well im trying a beer.. im gonna call it Escondido IPA

last night i brewed a brand new beer with the ingredients ive been putting together. should be a high alcohol hopefully a great tasting beer. i started out heating up my 3 gallons of water with my pound of special B in my steeping bag. once it hit 170 degrees i removed the bag and then brought it to a boil.


i then added 3 pounds of liquid malt extract(LME), 1 oz of warrior hops and 11oz of honey. this boiled for 60 minutes.


with 15 minutes left in the boil, i added 6 more pounds of LME. 2 oz of cascade hops and let the time run down to zero. were i then added the last oz of warrior hops.


got the temp down to about 80, added the 3 gallons of water and pitched my yeast from my last batch of IPA that i made. the yeast is safale 04 english style. i try to reuse yeast about 3 times to keep cost down unless i brew a totally different style. then ill change


into my tub encase of explosion. its happened. with the amount of fermentables in this batch aka sugar it should go crazy hence the tube out the top. it lets foam just run out instead of blow out the top and clog it with the airlock. im gonna let this sit for about two weeks then move it to my secondary fermenter where i might add one more ounce of hops but not sure yet. this is just the first try at this so the recipe might change a bit. cant wait to try this!!! lol escondido IPA!!!

all my beer making ingredients...

so im all set to brew something wicked.. ive got 33 pounds of amber LME. 6 pounds 4 oz's of hops. and two pounds of steeping grains. one lb of special B and the other crystal 40. since its a rainy day here in cali brewing might just be later this day!! keep you posted!!!

hops hops everywhere!!!!

thanks to ebay i now own 5 pounds of cascade hops and 1 pound 4oz of warrior hops!!! hoppy home brews in the future!!! look out...

IPA Kegging..... yumm yumm yumm

heres my IPA i brewed 2 and a half weeks ago. 9 pounds of malt extract. 5 ounces of hops. used both cascades and columbus.

all set up ready to siphon to my cornelius keg. basically a old school soda keg.

transferring..

all filled up with 5 gallons of my own IPA..

joining his friends hibiscus hef. and carlsbad kronik clone from pizza port. into the kegerator!!!

Welcome!!! first off the bat is Hard Cider!!!

Hello and welcome to my newest blog. All about home brewing. I already operate my town house garden blog so i thought id just do both things i love.. Today's first post is gonna be a intro in making Hard Cider!!! Its very easy compared to brewing your own beer. No cooking!!! This totaled out to be about 32 dollars to make 5 gallons of hard apple cider!! Cant wait to enjoy!

first off we start with a english cider yeast. im using a white labs WLP775..

costco had a amazing deal on this organic martinellis for 4.99 a gallon!!!

my carboy and funnel are already sanitized and ready for me to add the juice!!

apple juice going in!!

we us all 5 gallons.. before i put the last gallon in we add the yeast and use the last gallon to wash it down!

here you can see the yeast cloud sinking down the carboy!

put my air lock in and thats it.

put in my tub just in case of explosion. its happened before and i had hops on my ceiling. now i wait then i keg and carbonate. love having a keg and co2. i hear bottling isnt all that fun.

the apple cider is sitting next to my IPA that i brewed a week and a half ago. cant wait to try that. any new brewing adventures will be here so keep a eye out. on another note. found cascade hops on ebay for 6 dollars a pound. bought 5 pounds for 36 dollars shipped!!! my local store is 5 dollars for 2 ounces!!