Root beer: bottled

Hmmmm, didn't seem so root beer-y today. Taste good, root beer flavor level low.


FG 1.018

~ 4.66% ABV

Real Root Beer

Root beer was put to secondary on 11/16/2008.

Malted Ginger Cider: Revealed

Malted Ginger Cider (pitched: 05/09/2008 racked: 05/22/08) OG 1.056

I bottled it on 11/16/08 (~ 6 months in secondary) and added 7/8 cup table sugar and 8 oz lactose. Tasted much better after bottle conditioning.

FG 1.017 (not including added AJ, minimal) ~5.06% ABV

Root Beer

Brew #3 - Multi-Fruit Wheat

wheat lme, pilsner malt, caramel wheat malt, cracked wheat, oats, tettnang, Safale US-05


June 28th (bubbling once a minute) added 2 pounds pureed mangoes

Bottled July 10: Used 3/4 C plus 1 tablespoon cane sugar

Its pretty delicious. Maybe a little flat carbonation wise

Cider Pics in Secondaries on 6/26/08

Left: Cider (racked 4/29/2008) - Right: Malted Ginger Cider (racked 05/22/08)

Wheat

3.3# wheat lme
2# pilsner malt
1# caramel wheat malt
.5# cracked wheat
.5# oatmeal
1 oz tettnang pellet hops alpha acid 4.3% @ 60 min
11.5 g Safale US-05
2 cans Oregon Blackberries

pitched at 71F at 530PM on June 21st 2008
og 1.037 (not including berries)

added one quart cherry juice on 6/26/08, fermentation 3 bubbles every 30 seconds, after an hour of the juice being added 3 bubbles every 10 seconds