Traquair House Ale
This is a scotch ale and is our third test beer as a candidate for barrel aging. The recipe comes from CloneBrews. Sorry, no picture! Results Overview Starting gravity (actual) 1.092 Starting gravity...
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Barrel-Aged Canadian Imperial Stout
We’re brewing four batches to fill a 13.5 gallon Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey barrel! That should give us enough (~16 gallons or so) to fill the barrel and have extra to top off and maybe keep some as a...
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Apricot Honey Wheat Ale
This is a hodgepodge of a few recipes. I made my own apricot purée from fresh fruit. Hope it turns out ok! I made this one with help from my wife. Results Overview Starting gravity 1.059 Final gravity...
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Backyard Pale Belgian – 2012 Harvest
This is a late brew using last year’s (2012) hop harvest. We followed the same recipe as the 2011 Harvest Backyard Pale, but with a different hop breakdown. I didn’t write down which yeast we used...
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Apple Brown Betty Fall Ale
Half-Batch Brewing I’m trying out brewing a small (half) batch recipe because this recipe might not be any good. Even if it is good, I don’t know that I want a full 5 gallons of this, so I just split...
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2013 Punkin’ Porter
This is the fourth year of brewing the Punkin’ Porter, which is the only one of our brews that has made so many repeat appearances. Before kicking off our brew day we did a side-by-side tasting of the...
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German Hefeweizen
I wanted to brew a simple German Hefeweizen with lots of banana and clove flavors for the summer. The recipe is pretty simple so I figured it would be pretty easy. Right? Results Although easy to...
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Naptime Jasmine IPA
This brew is based on a clone of Elysian’s Avatar Jasmine IPA that I brewed on the stovetop during my toddler’s nap. Naptime Jasmine IPA. Naps aren’t that long, though, so I had to cheat and start...
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2016 Pumpkin Belgian Blonde
For our annual pumpkin beer this year, we wanted to try something new. Jer found this article about designing the perfect pumpkin beer, and the mention of a Belgian pumpkin ale sparked our interest....
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Vive La Pêche Saison
The weather finally turned nice in Seattle and I hadn’t brewed anything yet in 2017, so I thought I’d take advantage of the 80+ degree weather for this long Memorial Day weekend and try brewing a...
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Tipsy Trappist
This is our second test beer as a candidate for barrel aging. We followed the recipe from BYO’s Belgian Abbey Style of the Month article (although the link is apparently dead). We also got a little...
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Vive la Pêche Saison
The weather finally turned nice in Seattle and I hadn’t brewed anything yet in 2017, so I thought I’d take advantage of the 80+ degree weather for this long Memorial Day weekend and try brewing a...
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Semi-Sweet Hard Cider
Brewing a hard cider is pretty easy. You get some apple cider, add some yeast, and wait. The yeast does all of the work and eventually turns all of the sugars into alcohol, leaving you with a nice dry...
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Barrel-Aged Canadian Imperial Stout
We’re brewing four batches to fill a 13.5 gallon Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey barrel! That should give us enough (~16 gallons or so) to fill the barrel and have extra to top off and maybe keep some as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apricot Honey Wheat Ale
This is a hodgepodge of a few recipes. I made my own apricot purée from fresh fruit. Hope it turns out ok! I made this one with help from my wife.ResultsOverviewStarting gravity 1.059Final gravity...
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Backyard Pale Belgian — 2012 Harvest
This is a late brew using last year’s (2012) hop harvest.We followed the same recipe as the 2011 Harvest Backyard Pale, but with a different hop breakdown. I didn’t write down which yeast we used last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple Brown Betty Fall Ale
Half-Batch BrewingI’m trying out brewing a small (half) batch recipe because this recipe might not be any good. Even if it is good, I don’t know that I want a full 5 gallons of this, so I just split...
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2013 Punkin’ Porter
This is the fourth year of brewing the Punkin’ Porter, which is the only one of our brews that has made so many repeat appearances.Before kicking off our brew day we did a side-by-side tasting of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
German Hefeweizen
I wanted to brew a simple German Hefeweizen with lots of banana and clove flavors for the summer. The recipe is pretty simple so I figured it would be pretty easy. Right?ResultsAlthough easy to make,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Naptime Jasmine IPA
This brew is based on a clone of Elysian’s Avatar Jasmine IPA that I brewed on the stovetop during my toddler’s nap. Naptime Jasmine IPA. Naps aren’t that long, though, so I had to cheat and start...
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