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Kviek Norwegian Farmhouse Ale

Posted on January 6, 2019 by ray kodiak

10 gallon batch. Today 1/6/2019 we brewed a Norwegian Farmhouse Ale – but not using any traditional means, just a farmhouse grain stack with yeast – Imperial Yeast A43 Loki. I will brew this again in the future using the … Continue reading →

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How-To process the raw Beeruino data using R

Posted on December 16, 2018 by ray kodiak

One of the first things after getting the Beeruino working, is to leave it running in your brewing environment where fermentation will take place. Let it capture a few weeks worth of data, maybe even during different seasons, then learn … Continue reading →

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Hazy Stone Fruit Ale / Single Malt, Dual Hop – SMaSH, SMaDH

Posted on October 13, 2018 by ray kodiak

It is said that in order to become really good, or semi-pro or Pro beer Crafter, at the very least you need to be able to consistently create good beer from just one grain and either one hop or some … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 17, 2018 by ray 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 ray 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 ray 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 ray 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 ray 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 ray 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 ray 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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