Ice Wine Racked and Pale Ale Bottled

Well, today was another day off of work, so I worked at the home office...Sanctification Brewing! The shot above was taken just prior to siphoning the Pale Ale into the bottling bucket.

Looks like there is a lot of sediment/trub in this one! hhmmmm....

I am excited about this recipe because it is the first time I used Honey Malt. It smells amazing, just like honey!

This brew came out with more of an Orange tint. Perhaps this is from the Maris Otter. It looks great to me.
Nevertheless, I tasted this one at bottling and it was great. I could taste a bit of honey in this sweet, malty brew.

I also transfered the Ice Wine to a secondary fermenter. In 10 days I need to add some additional ingredients.

Sanctification Brewing is rolling!!!

Full Brew/Steam Ahead

Today my full brew closet smells a lot like butterscotch or caramel. This is because of the fermenting beer AND wine dispersing their airborne nectar. It is amazing. Above we have a close up of my Pale Ale on the left and a Summer Ale on the right. These were brewed 3/27/10 and 4/6/10.

Yesterday I brewed up a Pale Wheat, as seen fermenting away above (is this a sentence ending in 2 prepositions!!!! Awesome!) This includes 4 lbs Maris Otter, 4 lbs Wheat, 1 1/2 lbs Honey Malt (my recent favorite grain!), 1 lb 80 degree Crystal malt, 1/2 lb Cara-pils, 3 lbs Dried Wheat extract and 1 oz Amarillo hops.

Above I have my Ice Wine, which was brewed on 4/20/10! This is my second go at this great wine, but alas, it is from a kit... This is a great, sweet, heavy wine that suits my taste perfectly.

Left to right is the Pale Wheat, India Pale Ale, Riesling Ice Wine, Pale Ale and Summer Ale!

Above is the recently brewed Summer Wheat full steam ahead.

4 lbs Maris Otter, 4 lbs Wheat, 1 1/2 lbs Honey Malt (my recent favorite grain!), 1 lb 80 degree Crystal malt, 1/2 lb Cara-pils, 3 lbs Dried Wheat

On top of all this, I bottled my Nut Brown 2 on Monday, 4/19/10. Great fun and experience in gaining wisdom! Thank and praise the Lord Jesus Christ for these blessings as well as His wisdom in which we can share, thanks to His grace and might!

This Brewery is at Full Capacity!

Towel around brew pot (hillbilly mash tun)

Yesterday I brewed up a Summer Ale. I was down to my final empty carboy, a five gallon glass beauty. And now Sanctification Brewery is going at full capacity. This beer is technically my first all grain recipe. I opted out of buying my normal 3 lb bag of Dried Malt Extract because I just did not want to spend the extra 15 dollars. Plus, I figure that this is only 5 gallons, compared to my normal 7, and the O.G. would be decent. It ended up at 1.043. Not bad for 17 dollars of ingredients! Maybe this will turn out to be an approximately 4.5 percent ABV beer?

Ice bath (hillbilly wort chiller!)

I used 8 lbs 2 Row, 1 lb Honey Malt, 1/2 lb Cara-Pils and 1/2 lb 60 degree Crystal Malt. Here we have ten pounds of grains, this is the most my pots can handle. I also used some new hops: Citra hops. They are supposed to be a bit fruity with a bit of citrus. These babies are at 11.1 % Alpha! I used 1/2 oz boiling and 1/2 oz aroma (final 2 minutes). I went with Danstar Windsor yeast. We will see how fruity and citrusy this one is!

I would like to do this recipe again but with 2 to 3 pounds of honey!
Above is just prior to adding the yeast.

Above is just after adding the yeast.

Summer Ale in front, left is IPA, right is Pale Ale and the back is a Nut Brown. I have no more empty carboys, except my 3 gallon, which is my unofficial Ice Wine Carboy! These beers will all be ready for the Phish show on June 11!