Journal of Brewing

All ratings are performed on a 0(awful) to 5(great) scale

Color - 5
Nose - 4
Body - 4
Flavor - 5

Tasting Notes: Wow, my first all-grain beer. I’m so happy with the results. It’s creamy, it’s malty, it’s very lightly hopped but Fuggles are in there. This […]

The official name of the lager is LCD (Least Common Denominator). I sanitized all the necessary equipment and siphoned it over. The color is quite pale, like a pilsner should be. Final gravity was 1.013. It has a very thin mouthfeel (at kegging time) and mild hoppy flavor.
My first […]

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 […]

Recipe Source: Keystone Homebrew
This entry was written many months after the actual brewing and consumption of the Oatmeal Stout. As such, it will not be very detailed and will mostly be what I remembered. This was my first in home brewing experience.
So after reading, studying and watching the Good Eats episode entited Amber […]