.5% abv.  The licorice added some color, darkened the beer, the wort tasted delicious, and gave me a good idea of the final product, should turn out nice.  The licorice is subtle, which is what I was aiming for.  I boiled the hops in water first with the licorice, then brought the water down to 155 F, added the sugars and Coopers can, then cooled it all down, pitched the Coopers yeast.  It was bubbling nicely after 24 hours at around 65 F.  OG 1.050.

Hop Utilization

This chart was an eye opener on how hops work to develop bitter, flavor and aroma.

Thinking about brewing this one.  It will be my first attempt at a recipe that I get individual ingredients for. 

 

Double Chocolate Stout recipe, supposedly it is like Young's.

Dark brown, roasty, malty smooth, with a distinctive chocolatey finish
6 lbs. dark malt extract
1 lb. domestic special pale malt
1 lb. medium crystal malt
1/2 lb. roast unmalted barley
1/4 lb. chocolate malt
1/2 lb. oatmeal
1/2 - 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (add to end of boil)
1 oz. Northern Brewer (bittering)
1/2 oz. U.K. Fuggles (flavoring)
No finishing hops (add cocoa instead)
1 pkg. Windsor Ale Yeast (or White Labs English Ale or Wyeast #1968)
1 pkg. Bru-Vigor (yeast food)
3/4 cup corn sugar (priming)
O.G. - 1.049
F.G. - 1.012

Grumpy Goat Bock update

Moved the wort to a secondary fermenter on 1/11/11.  Very slow fermentation at this point.  Snuck a taste, and it is a WOW. I am going to try to give it at least till the weekend  before I bottle it. 

Grumpy Goat Bock

That's the name I gave it anyway.  It is a bock beer kit from AHS.  The time in the fermenter was the longest I have done so far.  I did not keep the fermenting at lager temps., but I am going to try to keep the fermenting temps around 60 for twenty days before bottling, which is alot of patience for me.  I brewed the extract kit on 12/31/10.

Cooper's English Bitter

I made  a batch of English bitter on 12/12/10.  I used the Austin Homebrew add pack, alchohol boost and yeast nutrient.  The beer kit add pack contains 1 pound of corn sugar, 1 pound of extra light DME, and 1/4 pound maltodextrin. It also contains a priming sugar. Used the standard Copers yeast that came with the can.  Bottled the wort at 7 days.  I have been impatient and have tried a few.  This beer is not ready.

Lawn Beer

Made a AHS Kit Lawnmower Lager on 11/26/10.  Bottled it on 12/4/10.  This beer is turning out really nice.  Not a big beer, but a nice clean taste.  I strained out the hops before it went into the primary - my prevous batch was the Half Wit, so I was scared about cloudiness.

AHS Pumpkin Ale Disaster

Made a batch of Pumpkin Ale on 9/24/10, with a buddy, and it has been the worst beer thus far.  The off-tone flavors in the beer made it barely drinkable, but I did not throw it out.  I fermented the pumpkin in the batch instead of taking it out after the boil, big mistake.  I used a kit from Austin Home Brew, and a few big cans of Libby's that I cooked in the oven.

Order #1 from Austin Home Brew

Ordered on 9/14/2010

AHS Lawnmower Lager, 1% Achohol Boost, Fermentis Saflager S-23 Dry Lager Yeast - 34.55

AHS Belgian Half Wit, 1% Achohol Boost, Fermentis Safbrew T-58 Dry Ale Yeast - 27.16

AHS Pumpkin Ale, 1% Alchohol Boost, Danstar Windsor Dry Yeast - 33.56

Coopers English Bitter, Add Pack - 25.85

Van Gorder Porter

I brewed a Robust Porter kit from Local Homebrew shop.  This beer turned out really nice.  Not much left.  Brewed it on 8/29/10.

Hop on Pop IPA

Made a great beer using a Coopers Brewmaster (of which I am not) India Pale Ale in combination with some extra Cascade hops, and extra malt extract.  Brewed it on 7/16/10.  Turned out great!!  May make this one again someday.