Archive for January, 2007

70: Fuskerpils II

Posted in Homebrew by erwin on January 28th, 2007No Comments

5kg danish pilsner malt

Mash for 60 minutes 2@ 68°C

87g Hallertau for 60 min.
25g Saaz for 30 min.
25g Saaz for 10 min.

SafLager W34/70
21,5L
OG: 11,8 brix (1,048)
FG: 7,2 brix (1,016)

racked 4/2
bottled 25/2

New committer: Diane Bruce

Posted in FreeBSD, portmgr by erwin on January 18th, 2007No Comments

Diane has been a long time contributor, mainly to the hamradio ports, and finally ehaupt offered to mentor her and give her a well-deserved commit bit. Welcome Diane!

Sweet mead II

Posted in Homebrew by erwin on January 18th, 2007No Comments

8kg honey
WYeast 4184 sweet mead yeast

20L

OG: 1.126
FG: 1.029 (16,2 brix; ~12,9% ABV)

Bottled January 24, 2008

Dry mead II, with and without berries

Posted in Homebrew by erwin on January 15th, 2007No Comments

3kg honey
WYeast 4021 Pasteur Champagne yeast
10L total
OG: 23,8 brix (1.100)

Racked to two 5L buckets and added 500g frozen mixed berries to one.

Bottled August 26:
FG: 8,2 brix ((0.992) without berries), 7,9 brix ((0.989) with berries)

69. Festival IPA

Posted in Homebrew by erwin on January 13th, 2007No Comments

5,5kg Fawcett Maris Otter

Mash for 60 min. @ 68°C
no pH adjustment

80g EKG for 90 min.
30g EKG for 5 min.

WLP002 English Ale

OG 10,9 brix (1.044)
FG: 6,4 brix (1.013)

Racked 21/1
Bottled 11/2

68. Mild beer

Posted in Homebrew by erwin on January 7th, 2007No Comments

5kg mild ale malt
500g Fawcett crystal 120L

Mash @ 68°C for 60 min.

100g Fuggles for 71 min.

WLP002 English Ale yeast

25L
OG: 11.7 brix (1.047)
FG: 8.3 brix (1.024)

Racked: 13/1
Bottled: 28/1