Ol' 22 -- Brew day

The next batch I had planned was an old ale/barleywine. The grain bill required a hefty 16 lbs of grain to make 5 gallons. I'd never attempted a batch this large before. But if I didn't try now, how else would I be able to expand my little homebrewery to maximize its full potential? It was time to start brew day once again.

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DIY 60 qt Igloo Cooler Mash Tun Build

I had a problem ahead of me for my next batch. With the grain bill for it being 16 lbs, the total amount of grain and mash water would be too big for a single 5 gallon bucket.

One way to solve this problem would be to split the grain bill in half and use two separate 5 gallon buckets to do the mash. As simple as that sounds, temperature control for both would be tedious. Splitting the grain bill might cause too high of a percentage of specialty grain to end up in one bucket, losing the diastatic power to fully convert all the starch for all the grain.

Burton Bomber Bottling Day

After weeks of sitting in the closet, my Burton Bomber was ready to bottle! 

A nice brown color

Burton Bomber -- Brew Day

December 17, 2015 -- The next batch of beer following the IPA is a throw back to the old brown ale we made before. I've modified the recipe slightly to see how affecting a few ingredients affects the flavor.

Is this the end for my stove?

Bicycle Upgrade Repair

So this thing cracked, yeah we gonna fix it.