Archive for February, 2006



This recipe is my own. It’s a modified version of Keystone Wheat Beer. My modification is 1oz of Tettnang hops for the final 30 mins and 2 lemons zested and added for the final 10 minutes.
I’ve made this beer before and with great results. I make sure to add the malt extract [...]

I.P.A Bottling

Final Gravity: 1.017
Attenuation: 75%
ABV: 6.69
Bottling was quite uneventful. Primed with 5oz priming sugar boiled in 1 pint of water. I’ll let it age until April

Gravity Reading: 1.019
Attenuation: 72%
ABV: 6.43
I’ll let it sit in the carboy for a week before I bottle. I’ll take my next reading then.
Sunday Feb 12, 2006 Update: Loads of flocculation on bottom of carboy. Woo!

I.P.A. Brew Day

HOP SOUP BATMAN!!
9.3 lbs Gold Malt Syrup
1lb Simpsons Caramalt
1oz Nugget Hops (60 min)
1oz Fuggle Hops (30 min)
1oz Kent Goldings Hops (10 min)
1oz Fuggle Hops (1 min)
2L starter made with Wyeast XL pack #1275
Steeped grains at 150 for 20 minutes. Removed grains. Brought to boil. Added malt extract and nugget hops. After [...]

I.P.A. Starter

Made the starter today with a volume of 2L. Pretty standard really. See here for the recipe. Pitched the yeast when it was below 90F. Off and runnin…..