The airlock has been steadily percolating for the about four days.
The airlock has been steadily percolating for the about four days.
Posted by M Taylor at 12:25 AM 0 comments
We have a good yard for growing hops. With very few trees there is quite a bit of direct sunlight all day long. We chose to plant the hops behind our garage in order to have a wind break to protect the bines. Instead of using the garage roof, a modified version of the hops trellis found at Power's Brewery will be installed. The trellis will accomoate four pairs of hop rhizomes. A post on the trellis build will be up soon.
Posted by M Taylor at 3:45 PM 0 comments
This is one of my go to recipes. It makes a very simple, but quite tasty 5 gallons of IPA, and according to ProMash should produce an OG of 1.069, alcohol by volume of 6.5%, SRM of 15, and IBU of 67.
Grain Bill
90 minute mash @ 153 degrees Fahrenheit
90 minute boil
Hops
Yeast
I will try to get a jump on the brew day by getting a starter going tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, I will pitch a double batch of the yeast.
Posted by M Taylor at 5:14 PM 0 comments
I wonder how much growth we will get this year and how much we will get in terms of yield? We went back and forth regarding whether we should grow our first year hops in containers (transplanting them into the ground next year), or whether to start them in the ground now. In the end, we decided to to do both. Primarily, because in my excitement to order rhizomes, I must have ordered five types instead of the planned four. This left us with an extra pair of rhizomes to deal with, so those went into the planters.
I purchased five types of hop rhizomes from Freshops: Centennial, East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Nugget, and Mount Hood. I purchsed a pair of each type, and the Mt. Hood and Nugget rhizomes were the jumbo variety. This just means they are older and larger rhizomes and will establish themselves quicker than the regular rhizomes.
Centennial
Nugget
East Kent Goldings (EKG)
Fuggles
Mt. Hood
(Hop variety descriptions from John Palmer's How to Brew)
Posted by M Taylor at 6:25 PM 0 comments
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