Yesterday I ordered supplies for version 2 of my Gimp Biscuit ESB. I made some major revisions to the original (which I liked a lot but was quite a bit off-style). Following recommendations from Ray Daniels Designing Great Beers (as well as feedback from my own taste buds), I wanted to make this beer: Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
A Very Beery Christmas
It was a very Beery Christmas at our house. I received a lot of beer- and brewing-related gifts: a gift card to Midwest Homebrew, enough to pay for the ingredients for the next iteration of my Gimp Biscuit ESB; carboy covers complete with “Shh. I am Fermenting” embroidery; carboy draining and storage racks; a membership in the American Homebrewers Association, complete with a subscription to their monthly magazine Zymergy; a Christmas Story pint glass; a rare Belgian made with “wild” yeast. Thanks to wife Olivia, mother Marsha, brother Matt, and inlaws Don and Carolyn for supporting my addiction, er, hobby. Continue reading
Mash Paddle
The Oatmeal Stout brew also gave me a chance to try out my new maple mash paddle, which was a birthday gift from my in-laws (thanks again to Don and Carolyn). It worked much better than the long-handled plastic spoon I’ve been using, with less stress on my wrist and much less incidents of dough-balls and hot spots. I highly recommend!
Brewday with Pics – Oatmeal Stout 12/5/11
Today I brewed my Ghostly Juror Oatmeal Stout. The brew went very well. I missed the mash-in about a degree and a half on the low side (meaning the beer will end up a little boozy). But I hit my target gravities and volumes dead-on. Continue reading
Brewing Order Has Arrived
My Black Friday brewing supplies order has arrived! If all goes as planned, I should be able to brew my Ghostly Juror Oatmeal Stout on Monday.
Equipment and Supplies Order
Did a little Black Friday shopping from home (er, in-laws home). Finally pulled together an order for two brews and a bunch of equipment I’ve been coveting. Here’s my shopping list:
- ingredients for my Ghostly Juror Oatmeal Stout recipe
- ingredients for my IPA, with tentative name of Hoppy Gnome
- a Barley Crusher grain mill
- tubing and hardware for racking and aerating chilled wort out of the kettle into the fermenter
- a digital thermometer (finally!)