Oak St IPA

Trying to get creative with these names...not my strong suit.  Anyways, made an IPA that added oak chips for some drychipping...This one will come in at a weak 5.8%



S.G:    1.062
F.G:    1.018
ABV:  5.8%

Ingredients:

6 lbs. Gold liquid malt extract
3.3 lbs. Amber LME
8 oz. Caramel 40L specialty grains
2 oz. Cascade
1 oz. Willamette
1 oz. Goldings pellet hops
White Labs Yeast

Also, did not add the full 5 oz of sugar...trying to get the carbonation under control.  Brewed on December 11, added the wood chips after 6 days and bottled January 2nd.  Now we wait...

BT IPA

I like my IPA's like I like my coffee.




S.G: 1.074
F.G: TBD
ABV: TBD

Ingredients:

8 oz. CaraMunich
8 oz. Chocolate
8 oz. Cristal 50/60
4 oz. Sinamar (flavor/aroma addition and adds black color)

9.3 lbs. gold LME

2 oz. Centennial
3 oz. Citra
1 oz. Ahtanum

Directions:

Steep grains for 30 min.
Bring to boil and add malt extract
Boil for 30 min
Add 1 oz. Centennial hops for 30 min
Add 1 oz. Citra hops and Sinamar
Add 1 oz. Citra hops and 1 oz. Centennial for last 5 minutes

Let sit for 1 week (Andy's basement landing ~68 degrees)
Add 1 oz. Citra and 1 oz. let sit for another 2 weeks.

Parker's Porter

I was thinking that there is no better way to commemorate the first born son of a fellow homebrewer than to name a brew in his son's honor. So, here you go little P-Man, and congrats to the Romer's for a healthy baby boy. Parker Lee can be seen pictured in Ryan's 'Hop Scare' post sitting in a bucket full of beer. (Ryan's always a sucker for a happy hour deal!)

Having a child is a pivital point in one's life. A new chapter begins and the previous chapter fades to distant memory. So, that being said, I added some espresso to this brew to sybolize the coffee Ryan and Kasi will need to stay awake due to the lack of sleep that comes with being new parents, and a vanilla bean to symbolize how simple and "vanilla" their life used to be. Best of luck, my friends....

My twist on the taddy porter recipe from Midwest Supplies:

Ingredients:

8 oz. Crystal 50/60
8 oz. Chocolate Malt
8 oz. Black Malt

6 lbs light DME
2 oz. molasses

1.5 oz. Goldings Hops
1 oz. Fuggles
1 tsp. Irish Moss

Whitelabs Irish Ale Yeast 004

Secondary Additions:
Added 6 cups of cold brewed espresso blend from Trader Joe's. (cold brewing reduces the acidity and is delicous in the summer time)

1 cup brewed espresso (also TJ's espresso blend) and 1 split vanilla bean, boiled for 20 minutes

S.G: 1.056
F.G: 1.012
ABV: 5.78%


Directions:

Steep grains for 20 min at 155.
Add DME and molasses, bring wort to a boil
Add 2 oz. Golding Hops and boil for 60 minutes
Add Irish moss last 15 minutes of boil
Add 1 oz. fuggle hops for last 5 minutes of boil
Add yeast

2 weeks in Primary
Add espresso and vanilla bean let sit for another 2 weeks.

The beer has turned out pretty well, but is getting better as it ages. I've reserved a 6 pack to drink on Parker's 1st birthday. (Just for me, Ryan and Kasi. I think 1 is still a little young to be drinking.)

Hop Scare IPA

This is one of the better beers I have made...granted IPA's are a little more forgiving than some beers but multiple testers told me they would have thought it was a craft brew from a store.  Gotta love the American Flag bottle caps, couldn't pass those up.  Basic recipe with some dry hopping action...

O.G.  1.064
F.G.   1.013
ABV:  6.7%

boiled the grains for 20 minutes and added the extract. 
1oz of Yakima Magnum hops for 60 minutes
1oz of Amarillo hops for 30 minutes
2oz of cascade hops for last 5 minutes

2 Weeks in the primary and then add 2 oz of whole leaf cascade hops for some dry hopping for 2 more weeks then bottled.  only added 4 oz of sugar because it was slightly lower amount than usual (4.25gallons)

Cucumber Pale Ale

This pale ale is made with Amarillo hops that have a very unique flavor.  It will be light on hops and based on our first taste while bottling it will have a pretty bitter bite to it.  We went off the map for this one.  After 6 days we added 5 lbs of sliced cucumbers in the fermenter for 10 days to hopefully add a new spin on pale ale.  Also, transferred it twice before bottling in hopes of having less sentiment at the bottom so you can enjoy it out of the bottle.  Let's hop it turns out...

6 lb Gold liquid malt extract
1 lb light DME
8 oz Carapils
8 oz Caramel 60L specialty grains
1/2 oz Columbus hops
2 oz Amarillo hops

5 lbs skinned cucumber

O.G.   1.052
F.G.    1.014
ABV   4.99%

Urban Assault Pale Ale

This Pale Ale has a little more malty than most. I added the Ahtanum hops the last 5 min for a little grapefruit flavor and dryhopped after 6 days in the fermenter with 2 oz. of Cascade leaf hops.

1 lb. British Crystal 50-60L malt
12 oz. malted wheat specialty grains
6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract
1 oz. Mt. Hood bittering hops
1 oz. Ahtanum hops

2 oz. Cascade leaf hops for dry hopping

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Mill Street Double IPA

This one will get you tipsy enough to think you are walking down Mill Street at 3 a.m.. 6 oz. of hops add great flavor. I used the leaf hops for the first time to dry hop they worked well.

8 oz. Victory specialty grains
12 oz. Caramel 60L
9.3 lbs. Gold Malt extract
1 oz. Chinook
1 oz. Cascade
1 oz. Centennial
1 oz. Crystal
2 oz. Cascade Leaf (dry hop)
White Labs California Ale yeast 001

O.G. 1.068
F.G. 1.013

ABV: 7.55%