Microbrewed Adventures (49 page)

Add malt extract, salt and 60-minute hops to 2 gallons (7.6 l) of water. Bring to a boil. The total boil time will be 60 minutes. When 15 minutes remain, add the 15-minute hops. When 1 minute remains, add freshly crushed coriander seed. After a total wort boil of 60 minutes, turn off the heat.

Immerse the covered pot of wort in a cold-water bath and let sit for 30 minutes, or the time it takes to have a couple of homebrews.

Then strain out and sparge hops and direct the hot wort into a sanitized fermenter to which 2.5 gallons (9.5 l) of cold water has been added. Bring the total volume to 5 gallons (19 l) with additional cold water if necessary. Aerate the wort very well.

Pitch the German ale yeast, brettanomyces yeast cultures and lactobacillus bacteria culture when temperature of wort is about 70 degrees F (21 C). Ferment at about 70 degrees F (21 C) for about 10 days, or until fermentation appears to show signs of stopping and begins to clear. Rack from your primary to a secondary fermenter, and if you have the capability, “cellar” the beer at about 55 degrees F (12.5 C) for about 2 weeks.

Prime with sugar and bottle or keg when complete.

a.b.v.:
Alcohol by volume.

Ale:
A style of beer, usually brewed at temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees F (16–21 C) using ale yeast. Often referred to as a “top-fermented” because of the tendency for some strains of ale yeast to rise to the surface for a period during fermentation.

Balling:
A scale of measurement used by professional brewers worldwide to measure the density of a liquid as compared to water. See also Specific gravity.

Barrel:
One U.S. barrel equals 31 gallons equals about 13½ cases of 12-oz. bottles. One typical American keg equals 15.5 gallons, or a half-barrel.

Bottle conditioned:
Term describing lager or ale that is carbonated naturally by the action of yeast on fermentable sugars while in the bottle. Sometimes referred to as bottle fermentation.

Bottom-fermenting:
See Lager yeast.

F
and
C:
Abbreviations for degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius (Centigrade).

Gravity dispensed:
Term describing beer that is dispensed from a keg by the force of gravity, rather than by “pushing” the beer out with added pressure. A spigot is employed while air is permitted to enter from an opening at the top of the keg.

Hops:
Flowers from the hop vine that impart different types of bitterness, flavor and aroma to beer.

Lager:
From the German word, to store. Also a style of beer. Traditionally, a “bottom-fermented” beer brewed at temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees F (4–10 C) and stored for a period of time at temperatures as low as 32 degrees F (0 C).

Lagering:
The period during which lager beer is aged.

Lager yeast:
Saccharomyces uvarum
(formerly known as
S. carlsbergensis
) type of yeast. Generally speaking, true lager yeast does best at fermentation tempera
tures of 33 to 50 degrees F. It is also known as “bottom-fermenting yeast” because of its tendency to form sediment while fermenting.

Lauter
or
lautering:
The process of removing spent grains or hops from wort. This is simply done by the utilization of a strainer and a subsequent quick, hot water rinse (sparging) of the caught spent grains or hops.

Lauter vessel
or
lauter tun:
The brewing vessel that is used to separate grains from sweet wort by a straining process.

Lovibond and malt color (-L):
A measure of malt color. Ten is low; 40 is amber; above 80 is dark.

Lupulin:
Tiny bright yellow-golden capsules of oil and resin located at the base of the hop flower petal, responsible for the flavor and aroma of hops.

Mash
or
mashing:
The process of converting grain starches to fermentable sugars by carefully sustaining a water and grain “soup” at temperatures ranging from 140 to 160 degrees F for a period of time.

Naturally carbonated:
Term describing beer that has developed carbonation from the natural carbon dioxide byproduct of fermentation. Forced carbonation adds carbonation to beer by forcing high-pressure carbon dioxide into otherwise flat beer.

Pitch the yeast:
To “throw in” or add yeast to the wort.

Rack (Racking):
Process of transferring unfinished homebrew from a primary fermenter to a secondary fermenter. A siphon is often used by homebrewers so yeast sediments remain undisturbed in the primary.

Refermentation:
A second fermentation that may develop in the bottle because of added sugars at bottling time.

Secondary fermenter (the secondary):
Any vessel in which secondary fermentation occurs.

Sparge or sparging:
The act of sprinkling hot water on grains or hops to wash off desired sugars. See Lautering.

Specific gravity:
A measure of the density of a liquid as compared to water. Readings above 1.000 indicate a density higher than that of plain water. Adding fermentable sugar to water will increase density. Fermentation will decrease density. Degrees balling and degrees plato are other scales for measuring the density of wort.

Top fermenting:
See Ale.

Wort:
Unfermented beer.

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Adriaensens, Jan, 180

Alaskan Brewing Co., 55, 88

Alaskan Winter Spruce Old Ale, 88, 305

American Homebrewers Association, 3, 16, 17, 25, 36, 47, 55, 90, 94–95, 100–114, 126–7, 130, 146, 177, 206

American Society of Brewing Chemists, 35, 39

Amsterdam, 31, 75, 170, 174–75, 233–35

Anchor Brewing Co., 31

Andechs Monastery, Brewery, 139–40

Angelic Brewing Company, 99

Anheuser-Busch, 28, 29, 35, 36, 38, 67, 218

Arioli, Agostino, 154, 157–59

Arrogant Bastard Ale, 54, 63

Ashworth, Judy, 105–06

Association of Brewers, 20, 25, 99, 100, 101, 127,

 

Bagby, Jeff, 62, 279, 280, 282

Ballard Bitter, 4–6, 10, 11, 188, 282

Banks Brewing Company, 99

Baune, Tom, 14, 15

Bauska Brewery, Latvia, 216

Beer Gardens of Bulawayo, 200–206

Belle Vue Brewery, 182

Benstein, Phil, 58

BierConvent International, 233–34

Birmingham Masterbrewers, Alabama, 101

Birrificio Italiano, 154, 157–59

Birrificio Lambrate, 159–61, 340–41

Bischof's Brauerei, 141

Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery, 101

Bluff City Brewers, 102

Bohannon Brewing Co., 101

Boscos Restaurant and Brewery, 101–02

Boston Beer Co., 4, 28, 30, 97

Bouckaert, Peter, 57

Boulder Beer Co., 3, 11, 26

Boulder Brewing Co., 11, 15, 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 312

Boulder Christmas Stout, 27, 254–56

Boulevard Brewing Co., 4, 177

Bowman, Fred, 9

Brakspear's Brewery, 4, 116–118

Brewery at the Monastery of San Francisco, 191

Brewery Krušovice, 205

Brewers Association, 3, 25

Bristol Brewing Co., 42

Broad Ripple Brewpub, 100

Brooklyn Brewery, 4, 75, 76, 93

Brooklyn Brewing Co., 9, 75, 94

Brother Adam, 120–24, 129

Bruce, David, 113, 114, 152, 317

Brugge, 179, 180

Buckfast Abbey, 12–24, 129

Bund Brauhaus Festhaus, Shanghai, 220

Burns, Tom, 17, 27

Byers, Archie, 50

 

Calagione, Sam, 69–72

Campaign for Real Ale, 115–16

Camusi, Paul, 11

Carey, Dan and Deb, 66, 67, 99

Cartwright Brewing Co., 3, 11

Celis White ale, 23, 24

Cerveceria Andina, Quito, 191

Cervezas Nacionales, Guayaquil, 191

Chantler, Paul, 152

Charalambous, George, 35, 36, 39

Chase, Lee, 284

Chimay, 228, 229

City Steam Brewery and Restaurant, 94–95

Coffey, Dean, 99

Collins, Nat, 91

Coors Brewing Co., 26, 32, 33

Coors, Peter, 32, 34

Culinary Institute of America, 90–91

Cunningham, Horace, 99

 

D. G. Yuengling and Son Brewing Co., 32

D. L. Geary's Brewing Co., 9

De Doulle Brouwers, 176–78

De Halve Maan Bierbrouwerij, 176

De Mug, 173

De Roos, Harrie de Leijer, 173

De Schaapskoot, 174

De Vaete Brouwerij, 174

DeBakker Brewing Co., 3, 11

Deschutes Brewery, 4

Diamond Bear Brewing Co., 102

Diesel, 139

Dogbolter, 4, 115, 317

Dogfish Head Brewing Co., 4, 54, 69–71

Duck and Dark Brewery, 220

Düsseldorf, 142–44

Düsseldorf's Altstadt, 142–43

 

Eccles, John, 91

Egelston, Peter, 46, 96

Elliot, Kendra, 31

 

F. X. Matt Brewing Co., 31, 75, 92

Felicitous Belgian Stout, 23, 251

Fermentables Homebrew and Winemakers Supply, Little Rock, Ark, 102

Fiji homebrew, 11, 221–23, 370

Flossmoor Station Brewpub, 100

Flying Fish Brewing Co., 73–75, 295

Forder, Tony, 94, 95

Frog & Rosbif, 152–54, 337

 

Gaslight Brewery, 93

Gayre, Lt, Colonel Robert, 87, 119, 126–37, 106, 107, 108

Geary, David, 9

George Killian Lett Brewing Co., 32

Gilded Otter Brewpub, 90

Glacier Brewhouse, 87, 88

González, José Antonio, 189

Goose and Firkin, 4, 113, 115

Goose Island Brewing Co., 100

Gotland, 164–69

Gotlandsdricke, 165–69, 345

Granite City Pub and Restaurant, 98

Grant, Bert, 17–19, 249

Grant's Russian Imperial Stout, 17, 18, 19

Great Alaskan Beer and Barleywine Festival, 87, 88

Great American Beer Festival, 3, 17, 19, 25, 28, 34, 62, 67, 69, 72, 99, 230

Great British Beer Festival, 16–17, 115

Great Dane Brewpub, 99

Great Fermentations of Indianapolis, 100

Great Lakes Brewpub, 100

Grenada, 212

Grossman, Ken, 9, 11, 12

Gugmundson, Thor, 152

 

Hahn, Chuck, 33

Haire, Todd, 79, 80

Harris, Stuart, 3, 17

Harrison, Steve, 13

Hart Brewing Co., 14–15

Hartford Brewery, 94

Havana Cuba, 193–98

Havill, Leon, 125, 126

Havill's Mazer Mead, 126

Henry Weinhard's Ale, 16

Herteleer, Chris, 176–78

Hickenlooper, John, 9, 47

Hindy, Steve, 9, 75–77, 94, 297

Hop River Homebrew Club, 94

Hopf, Bianca, 146, 156

Hopf, Hans, 145

Hopfweissbier Brauerei, 144–46

Hops Restaurant Bar and Brewery, 102

Huber, Fred, 31

Hudson Valley Homebrewers, 90

Hummer, David, 26

Hyde Park Brewery, 91–92

 

Il Vicinos, 42

Im Fuechsen Altbier, 144

Independent Brewing Co., 4, 6

 

Jackson, Michael, 15–17, 19, 22, 26, 100, 126

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., 31

Jan Van Schaik, 171, 176

Johnson, Bob, 78, 96

Joseph Huber Brewing Co., 31

JT Whitneys, 99

 

Kaltenberg, 147, 149

Killian's Irish Red Ale, 32, 33, 259

Koch, Charles Joseph Jr., 28

Koch, Greg, 63–65

Koch, Jim, 28–30, 97

Korkmas, George, 31

Kriek, 54, 107, 183, 185, 227, 353

 

La Baladin, 155–157, 161, 162

Lafayette Brewing Co., 100

lambic, 4, 21, 43, 54, 182–86, 228, 229, 231, 353–354, 374–376

Larson, Geoff, 88

Last Western Pub, Swakapmund, 209–10

Latvian farmhouse brewer, 214

Left Coast Brewing Co., 4, 60

Lindeman's Brewery, 107

Link, Richie, 69

Lion Inc./Gibbons Stegmaier Brewery, 31

Loenhout, Kaees, 171–172

Louis Koch Lager Brewery, 29, 30

Luitpold of Bavaria, Printz, 147–49, 234

Lyons Brewery Depot, 105–07

 

Magic Hat Brewing Co., 78–80

Maier, John, 55–56

Manhattan Brewing Co., 75

Martinique, 227–29

Master Brewers Association, 28, 35, 39

Matt, F. X. II, 31

Mayer, Paul, 31

Maytag, Fritz, 9, 31

McGonigles Homebrew Supply Shop, 89

mead, 4, 86, 87, 101, 103, 104, 119–137, 224, 225

mead, soy-milk, 86

Metzger, Bill, 94

Midnight Sun Brewing Co., 86, 87

Minard Castle, 125, 126, 127, 137

Montana Beverage Co., 66

Moortgat Brewery, 182, 184

Moose's Tooth Brewing Co., 88

Morris, Frank, 17

Muller, Gene, 73, 74, 295

Musche, Roger, 184, 185

Musso, Teo, 155, 162, 163

 

Nelson, Al, 26

New Albion Brewing Co., 3, 11

New Amsterdam Brewing Co., 31, 75

New Belgium Brewery, 57, 58

New Glarus Brewing Co., 66–69, 99, 374

Newman, Alan, 78

Nickel, Tom, 60, 61

Noodapera, Vello, 164, 165, 167

Noonan, Greg, 9

Norske's Nook, 99

Northampton Brewery, 45–46

 

Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Co., 60, 62

Oktoberfest in Munich, 230

Oliver, Garrett, 76

Ortega, Gil, 33

Otter Creek Brewery, 81–84

 

Pabst Brewing Co., 31

Page, Ron, 94, 95

Palm Brewery, 184

Park Slope Brewery, 9

Parkes, Steve, 82, 83, 302

Party Creations homebrew supply, 91

Paulaner Brauhaus Beijing, 220

Pellforth Brewing Company, 32

Plantation Club Draft House, 95

Portland Brewing Co., 9

Prairie Homebrewing Companions, 98

Pugsley, Alan, 69

Pusch Ridge Brewing Co., 43

Pyramid Brewing Co., 15

Pyramid Wheaten Ale, 14, 15, 247

 

Radler, 139

Ram Brewery, Indianapolis, 100

Recipes (also see Table of Contents)

Amber lagers

Samuel Adams 1880, 256

Vienna-style Ouro de Habanera (Havana Gold), 359

Amber/red ales

George Killians Irish Red Ale from Pellforth, 259

Black ales and porters

1447 Belgium Zwarte Rose Ale, 277

Irish Cocoa Wood Porter, 312

Quingdao Dark Lager, 367

Switch and Toggles Preposterous Poorter, 350

Zaltitis Baltic Porter, 365

Bock beers

Andech's Weekday Bock, 325

Masterbrewers Doppelbock, 261

Brown ales

Original Dogbolter Ale–Goose & Firkin, 317

Puritanical Nut Brown Ale, 269

English-style bitter

Beyond the Ordinary Ordinary Bitter, 319

“Original” Ballard Bitter, 242

Fruit beers

Belgian style Cherry-Black Currant (Kriek-Cassis)

Lambic, 353

Magic Bolo #9.1, 300

New Wisconsin Apple/Raspberry/Cherry Beer, 289

German ales/Altbiers

Crazy Old Man Altbier, 330

India pale ales

65–65–65–6.5 India Pale Ale, 292

Telluride India Pale Ale, 272

Light lagers

Czech-Mex Tijuana Urquell, 355

Klibbety Jibbit, 264

Masterbrewers Celebration Light Lager, 263

MickViRay Papazian Pilsener, 310

Printz Helles German Lager, 335

Swakapmund Cowboy Lager, 362

Meads

Castle Metheglin, 323

Sparkling Mead—Tropical Champagne, 370

St, Bartholomew's Mead, 322

Pale ales

1982 Original Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, 244

Piozzo Italian Pale Ale, 342

Stouts

1981 Boulder Christmas Stout, 254

Bert Grant's Planet Imperial Stout, 249

Brooklyn's Original Chocolate Stout, 297

Felicitous Stout, 251

Pumpernickel Rye Stout, 327

Wolaver's Organic Oatmeal Stout, 302

Strong and/or highly hopped ales

Jeff Bagby's Hop Whompus 2004, 279

John 1981—a homebrewed version of Charlie 1981, 274

Monastic Bleue Strong Belgian-style Ale, 371

Old Lighthouse in the Fog Barleywine Ale, 315

Sam Adams Triple Bock homebrew recipe, 307

Stone 03, 03, 03 Vertical Epic Ale, 285

Unusual and specialty beers

19th Century Leipziger Gose, 374

Alaskan Winter Spruce Old Ale, 305

Fiji Homebrew—Vale Vakaviti, 370

Flying Fish Baby Saison Farmhouse Ale, 295

Frog & Rosbif's Brown Wheat Coriander, 337

Mile High Green Chile Ale, 267

Poetic Brighella Italian-Belgian-German-English-American Ale, 340

Quito Abbey Ale—1534, 358

Vello's Gotlandsdricke, 345

Zeezuiper spiced Nederlander strong ale, 348

Zimbabwe Zephyr Sorghum beer, 362

Wheat beers

Hans Weissbier, 332

Original Pyramid Wheaten Ale, 247

Red Hook Brewery, 1, 10, 11

Red White and Brew Brew-on-Premise and Homebrew Shop, 83

Redhook Brewery, 4, 6

Reich, Matthew, 31

Rhenania Alt, 143

Rio Grand Brewery, 42

River City Brewing Co., 3, 11

Rock Bottom Brewery, 99

Rocket City Homebrewers, Huntsville, Alabama, 101, 102

Rockies Brewing Co., 4

RocMac Brewery, 125, 127

Rogue Ales, 54–56

 

Samuel Adams Boston Lager, 28, 30, 221

San Juan Brewing Co., Telluride, 50