December 21, 2009
Kegged/bottled stout, and brewed a hoppy pale (“Tongue Splitter” from Northern Brewer), which includes dry-hopping. OG for the pale was 1.045. Forget to get the gravity for the stout, but it tasted nice and dry. Should be ready for quaffing in a couple of weeks.
Also, Friday, I tried a small bottle of barleywine. Totally flat, and flavor’s not there yet. Not horrid, and definitely packs a wicked kick, but needs more time. Hopefully it will carbonate and mellow.
November 30, 2009
Bottled barleywine tonight, and moved stout I brewed two weeks back to the secondary. Added champagne yeast to barleywine before bottling. Gravity of barleywine was 1.031 or so. Then cleaned carboy and refilled w/ stout, adding the dregs of the barleywine left over from bottling. Champagne yeast might have some impact, hmm.
realized I forgot to add priming sugar to bottles of barleywine, so I’m having to go back and re-cap them after dropping a spoonful of sugar in each. [sigh]
August 25, 2009
Added 1/2 packet of champagne yeast and also yeast nutrient. Secondary now in dark closet in basement.
Shall leave it there for some time….
August 17, 2009
Sometime during the night the brew blew the lid and the krausen came bubbling out the fermenter. Moved it to the sink — when I left for work this morning, it was still fermenting at such a pace that I couldn’t re-seal the fermenter without it bubbling out the airlock, so left it cracked. Hopefully it won’t get contaminated.
August 16, 2009
Started w/ Windriver Brewing Co. “Sleepy Time Barleywine” kit, and added about 1/2 lb of light DME, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, a dash of molasses, and pureed 14 oz of California Golden raisins and added at the last 5 minutes of boil. Had too much liquid, so I ended up using a second, smaller pot for the excess.
Gravity was a bit over 1.100.
Added one brewer’s yeast, and 1/2 packet of champagne yeast.
August 16, 2009
Dry hopped in the carboy for about 3 weeks, then kegged 3 gallons this weekend, and bottled the rest.
July 20, 2009
Brewed Saturday, 7/18. Added extra packet of “Northern Brewer” hops partway into the boil. Used less water in boiling than I should have, methinks. We’ll see how this works out.
June 4, 2009
May 31, 2009
about 3 gallons in keg, and about a case worth of bottles.
A week ago, bottled a couple of cases of the black bear brown ale.
April 12, 2009
Brewed second batch of Windriver “Black Bear Brown Ale” — hyd reading 1.051 or so.
