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By Rob Hudson on Jun 8th 2004, 11:25 pm	Permalink
Keith - I set up search via google just this morning. Works better than anything I can write in the minimal time I've got. Glad it works out better for ya.

By Rob Hudson on Jun 8th 2004, 2:35 pm

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Brewed a modified version of the Brutal Bitter, but adding some rye malt and using all cascade hops. I've got about 3 lbs of cascade hops so this was a good way to make a dent in that stash. I'm curious to see how it will turn out. It's fermenting with Rogue's pacman yeast, which I got from Nate, who got it from Russ, who got it from Rogue at the Warehouse sale. Definitely going to harvest that yeast. Thinking about brewing the Denny's Old Stoner and pitching it on top of the yeast cake from this. Anyway, it was a good brew day with Matt, Bill, and Nate. And it probably was my fastest yet -- 5 hours from start to finish. Usually it takes 8 for me. Maybe that explains why I was 8 points below my target gravity and only got 4 gallons instead of 5!

Caustic Bitter
5 gallons

10.5 lb 2-row
1 lb Crystal 20L
.5 lb Crystal 40L
1 lb Rye malt
1.75 oz Cascade (5.5% AA) at FWH, 90, 60, flameout.

Mashed at 154F.

By Rob Hudson on Dec 24th 2003, 9:51 pm	Permalink
Here's something to spend some time and money on. Sounds interesting but the price is a little steep for a casual homebrewer like myself... WBA Web-based Concise Course in Brewing Technology

By Rob Hudson on Nov 19th 2003, 5:24 pm	Permalink
Server news: Added caching software to Tastybrew so the dynamic scripts run faster (about 2x faster), and also turned on compressed downloads so pages download faster which will help modem users especially. Hopefully things seem a tiny bit speedier.

By Rob Hudson on Nov 12th 2003, 4:34 am

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Matt and I kegged up our brews and shared the 5 gal with one another. I used the carbonator and Matt and I shared the Moguloid Ale. It was a nice brew, roasty, 7% ABV and a hint of the caramel in the aftertaste from the boil down of the stout. The Saaz hop aroma didn't really stick around. To me it tasted close to Snow Cap, and Matt thought it was close to Winternacht. Will definitely enjoy that this winter.

Sipping on a glass of Matt's Stout. Yumm. It's not all the way carbed up yet, but it's close enough. That Rogue Shakespeare clone sure had lots of Cascades in it. The bitterness goes nicely with the stout, I think. Will enjoy that this winter too.

I brewed up a bastardized version of Denny's Son of Dead Fish ale. I got Spalt hops but they weren't the Spalt Select hops Denny uses. Plus, they were pellets and I know they clog up my system. So I strayed away and was going to use my Mt Hood hops. But on brew day, when I opened those up they were wet and moldy. I think I used one of those vegetable ziplock bags that breathe... Oops!

So, I ended up going with Crystal hops -- like I said, bastardized. So I'm naming it Dead Bastard Ale. My hope was that there wasn't a whole lot of flavor hops and no aroma hops and mostly bitter hops to balance the maltiness, so it shouldn't matter too much. It's bubbling away in the garage at 60-62, so I'm hoping the finish is clean. I was shooting for lower gravity but my efficiency finally broke the 70 barrier and I hit 74% by Tastybrew calcs. So I ended up brewing the same gravity beer. Curious how that one turns out.

Cheers!