Yearly Archives: 2014

Why Belgian Beers are so delicious and expensive

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Kodiak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium tip: Never, ever pass judgment on a beer style based solely on your home-brewed experience/interpretation of it, ever!!!!! If your batch didn’t turn out like you hoped, try comparing it to several commercial examples first, then aim to duplicate … Continue reading →

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Belgian Stout All Grain Recipe

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Kodiak

  September 11th, 2016 Brew: ( 10 gallon batch )… OG 1.080 // Sep 11, 2016 FG 1.012 // Sep 24, 2016 Fermentation took a solid week.  ABV 8.9% // SRM 25 90 Minutes Mash at around 148F, followed by … Continue reading →

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Counter Pressure Bottle filling // a must for every beer brewer

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Kodiak

A Counter Pressure bottle filler is a great device that is almost a need to have for any serious home brewer.  You can make your own too, but it is recommended to just buy one – unless you have a … Continue reading →

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60/5 ManBearPig Single Hop Black IPA

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Kodiak

Video of pour from keg: Brewerd on 11/1/2014: We started with 12 gallons of total water, this is for the initial mash and then the followup sparge, we were shooting for 7 gallons, but might have been a little more, … Continue reading →

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Apricot Ale – All Grain Recipe

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Kodiak

2018 Brew – 11 Gallon Brew 03/10/2018 / Today we brewed this recipe again, 11 gallons.. we used 18 lb of Copeland 2-row (native to Washington state) 4 lb crystal 20 L bittering – start of boil 1 ounce of … Continue reading →

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Grodziskie redivivus, Polish mid-16th century Historic Beer and other Polish Beer and History

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Kodiak

Sources: people I’ve met on G+ Community and various Beer Brewing Communities and Web sites. Piwo = Beer. In Polish the letters X, V, Q don’t exist and some additional letters are also present that are missing from English.  For … Continue reading →

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Irish Red Ale OR just an Celtic/Irish Ale – All Grain Recipe 5 Gallons

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Kodiak

5 gallon batch: If you want a classic Irish Red, don’t use the Special B, replace with CaraRed 20. If your local brew store don’t carry CaraRed, look at a substitution chart for grains: http://bsghandcraft.com/resources/malt_cross_reference_chart Standard 60 minute mash (we … Continue reading →

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Golden Ale All Grain Recipe

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Kodiak

A quick and short post, recipe only. Total volume of brew water used 8.5 gallons in this recipe, we used batch-sparge with 2 phases. OG – 1.058 – Brew Date: 01/26/2014 FG – 1.014 – Racking Date: 02/01/2014 ABV 5.78% … Continue reading →

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How To Transfer beer between 2 Kegs

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Kodiak

How To Transfer beer between 2 Kegs, video link below: Tip: Using the Out for both Kegs, prevents beer foaming into the incoming keg as the beer fills in slowly from the bottom of the keg. If you connect into … Continue reading →

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