Flying Dog – Raging Bitch Clone on Rye – Belgian IPA Imperial – Grain to Glass – Part 1 of 2
Flying Dog – Raging Bitch Clone on Rye – Belgian IPA Imperial – Grain to Glass Brewed on Anvil Foundry and chilled with Jaded Brewing Scylla – Part 1 of 2
This is a tribute to Fly Dog’s Raging Bitch beer. Essentially I found as many clone versions of it as possible to come up with my version of it. I intentionally substituted the first bittering hop addition of Warrior for Columbus as I was out of Warrior. I also added 1 lb of Rye to play on the spiciness of the already spicy brew.
Raging Bitch on Rye – Clone on Rye
5.25 gallon recipe with 90 minute boil – OG 1.0175 FG (estimated) 1.014
Currently this beer is dry hoping but is actually at 1.008 FG which would make this 8.8% by volume.
8 lbs Pale Malt, Marris Otter
6 lbs Pale Malt Belgian 2-Row
1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt 60L
1 lb Rye Malt 1 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 60 mins
0.50 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 15 mins
0.50 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 15 mins
0.50 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 5 mins
0.50 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) at 5 mins
5 minute additions:
Added 1 heaping tsp of Wyeast Yeast Nutrient
Added 4 oz cooled wort with 1/4 tsp of Super Moss HB
1 oz Amarillo (8.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) Whirlpool for 10 mins at 150F
1 oz Columbus (16.2% Alpha) (28.3 grams) Whirlpool for 10 mins at 150F Belgian Ardennes – Wyeast 3522
Dry Hop Schedule:
1 oz Columbus Cryo (28.3 grams) 7 Days
1 oz Amarillo Cryo (28.3 grams) 7 Days
French Toast American Brown Ale – Anvil Foundry – Grain to Glass – Part 1 of 2
French Toast American Brown Ale – Anvil Foundry – Grain to Glass – Part 1 of 2 First we had to choose the right beer style and I felt Brown ale was the perfect fit for a French Toast Ale.
Yes we are using Amoretti French Toast natural flavoring but honestly I felt the best way to really enhance both the flavor and for the brew to be enjoyable and not a sugar bomb was to give it the best possible foundation and to ferment on the dry side as it will be slightly back sweetened when we add the Amoretti French Toast natural flavoring.
I focused on nice malty flavors like biscuit, toffee, caramel, and the mouth feel as we want it to be a little creamy and lactose is perfect for that but too much can make it taste overly sweet. To keep with that mouth feel and the flavors we were going for while reducing the sweetness we went with 1 lb of golden naked oats.
Recipe for a 5.25 gallon batch for the French Toast American Brown Ale
6 lbs 2 oz – Maris Otter malt
1 lb 8 oz – Munich I malt
1 lb – Golden Naked Oats
13.5 oz – CaraBrown malt
12 oz – Biscuit malt
11.5 oz – British Dark Crystal Malt I (85 SRM)
8 oz – Honey Malt 0.65 – Magnum (12% A) – 60 minute addition
8 oz – Lactose (last 5 minutes)
Omega Yeast OYL-501 Gulo
Amoretti French Toast will be added after the beer has been kegged and chilled to avoid additional fermentation. We’ve done this twice now and had amazing successes without issues.
72% BH Efficiency – OG 1.061
Estimated FG – 1.012
Natural French Toast Artisan Flavor
https://amoretti.com/products/french-toast-artisan-flavor
Simple Beer Yeast Starters and how to maintain them long term cheaply
Simple Beer Yeast Starters and how to maintain them long term. Keeping it simple with yeast, DME (Dry Malt Extract), Spring Water, and a little yeast nutrient.
Other items used:
Whisk, scale to weight DME, measuring cups, pot, mason jars, tin foil, and stir bar. Also home made stir plates using cigar boxes, 120 mm computer fan, earth magnets, and old 12v power adapters.
In this video I simply show you how to make wort for a yeast starter and I use about 0.67 ounces by weight of DME per 6 ounces of water. Heat, stir, cool, and pitch with a stir bar of course. After 24 to 36 hours I simply put the jars in a fridge to cold crash before pouring off excess malt and pouring the yeast with some malt back into a smaller mason jar for long term storage in the bottom drawers of my beer fridge. I repeat this process about every 4 months for all of the yeasts I maintain.
Chocolate Bock – Simple Brew Day for Beginners – Super Easy – Part 1 of 2
Chocolate Bock – Simple Brew Day for Beginners – Super Easy – Part 1 of 2
I made this to show the first time brewer just how easy a brew day can be with very little equipment purchases. This was very inexpensive and the tools needed are inexpensive too.
What was actually needed to make this all extract Bock Beer?
Bock Extract with corn sugar and priming sugar for bottling https://www.homebrewing.org/Muntons-B…
A couple decent sized pots (source of heat of course) Or one large pot like this https://www.homebrewing.org/8-Gallon-…
Large Spoon or a nice paddle like this https://www.homebrewing.org/24-Plasti…
Accurate Thermometer https://www.homebrewing.org/Lab-Therm…
6 Gallon Carboy with either a rubber stopper or carboy cap and airlock/bubbler
https://www.homebrewing.org/6-Gallon-… https://www.homebrewing.org/Orange-Un… https://www.homebrewing.org/3-Piece-A…
Auto-siphon with tubing and bottler wand https://amzn.to/3fW53gp
About 50 empty and sterile 12 oz beer bottles for bottling 50 Bottle Caps (cheap) https://www.homebrewing.org/Cold-Acti…
Bottle capper (inexpensive) https://www.homebrewing.org/Red-Rocke…
Nice things to have beyond this: Great Hydrometer kit https://amzn.to/31ecJ9x
Hop socks and some pre-milled specialty grains if you want to modify the flavor a bit like I did with the chocolate malts. Funnel with filter https://www.homebrewing.org/10-Funnel…
Bottling Bucket https://www.homebrewing.org/65-Gallon…
Ultimate Scylla Immersion Chiller from Jaded Brewing – Review
Ultimate Scylla Immersion Chiller from Jaded Brewing – Review First this is not a paid review, simply an immersive review aka testing of the Scylla Immersion Chiller from Jaded Brewing.
I purchased my first Scylla from Jaded Brewing a little over a month ago and was so impressed with its performance I had to buy another one based on a theory I had of massively decreasing the time it took me to chill my wort even more from my home brewed beers using two in a series. And this is where my story begins for this video. Please enjoy the video and feel free to share it with your home brewing friends.
If you are considering buying one they did hook my up with an affiliate link so please consider using that link when making your purchase.
Jaded Brewing Scylla Immersion Chiller