Author Archives: Kodiak

English style “Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout” – Clone All Grain 8 gallon Recipe

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Kodiak

This beer was brewed on June 24th – OG was at 1.082.  We did a vigorous boil for 90 minutes to get down to target.  About 7.5 ~ 8 gallons was brewed, we expect this to end up at 9% … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Grape Wine 4 gallons

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Kodiak

This is out 3rd time making wine (first 1 gallon, 2nd 2.5 gallon) and now we feel confident to scale higher to 4 gallons.  One benefit of making wine from kits or raw ingredients, is that it helps you to … Continue reading →

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Red Hobbit Wine

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Kodiak

So this is not in any way official with any movie or anything like that, this is a pretty darn good red base wine, but I wanted to call it a Hobbit Red Wine, because in my imagination, I envision, … Continue reading →

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London ESB Coffee Porter – 10 gallon batch

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Kodiak

11/10/2017 – today we brewed a 10 gallon London ESB Coffee Porter grains: 18 lb – 2-row premium grain 1.5 – caramel 60 Love 1 lb – coffee malt 150 Love 1.5 lb – roasted barley 300 Love hops: 2.4 … Continue reading →

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Steuben Wine

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Kodiak

made on 10/8/2017 – updates later… After brewing beer for almost 10 years, it was time to do something different.  4 year ago I planted my first grape plant – I choose the variety of Steuben – which is a … Continue reading →

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Vienna Barleyweisen Oktoberfest 10 gallon all grain batch / with 3 experiments

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Kodiak

Latest update: at 4 weeks this beer should clear up quite nicely and taste considerably better if you have chilled it at serving temperature compared to only 3 weeks, 1 extra week will make quite the difference.  It comes with an … Continue reading →

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Kumbocha How To Brew / Part 1 and 2 – SUPER FERMENTED TEA

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Kodiak

[wpedon id=”4272″ align=”left”] Kumbocha is not beer, it is a probiotic drink or basically a fermented tea. There are many health benefits to Kumbocha and it is an ancient drink originating somewhere from the Asian region around Japan, hard to … Continue reading →

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Grapefruit IPA 10 gallon batch

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Kodiak

On Saturday 2/18/2017 a Grapefruit IPA was brewed.  We used peels from 2 grapefruit in a 10 gallon batch, we didn’t want it to be too overwhelming but also a little bit more than a hint.  Full recipe will be … Continue reading →

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Citra American IPA, 10 gallon batch

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Kodiak

On 11/20/2016, we brewed a Citra American IPA.  More recently we started to preview/simulate brews using an App on my cell phone (android), called: Wort.  This is in a way a simulation, we strongly recommend you do this and then … Continue reading →

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Electric Brewing // Automating the Mashing Phase – 120 Volts // 1,650 Watts // 13.5 Amps

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Kodiak

Up to now – we have been brewing with natural gas or propane, while this works really well, and there are many advantages, like nice strong boils, etc…, there are also some draw backs – as with everything. Here are … Continue reading →

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