Journal of Brewing

Gravity Reading: 1.012
Attenuation: 71.5%
ABV: 3.93
I’ll let it sit in the carboy for a month to clarify and what have you. I’ll take my next reading then.

Final Gravity: 1.019
Attenuation: 70%
ABV: 6.16
Bottling was quite uneventful. Primed with 5oz priming sugar boiled in 1 pint of water. Aging is certainly required to tame down the oats astringency.

Starter
Made the typical starter. Oxygenated it for 1 minute and put it on the stirrer.
I beat the weather!!
Brewed outside for the first time. My burner is like a jet engine. It’s also quite efficient. After my brew session it seemed that I had used next to no propane. The pot [...]

So the time has finally come. Spring is here and even though it doesn’t feel like it yet I know i’m going to want a crisp smooth refreshing brew to cap off those warm evenings. In the wake of this desire and my ability to think ahead, it’s time for a lager. [...]

Starter
Made the typical starter with my new pyrex flask!! Oxygenated it for 1 minute and put it on the new stirrer. Oh yes, there was flocculation…
Holy Jesus!
Ran a partial mash with the grains. 3lbs of grains x 1.25 quarts/lb of water so 3.75 quarts. Sparged with 3 x 1.5 = 4.5 [...]

A little ditty we’re constructing for phDiesel. “Cash Rules Everything Around Me” Ale. Since he’s an accountant I thought he’d appreciate it. I think it’s supposed to be a pale to medium colored ale. We picked up the ingredients from Northern Brewer.
The new trick with this brew is defintely going to [...]

Final Gravity: 1.020
Attenuation: unknown
ABV: unkown
Bottling was quite uneventful. Primed with 5oz priming sugar boiled in 1 pint of water. I’m suspecting a dilute O.G. reading because everything seemed to go as plan. While drinking some samples yesterday I noticed the extreme hop presence. I also noticed that I was getting buzzed. [...]

Gravity Reading: 1.020
I’ll let it sit in the carboy for a week or so before I bottle. I’ll take my next reading then. I’m suspecting that I got a dilute wort reading because I took off the top. I hope so because that attenuation is not good.

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 [...]

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