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Steam Beer
Photo by Orin Optiglot
Ingredients:
2.00 lbs. Munich-100 malt 30L
1.50 lbs. Flaked rye
1.00 lbs. Harrington 2-row pale malt 1.8L
1.00 lbs. German Vienna malt 3L
10.00 oz. Cara Pils
2.00 lbs. DME Australian Pale
0.75 oz. Perle 8.4% (60 min)
0.50 oz. Williamette 4.2% (45 min)
0.50 oz. Williamette 4.2% (15 min)
0.50 oz. Williamette 4.2% (2 min)
Yeast: BrewTek California Gold CL-690
Style: California [...]
German Altbier
Original Gravity: 1.048 IBU: 40
Please read these instructions completely before beginning your brew.
Ingredients:
6.6# (2 cans) Amber Liquid Malt Extract (LME)
0.3# (5 oz.) Light Dry Malt Extract (DME)
2# Crushed German Vienna Malt 3L
2# Crushed German Light Munich Malt 6L
1# Crushed German Crystal Malt 60L (Caramunich [...]
Strawberry Ale
Ingredients:
* 3.3 pounds, M&F amber hopped syrup
* 3–1/2 pounds, dry light malt
* 1 pound, crushed crystal malt
* 1 ounce, Northern Brewer leaf hops, (alpha=8.0%) 1 hour boil
* 8 pints, fresh strawberries, washed, stemmed, pureed
* 4 Tablespoons, pectin enzyme
* Ale yeast starter
FG: 1.008
Procedure:
Make a yeast starter by boiling 1 [...]
FALL ON MY KNEES performed by Joy Kills Sorrow
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