Sure Pigs!
Here is the recipe for the beer I took the pics of.
8lbs crushed Pale Malt
1/2lb Crystal Malt
1 1/2 oz Chinook pellet hops (very bitter) :!:
1 pkg Wyeast American Ale Yeast
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My pots all have a system called an easy masher. It is a faucet attached to the bottom of the pot and copper tubing going into the center for draining. I put a window screen filter on the end to strain out the grains.
Put the crushed grains into the pot with 3 gals of warm water and raise the temp to 155* and cover and hold the temp for 30 mins. This turns the starch in the grain to sugar. Then raise the temp to 175* and hold for 10mins. This stops the starch to sugar conversion.
I boil 5 gallons of water on the top pot and let it trickle into the grain pot. I put a bowl ontop of the grains and try to keep the bed of grains covered with 2" of water. Then open up the spigot on the middle pot slowly and collect a couple cups of the hot liquid. until it runs clear. Then let it slowly drain into the bottom pot. Trying to mnot disturb the bed of grains.
After I colletced 6 gallons I turn it off. Dump the pot with the grains out (compost or make beer bread) :!:
Take the pot with the hot liquid and boil it. for 1 hour, rolling. Add 1/3 of the hops at the start and 1/3 half way through and the last at the end of the boil. Cool the liquid quickly. Either by filling a sink of ice or a chiller. I made mine out of copper tubing coiled and hooked up to my faucet. Cool it to about 80* and add the yeat. I cover my pot with the lid and use it as a fermenter. Most brewers shudder when they hear I do this. I let it sit until the yeast has finished working it's magic. Turning the sugar to alcohol ! Then I bottle it.
My "Go To" beer like an India Pale Ale. Bitter from the hops but crisp like a Bass Ale.
Ginger Ale
8lbs Pale Malt crushed.
1/2 lb Crystal Malt crushed
4 ozs grated Ginger root fresh.
1oz Northern Brewer hops
3/4 oz Kent Goldings hops
1 pkg American Ale yeast.
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Same procedure as above
add grated ginger at the end of the boil with the last of the hops.
Zesty and refreshing!
Cranberry Ale
8lbs Pale malt
2 1/2 oz Hallertauer hops
4 pkgs Ocean Spray Cranberries (crushed)
1 pkg American Ale yeast
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same as above
add crushed cranberries with in the last 15 mins of the boil.
This beer is a holiday fav around here. It has a pretty Rose color to it. The beer and the foam. A lil tart but not TOO much.
Scotch Ale
9lbs Pale Malt
2lbs Cara Pils Malt
3/4lb Roasted malt
2oz Fuggles hops
2oz Kent Goldings Hops
2 pkg Wyeast Scottish Ale yeast.
1 tsp Irish Moss
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same as above but boil 1 1/2 hours
add Irish Moss with 30 mins left in the boil.
After yeast starts working cool pot in fridge to about 50* for about a month. Til fermentation stops
After bottling let the bottles sit for about 4 months.
This is a GREAT BIG beer. worth the wait. Good for the winter.
I have more, but these are the ones I always make cuz I like them. PM if you want any more.
Cheers!
