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Month: January 2015

Wine #8 – Shiraz Cabernet (Secondary)

Wine #8 – Shiraz Cabernet (Secondary)

1/25/2015 – Wine day Sanitized fermenter, added a half galllon of hot water, sprinkled in and dissolved two packages of bentonite, then added wine juice.  Topped up to six gallons.  Put grape skins into a sanitized bag, tied it off, added oak chips and stirred them in, then sprinkled yeast on top.  That’s it.  All up to nature, now. O.G.: 1.088, 21% Brix Also added 2 Tablespoons of yeast nutrient 2/1/2015 – Check Gravity, rack to secondary I.G.: 1.000, 9%…

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Brew #72 – Barley Wine

Brew #72 – Barley Wine

01/24/2015 – Made a starter Usual process 1 liter starter Wyeast 1098 British ale yeast 01/25/2015 – Brew day 0.5 lbs – Briess Caramel 90 (steeped for 20 min as 3.5 gal of water heated to 170 F) 3 lbs – Amber LME 2 oz – Cascade hop pelettes (60 min) 9 lbs – Amber LME (15 min) 1 oz – Willamette (15 min) 1 tsp – Irish moss (15 min) 0.5 tsp – Yeast nutrient (15 min) Aerated with…

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