Pale Ale @ $0.25/Bottle:

My current beer brewing is a cheap kit I decided to buy for the heck of it.  The kit consists of one can of Bru-Mix Pale Ale hopped malt extract syrup kit, one can of high-glucose malt extract (which I suspect is just High Fructose Corn Syrup) along with the yeast that came with the Bru-Mix kit.


Just boiled approximately 4 litres water and added the contents of the two cans (not yeast yet) and brought back to a boil for 25 minutes.  Poured the hot wort into a pre-filled glass carboy with 3 gallons of cold water.

Topped to the 6 gallon mark and let it cool down a little bit before pitching the yeast in.  O.G. Reading was 1.032.  Pretty low, but am hoping it will turn out to be a good refreshing cheap ale to drink during the summer.

Cost of both cans, $11, water $2.50 and tomorrow I will sample the beer, if it is pretty sweet, I will toss in some hops for dry hopping, add another $2.50 to the list.

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In case you were wondering...

Yes, I still homebrew.  I am currently into brewing Pale Ales and IPAs.  Have done a clone brew of Liberty Ale which I am pretty pleased with the results.  Along with that Liberty Ale, I have begun to appreciate dry hopping my beer.

I recommended brewing Charlie Papizan's recipe for Righteous Real Ale to a friend who was starting to homebrew his own beer.  I decided to brew my own batch too and we met half way and sampled our own batches. 

I was not too happy with the results of my batch, but my friend impressed me especially when it was his very first attempt to brew beer.

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Killian's Irish Red Ale

This is my next home brew project. I found the original recipe for George Killian's Irish Red Ale from Pellforth.

The interesting thing is that it is supposed to have an alcohol content of 6.6% ABV. The ones I have drunk in the United States have an alcohol content of 5%. Maybe George Killian had to water down his recipe so it could be legally sold in the United States?

Let's see how I fare with this attempt.

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Festa Brew Blonde Lager

Am currently brewing Festa Brew Blonde Lager kit made by Magnotta.

I made this lager last year and really liked it and since my basement is almost 10ºC (all cool from the cold winter), it is a perfect location for me to age my lager for two weeks before bottling.

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Friday the 13th Export Ale

This is one of the first lighter coloured ales I am attempting to do. I have been doing a lot of dark beer so I want to try and work on my skills with lighter coloured beer.

Ingredients:

• 3 kg (6.6 lb) Light Malt Extract
  
• 225 g (0.5 lb) Flaked Maize
  
• 2 oz. Willamette Hops Pellets
  
• 1 package Wyeast 1728 Scottish Yeast
• 50 g Medium Dry Malt Extract (DME) for Yeast Activation)
• 1/2 tsp. Irish Moss
• 23 litres (6 gal.) Water
  

The Brewing Process (07.07.13):

• Brought 3 litres of water to a booil with Maize soaking in the water.
• Removed maize once water started boiling, added light malt extract and brought water back to a boil.
• 50 min: Boil began, added hops.
• 15 min: Added Irish Moss.
• Placed wort into glass carboy (6.5 gallon) and located carboy in basement with heat strip.
  
• O.G. 1.030, bailing 8, PAV 3.75%
  

Bottling (07.08.01):

• F.G. 1.010, bailing 5, PAV 1%, therefore alcohol volume is 2.75, but doesn't taste like it (number may be inaccurate due to variations in temperature).
  
• Yield 61 bottles
  

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Parker's Pale Ale: Lesson Nº1

This is the hand out I gave out during the brewing process. I am working on another hand out for the bottling process. However, I found this website that has good information on how to brew beer. http://www.oldwestbrew.com/brewprocess.htm

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Midas Touch Goldn Ale

This is the second of the two premium kits I bought on sale n things should be fine.

Ingredients:

• Hopped Malt Extract
  
• 3.0 litres tap water (boiled)
  
• Yeast
  
• Topped with bottled water to make approximately 23 litres
  

The Brewing Process (07.05.11):

• Let cans of malt extract stand in hot water to soften up malt extract.
• Rehydrated yeast in 1/2 gallon water.
  
• Boiled 3.5 litres tap water.
• Poured water and malt extract in fermentation pail and topped with cold spring water to make 23 litres.
• Used heat strap to maintain 75ºF - 80ºF temperature range.
• O.G. 1.044 (5.5%)
  

Observation (07.05.15):

• Fermentation process seems completed, ready to bottle any time.
  

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