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Comment on Amber Ale by Ben

Ben — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:15:34 +0000

Hey Brian!

Love your site. Would love to trade links with you.

Comment on Amber Ale by Brian

Brian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:38:50 +0000

I had my first glass of the amber tonight - it turned out well, but I have a bad head cold so my nose is a little off. I’ll try it again in a couple of days and see what I think.

Your recipe looks interesting - as my wife said tonight, my amber was pretty mild. I think it could be a little more hoppy.

Comment on Brewing Books by chemicalcraig

chemicalcraig — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:56:19 +0000

My hops are on their second season now. Last year I harvested enough for one or two batches. Not bad, I guess it helps to live in the willamette valley, though.

Comment on Amber Ale by chemicalcraig

chemicalcraig — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:53:30 +0000

How’d the amber turn out? I have my first attempt at an amber in the primary right now. I used:
5 lbs. 2-row
3 lbs. light malt extract
1 lb. crystal 80
1 lb. Belgian aromatic

1 oz. cascade @60
1 oz. cascade @30
1 oz. crystal @7
Wyeast Northwest ale (this is halles ales yeast)

Comment on Something New - Yeast Starter by » Yeast Starter - Update Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer.

» Yeast Starter - Update Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:43:12 +0000

[...] Brewing, Tips My california common is ready to be bottled any time. This is my first beer using a yeast starter. I took a little sample tonight and it was very good. It’s been dry hopping for the last [...]

Comment on Regime Change IPA by » Pale Beer Day Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer.

» Pale Beer Day Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:03:24 +0000

[...] Beer Day Posted by Brian in February 19th, 2008 Published in Bottling, Kegging Today both my IPA and california common were ready for their respective next steps. I racked the IPA from the [...]

Comment on Review - A Year in Brewing by beardedbrewer

beardedbrewer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:35:48 +0000

Good growth in brewing! The step to partial mashing is really easy. I suggest either picking up Randy Mosher’s Radical Brewing Book for easy instructions on it. Also this is a great article:
http://byo.com/feature/1536.html
Its really easy to do, and it will make the eventual step to all-grain easier (if you plan on going that route).

Comment on Lake Sabrina Pale Ale by » Review - A Year in Brewing Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer.

» Review - A Year in Brewing Brian’s Homebrew Blog: I love beer. — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:56:11 +0000

[...] beer - Either the Lake Sabrina Pale Ale or the Midwinter [...]

Comment on California Common by Brian

Brian — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:36:19 +0000

I think that I’m probably being a little over-sensitive on the mocha porter. Everyone who tried it thought it was great - except for me. There are a couple of things I’d do differently. First, that was my first time brewing in the winter. It doesn’t get all that cold here, but the average temperature in our house is about 5 degrees lower than in the summer. I think I didn’t pay close enough attention to when the primary fermentation was done and I racked it to the secondary too soon. I think that contributed to the “maltiness”.

In terms of the recipe, I think I’d skip the cocoa powder and just increase in the chocolate malt. I’d also add more coffee and make sure to use fresh whole bean coffee.

I think I’d also use a yeast starter because I used 8 or 9 lbs of malt extract.

Comment on California Common by Bearded Brewer

Bearded Brewer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:46:23 +0000

I’ll be curious to see how this turns out. Your porter sounds really good as well. Too bad the Mocha didn’t turn out right, I think that’d be a fun style to brew and I’m hoping to brew one sometime.