Brew #3 is in bottles and ready...and American IPA
From Boulder Beer located in Colorado, Mojo IPA. Quite a nice hop aroma, crystal clear, with a mild but clean dry after taste.Grade: A-
From the bottle, Mad Hatter from New Holland Brewing, located in Holland, Michigan. Quite hoppy, with an almost red color, though lower on the gravity with an ABV of 5.25%, with a mild bitter aftertaste.Grade: B-
From the Brews Best Russian Stout kit…gravity was a bit low due toincorrect malt extraction…namely, I didn’t rinse out the LME cans, andlost, so it is actually a Irish stout now :)
And the label…I call it “Almost Irish Stout”:
My second brew, a birthday surprise, just a simple, close to authentic hefeweizen.
Recipe: Billy's Bodaciously Bubbly Birthday Brew Style: Weizen/Weissbier Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 5.72 gal Estimated OG: 1.047 SG Estimated Color: 6.9 SRM Estimated IBU: 13.8 IBU Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 6.60 lb Wheat Liquid Extract (7.0 SRM) Extract 100.00 % 1.00 oz Hallertauer [3.70 %] (60 min) (First Wort)Hops 13.8 IBU 4.00 oz Malto-Dextrine (Boil 15.0 min) Misc 1 Pkgs American Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP32Yeast-Wheat Log -------------------------- OG: 1.049 adjusted ~72 hours after pitching, airlock bubbles @ 1 every two seconds with temp of 68f Took two weeks before fermentation to finally completeBottled 48 x 12oz bottles made with 5oz of priming and 2cups H20 boiled for 5 minutes9/11 - First tasting...clean, not enough carbonation yet, but has a good smooth hefe taste.
