You Make Your Own Beer? – Angel Over My Shoulder brew 2011: Sassafras Spruce Porter BIAB

You Brew Your Own Beer? Pretzel beer?

I am taking a break from brewing starting January so I can prepare for my Professional Engineer exam in April. I have some backstock ingredients so I have been working them down. Today I brewed an experimental beer that I hope reminds me of pretzels. Here is the recipe for 1.5 gallons: 10.00 g Sea […]

You Brew Your Own Beer? – Bottle Day

You Make Your Own Beer? – 2011 Year in review

Had a fairly productive year brewing, I figured it was a good time for a year in review of what I brewed in 2011. Oh My Darlin Clementine Wit, 5.5 gallons 6-row, oats, wheat, acidulated malt, Belgian Pale malt, Northern Brewer hops, Saaz hops, clementine peels, clementines, coriander, and chamomile flowers. Acid rest, decoction, step […]

You Make Your Own Beer? – Angel Over My Shoulder Brew 2011 and BIAB Water Volume Calculations

Tomorrow is the night I brew my yearly beer with my little brother over my shoulder. This year it will be a Sassafras Spruce Porter. Here are my plans.                   The Recipe 5.5 Gallons 90 minute boil 60 minute mash at 156F BIAB 1.050 @ 80% efficiency […]

You Make Your Own Beer? – Angel Over My Shoulder 2011

I will be brewing a Sassafras Spruce Porter December 23 for my yearly ritual brew if anyone is interested. This is my recipe so far: Type: All Grain Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Boil Size: 9.00 gal Brewer: Scott Schluter Asst Brewer: Marc Schluter Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Volume 5.5 gal Brewhouse […]

You make your own beer? Sassafras preparation

Got some sassafras root to go into either a root beer porter or a sassafras spruce porter. I’ll decide later which one to brew.

Bottle Day!

Angel Over My Shoulder 2010

Another year, another anniversary. This year Marc helped me brew a Spruce Beer.