Random Photos
I forget exactly which beers we were doing when here, because I took to long to write these posts. A mix of Hoppacopper, Scottish Ale, and maybe some Rogue Ale Clone. Although the main bulk of the bottling was the Scottish Ale. Photos! I’ll have to get Brian to add some clever commentary.
Bottling Hoppiecopter and Developing a Label
Today we bottled our Hoppacopter and talked about developing a label for it. During the bottling we selected six for entry into the TRASH Homebrew competition. Bottling was awesome, as usual. Lets get to the real fun. Developing the label. In testing out a new tv Seth got from his parents (awesome story by the [...]
Opening a Hoppacopper 2
We brewed this in September and opened it sometime last month. Foam monster.
Recipe for our original IPA
3/4 lb Crystal 20L grains 6 lb Briess Dried Malt Extract 1 oz. Millenium Hop Pellets 1 oz. Amarillo Hop Pellets 1 oz Amarillo Hop Pellets 11.5 grams Safale US-05 Sry Ale Yeast Corn Sugar for Bottling
Tasting the Rogue Dead Guy Ale
We fucked it up. It’s really sour and as we suspected it might have been contaminated before bottling. It is. A quick taste reveals a very sour and bitter taste. We are trying to figure out where we went wrong. So we’ve narrowed it down to a few causes: a piece of garlic may have [...]
Transfering Hoppicopter 3
Smells awesome. Tastes even better. As Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” entered our Pandora radio que in the StromHuelsmanBlanco homebrew headquarters an executive decision was made…….MORE HOPS! We deviated from our intended aroma hop by adding a full ounce of German Hallertau to the second stage of fermentation. The original recipe called for a ½ oz, [...]
Bottling Rogue Dead Guy Ale – Brew of the Dead
Or as Brian has started to call it – Dead Fucker Ale. Currently has a sour taste. We are worried there is some bacteria in there. We used Brians new method of cleaning bottles that involves his dishwasher, sanitizer and hot hot water. Our only hope is that this brew doesn’t kick off the zombie [...]
Hoppicopter 3 Brewing
This week we caught wind of a homebrewing competition, TRASH Homebrewers. Not only is it going to be fun to enter our beer and dream big about earning a blue ribbon. Our copper ale will get reviewed and we’ll get some feedback from people who do this all the time. I’m pumped, and if we [...]
Rouge Dead Guy Ale – Transfer
Due to logistics and schedules we are transferring the Rogue Dead Guy Ale from the main fermentor to the second stage a few days later than planned. We feel it’s OK in it’s current state. We added 1/2 of the extra sugar and the beer exploded twice out of the primary fermentor during the first [...]
