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….

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.

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.

Dry hopped in the carboy for about 3 weeks, then kegged 3 gallons this weekend, and bottled the rest.

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.

http://cabrewers.blogspot.com/2008/04/helluva-hefeweizen-paulaner-clone.html

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.

Brewed second batch of Windriver “Black Bear Brown Ale” — hyd reading 1.051 or so.

Got a great deal on 2 kegs — will sell the pony keg now.

Need to refurbish them.  Here’s a resource:

http://hbd.org/carboy/ballkegclean.htm

Hoa’s beer:
Goldstein/Keel/Ngo
Sympathy For The Devil Lager
Homebrew Recipe

Supplies
6.5 gallon carboy
rubber stopper
airlock
siphon
collapsible 5 gallon plastic holder
big pot
funnel
good stove
big spoon
bleach or sterilization crystals

Ingredients
brewing sugar
hops bag (2)
hops (halotar)
6 lbs of fermentable
1 can of malt extract (unhopped laglander)
1 bag of dried malt extract
water salts
crystal and chocolate malt (dry grains)

Instructions
Sterilize carboy with bleach
Put 1 gallon of water in pot
Put grains in bag, put it in the water, turn heat on, take out grains
Mash up hops, throw hops in
Put in dry malt, malt extract, water salts
When foam rises, take off heat
When foam settles, put back on heat, boil for 25 minutes after it is back on heat
Put hops in hops bag, put in for 1 minute
Add 4 gallons of cold tap water, not distilled, DRINKING WATER
75-80-85 degrees, dump in yeast
Let stand for 10 minutes
Stir in yeast
Cap it with airlock
Store at 75-80 degrees, try to use lager yeast
About 2 weeks to ferment, until fully fermented
Take cap off
Stick siphon in and put in other container
Put collapsible on chair (or other elevated position)
1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, heat it to dissolve
Stir in and stir occasionally while put into bottles
Fill bottles to within 1-1.5 inches of top
Cap bottles
Do not use twist offs, Becks, or 2 ridge bottles
Makes about 2-2.5 cases
Leave out for 12 days
Put in refrigerator for 2-3 weeks
Pour into favorite icy mug and play that certain Stones song