tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27119883936544096682024-02-02T15:09:45.759-08:00Blue Peter Brew LogHome Brewer, Hop Wrangler and Beer BangerBlue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-22230067187078068752009-03-02T04:22:00.000-08:002009-03-02T04:24:46.520-08:00Planning to bottle the IPA that has been dry hopping for a couple of weeks now. First taste finds it darn good! Then its time to 2nd stage the Irish Stout and begin to think about my 2nd AG brew.Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-15226865603712023872009-02-12T14:18:00.000-08:002009-02-12T14:34:50.019-08:00Holy Flocculate!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy0BfxlzVRRtF9-bjn8ChJm0qbyjjsYy90DGxgXgiMpSMrooivVO_Ij61vbLpBjFQjRTREek8BX4ASYLmBwb9grCSJLL8dDZTzC_4IaXEcHqrp3On9jvAuEeNADkcfVSSOGPtIJ07S0s0/s1600-h/ale_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302042838067852114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimy0BfxlzVRRtF9-bjn8ChJm0qbyjjsYy90DGxgXgiMpSMrooivVO_Ij61vbLpBjFQjRTREek8BX4ASYLmBwb9grCSJLL8dDZTzC_4IaXEcHqrp3On9jvAuEeNADkcfVSSOGPtIJ07S0s0/s320/ale_e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The tongue splitter IPA is merrily fermenting away 4 days from the brew date. This one has some of the heaviest floccation I've ever seen! </div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-7673074532913595712009-02-08T17:12:00.000-08:002009-02-08T18:03:28.424-08:00Aeration Chiffon!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu83utDie5qxCLTTWbPGBGoiXM3pDwnoq2VgwiHEiGg6oMO8B4s8JrYXqrvI9tsHW4aPlTJKLPIijtinTmyv5hZJ9Hr3rhuq0oZKmoZjPrbepkMN0kw7NNrmPfaqavm2ViYQYzB8rgFuOh/s1600-h/hb003_e3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300612352206334082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu83utDie5qxCLTTWbPGBGoiXM3pDwnoq2VgwiHEiGg6oMO8B4s8JrYXqrvI9tsHW4aPlTJKLPIijtinTmyv5hZJ9Hr3rhuq0oZKmoZjPrbepkMN0kw7NNrmPfaqavm2ViYQYzB8rgFuOh/s320/hb003_e3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Whoa...I think the aeration went nuts! This was only after 45 minutes aerating the wort before pitching the yeast. Ha Ha! Tongue Splitter IPA from Northern Brewer, 2-08-09<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUfWrXKXTqOtcjHuM8PxgIsqjcR7SW5sGsV7xxbGgIHHGHWpKaSUTWQZ1rJQiN2PEQ5ix2E1o4LxURAemUAuLK8ORSznOE0Ahuy64pBI3ufx8yjKhLFOi4Ik-rdQBstA5HiBnZbPXVMtK/s1600-h/hb03_e2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300599827821913842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUfWrXKXTqOtcjHuM8PxgIsqjcR7SW5sGsV7xxbGgIHHGHWpKaSUTWQZ1rJQiN2PEQ5ix2E1o4LxURAemUAuLK8ORSznOE0Ahuy64pBI3ufx8yjKhLFOi4Ik-rdQBstA5HiBnZbPXVMtK/s320/hb03_e2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-9733591445410612832009-01-29T14:13:00.000-08:002009-01-29T14:44:39.905-08:00New EquipmentBeen making some upgrades for the home brewery. First, I moved from a bucket to a glass fermenting tank. I also upgraded the aeration process with a 5 micron stone and aquarium pump for heartier fermentation. Bought a carboy top and stainless racking cane to round out the fermentation upgrade.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIahFyWtYDMWIlhzJALR6RggQ-nM6VlgEQ4hUUMe3cnjvTcEfot9BRqwfxSkcBI8NuVy1kZJZxy2iVIqkHSyTP_cBayT_S1el0pgxIG3jKmjXeP8hZ2Y0TBJq7F-HNs8NdWrRgcxwhIC8b/s1600-h/porter+006_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296846133576908306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIahFyWtYDMWIlhzJALR6RggQ-nM6VlgEQ4hUUMe3cnjvTcEfot9BRqwfxSkcBI8NuVy1kZJZxy2iVIqkHSyTP_cBayT_S1el0pgxIG3jKmjXeP8hZ2Y0TBJq7F-HNs8NdWrRgcxwhIC8b/s320/porter+006_e.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nice Kraeusen action a few days into the brew! Don't think I'll need the double air lock next time. <div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDax_NuXZrlHE3L4iAWHSl0jtWFTc_CF-juPoQHPNkj-_g9usunIydoi9AZJ5_79oqj2l8nfRDvxrkMAs3CbVOKUtoVxaS5WMXNiiD5OPM62BQkQf4x6Z_VH-BaaiipfgEG4IcoXH8ePG/s1600-h/blue+peter+005_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296848315302127970" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDax_NuXZrlHE3L4iAWHSl0jtWFTc_CF-juPoQHPNkj-_g9usunIydoi9AZJ5_79oqj2l8nfRDvxrkMAs3CbVOKUtoVxaS5WMXNiiD5OPM62BQkQf4x6Z_VH-BaaiipfgEG4IcoXH8ePG/s320/blue+peter+005_e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>My next step is to go all grain and leave the kits behind. I aquired a 48 qt cooler that used to be my Dad's who worked for Pabst 35 years or so. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296847374868745586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMC70HNGT9Yfe-boshOfgrUfEuCRgMgPa25TkZJLT9QBh45nqEDBaT1Pu_nSPeJy21KyqMAYn2NLgHb5gOE48lVy06uNymnEGPkbnLihgXrYW0RM1TJOY9IDvQVbOGkYFNu-euGqbvRIuy/s320/blupeter05_e.jpg" border="0" /><br />I built a manifold for the extracting the malt from the grain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbYdaYPNajvpmwUHHVyX2O-ngRE56eWVDdEBMq8AKu2mNC9NwSg_j6SEYTLjQMmvOdQapLdz2iU3ow9nVQ2oNXaTZ_ftH9UG-RVGRng1eOkEwyiCZfRQ6IQ8ji_oGoovKZ_NS5ouwbYen/s1600-h/blupeter06_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296848930692112306" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbYdaYPNajvpmwUHHVyX2O-ngRE56eWVDdEBMq8AKu2mNC9NwSg_j6SEYTLjQMmvOdQapLdz2iU3ow9nVQ2oNXaTZ_ftH9UG-RVGRng1eOkEwyiCZfRQ6IQ8ji_oGoovKZ_NS5ouwbYen/s320/blupeter06_e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And there it is, ready for the first ever all grain brew!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacxpUrNkkmPUSzIEplajw5Gf7PJsGg-gGnKeIa-XnoPFdbBAZZqYKwHXghvRx09ycKJds9P0prZPTYrrQJcLvUEkI-BZr5mh5hL9Iptu3dyEKUnHhE0BaCY2gPUqIIIamELsjIUhZ_BZk/s1600-h/blupeter07_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296850028255777474" style="WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacxpUrNkkmPUSzIEplajw5Gf7PJsGg-gGnKeIa-XnoPFdbBAZZqYKwHXghvRx09ycKJds9P0prZPTYrrQJcLvUEkI-BZr5mh5hL9Iptu3dyEKUnHhE0BaCY2gPUqIIIamELsjIUhZ_BZk/s320/blupeter07_e.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-29656838397607231702009-01-20T17:22:00.000-08:002009-01-20T17:36:14.045-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkR7n3dXsE0gbB8ckivu5-kpF6PbDm6N7UdEWoCdzZo4JBIsONgzK3dky1-Ey1oTsys183N0iDIhruajgIGFWfXzoxyjEbIneerUz49fGug8xROw4LPi8H2fFZgSYytICe_MqduNAAXDM/s1600-h/inaugale01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293554200940511522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkR7n3dXsE0gbB8ckivu5-kpF6PbDm6N7UdEWoCdzZo4JBIsONgzK3dky1-Ey1oTsys183N0iDIhruajgIGFWfXzoxyjEbIneerUz49fGug8xROw4LPi8H2fFZgSYytICe_MqduNAAXDM/s320/inaugale01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just bottled up the <span style="color:#ff0000;">American</span> <span style="color:#000099;">Pale</span> <span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Ale</span> </span>recipe I brewed a week or so back. I named it <span style="color:#ff0000;">Inauguration </span><span style="color:#000099;">Ale</span> in celebration of our new president. What a historic day! And a darn fine brew as well!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7-1UjbXkfrlzwLGhOGcxBlXKuAlZ8VoA7I4kIW5aDMOXdnMbHcpO6g4sKdCXmXurpR5dVlyZDM5UzqNGezZG0WV7ynGaSqgSaRAMSKOI3EONEVDbvxVR29L2FxTZGxcXoj2gUShfFbXU/s1600-h/inaugale01.jpg"></a><br /></div><br /><div></div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-20206033800853034542009-01-14T10:46:00.000-08:002009-01-14T10:55:15.636-08:002nd Stage for the APASiphoned the APA out of primary into 2nd stage Better Bottle on Monday. It is a nice rich brown color, 25 SRM. There was good fermentation after the re-pitch though not nearly as vigorous as I would have preferred with a propagated liquid yeast. The taste is good, though I worry about off dialectal flavors developing later on due to either too soft water or overheating the grains in the steeping stage.<br />Once the weather warms up a bit I plan on brewing a Porter kit that I got from Northern Brewers.Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-12089399365410424732009-01-09T05:19:00.000-08:002009-01-09T05:27:15.479-08:00WaterWater is important! All grain brewers have to "condition" the water but I'm talking about the water us partial mash brewers use. In the past I have bought filtered spring water from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Walmart</span>. Not to be confused with reverse osmosis. As a result, I've never been happy with the finished beer. After all what is important here? I simply used tap water for batch of American Ale I brewed last week. Our tap water tasted pretty good so I poured 6 gallons 48 hours before the boil. I am told the chlorine evaporates resulting in usable brewing waters. <br />I do add a tablespoon of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">gypsum</span> to harden the water which I'm told is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">preferred</span>. Any comments are appreciated!Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-10324039654513379432009-01-09T05:14:00.000-08:002009-01-09T05:31:18.170-08:00Fermentation UpdatePitched the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wyeast</span> smack-pack into the "American Ale" last Tuesday and now have fermentation action. I replaced the blow off tube with a typical air lock as it seems there just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aint</span> gonna be the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">volumnous</span> spectacle associated with cultured yeast.Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-88018434531148616942009-01-07T04:01:00.000-08:002009-01-07T04:07:53.718-08:00Repitched Yeast<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Re pitched</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wyeast</span> American Ale smack pack and the fermentation has taken off. It is not nearly as active as say pitching a propagated liquid yeast but I'm sure it'll do the job. There is a nice <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">krauesening</span> foam on top and I expect to send it to the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span> stage in about a week.<br />Here is home brewed beer!Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-85597880977079987042009-01-04T12:42:00.000-08:002009-01-04T12:54:15.839-08:00Stuck Yeast<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXW8sDfwUfptAL76el2u5t_c08c1o1Ede7AfgIKGALjzLlsEvMyyGTPwF4_W-yY0-wa7NMj0D_EwK3WTJILVNvQGQFvmf-gkUC2qjOmhBFShknvnAf-1Pjk5AC2VX8lWwdfvZAaIEvZ2t/s1600-h/january+09+034_e2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287542322815482866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXW8sDfwUfptAL76el2u5t_c08c1o1Ede7AfgIKGALjzLlsEvMyyGTPwF4_W-yY0-wa7NMj0D_EwK3WTJILVNvQGQFvmf-gkUC2qjOmhBFShknvnAf-1Pjk5AC2VX8lWwdfvZAaIEvZ2t/s400/january+09+034_e2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>I brewed a 5 gallon batch of American Ale Friday and used White Labs liquid California Ale yeast which I propagated for 24 hours before pitching. Here you see in the picture nothing is happening 48 hours later! Yikes!!! I popped the top and there is no fermentation activity taking place. So I'll re-pitch tomorrow and use a smack pac. </div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-25251582859162830232009-01-02T09:56:00.000-08:002009-01-02T10:00:05.236-08:00BREWING DAY!Today I'll be brewing an "American Ale" partial mash kit from Beer, Beer and More Beer. I'm pitching a propagated California Ale Yeast, WLP001 from White Labs.Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-72100617993902227672008-12-31T06:32:00.000-08:002008-12-31T06:49:11.582-08:00NEW YEAR, 2009<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb0rQrZ7sX1zl68YAbdDY_a9bLYnFNarw2CdHfeRJOvj3f9s4j-MuwV-UYSQrXJJAdW8FH-xMRfsyhZjFFNxuydgTPoaQo9Gz72gsmJ1MkCTmU4YINsS7xvQlLx_5BPnl2BjUWBGsF_jX/s1600-h/yazoo+002_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285965760506203794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb0rQrZ7sX1zl68YAbdDY_a9bLYnFNarw2CdHfeRJOvj3f9s4j-MuwV-UYSQrXJJAdW8FH-xMRfsyhZjFFNxuydgTPoaQo9Gz72gsmJ1MkCTmU4YINsS7xvQlLx_5BPnl2BjUWBGsF_jX/s400/yazoo+002_e.jpg" border="0" /></a>Getting ready for New Year's with 4 growlers of Wassail from <a href="http://www.yazoobrew.com/yazoomain.html">Yazoo</a> of Nashville.<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><em>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!</em></span></div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711988393654409668.post-8476135740246150262008-12-28T15:41:00.000-08:002008-12-28T15:58:57.449-08:00First Wort<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pVm1ZTTRBHrrwCiUrh7Hnc9cVqLTeCWmCS_JzRuD-iRWfhDAwTTLyHcd_ZYvJ29Y7rygpYfiAV9-Y5Rdr3sMtXBif1dVzArm38iqah4effd24RYn3vV5mY6VuqkD3g4Ph8sMYcjpSUZZ/s1600-h/kbbrrew+008_e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284992851071721986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pVm1ZTTRBHrrwCiUrh7Hnc9cVqLTeCWmCS_JzRuD-iRWfhDAwTTLyHcd_ZYvJ29Y7rygpYfiAV9-Y5Rdr3sMtXBif1dVzArm38iqah4effd24RYn3vV5mY6VuqkD3g4Ph8sMYcjpSUZZ/s200/kbbrrew+008_e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Welcome to my blog, it is my intent to chronicle my adventures of home brewing as well as report on local craft breweries. I am getting ready to brew a nice hoppy American Ale from an Austin's kit later this week and will comment as it progresses. In the mean time, I am quaffing a fine limited IPA from Yazoo here in Nashville. It is really over the top with the hops, 7 count em, 7 types of hops! WOW!!</div><div>There is something different about folks who brew their own and appreciate local craft breweries and this is pretty much what this blog is all about. So welcome and raise a mug! </div><br /><div></div>Blue Peter Brew Loghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346726983681917838noreply@blogger.com0