we had a huge brew session last night. we brewed up 10 gallons of Broadzilla, making a few changes (s05 yeast, maris otter, subbed 1st and 2nd cascade for centennial, and added 2 extra ounces of centennial. we taste tested before pitching yeast, it had a sweet and insanely bitter flavor. were hoping it will strip enamel from your teeth. made a new hop sack, it worked pretty well but the stainless clamp fell off right before chilling, causing a few hops to spill out. we racked the stout to secondary which had a gravity reading of 1.016. kris racked his amber to a keg. we polished off the dunkillmaker and put the amber on the gas. and we ordered some new gadgets from northernbrewer (bremometer, mash paddle, hops, tubing, etc...)

parts for the hop sack



here it is in action


id mash that




tried out some loose leaf centennial hops


cold breakin'


racking stout to secondary



-baker

keezer #2 just about ready for business


just need that sc2:amber and st. brewyah stout to be ready... I think my kegs are slightly smaller than baker's...?

-kris

we brewed up 10g of stout last night. it was a recipe from northern brewer, called twelfth night. we're calling it Brewyah Stout. ended up hitting our OG almost spot on, 1.064.

we also tried out the "Honey Danger Porter" last night. great beer. it didn't have that roasty honey flavor i was looking for. instead it had a light chocolate with sweet aftertaste and a fruity aroma. delicious.


ordered the good from brewmasters warehouse. took about 5 days to get it, but they sure have good prices and i like that everything is individually sealed.


mashing


24lbs of grain


merrill racking some amber


collecting some wort


cached


rolling boil


cold break


my dad (steve baker) tagged along for this brew session. as you can tell from the pictures, he was digging the beautiful smell of beer.




20 gallons of brew (10g amber in secondary, 10g stout in primary)


-baker