Monday, January 14, 2013

2012 Year End Review

2012 was quite a productive year.  I brewed around 100 gallons of beer and cider; made my highest abv beer to date (EoTW Stout); made my first lager; blended lambic with two types of fruit and experimented with a number of ingredients.  Some ingredients I used this year included:  chocolate, oak, home grown hops, Zythos hop blend, smoked malt, local fruit and 'wild' yeast.

2012 Home brew Log:
12/28/11 (Finished in 2012) 5 gallons Chocolate Stout - Tasting
12/28/11 (Finished in 2012) 5 gallons  End of The World Stout - Tasting
1/29/12  10 gallons  Scottish 80 - Half with Oak - Tasting
2/20/12  10 gallons  Lambic-Base 2012
2/20/12   5 gallons   Wheat second run - Tasting - Tasting 2 
4/7/12     5 gallons   Zythos IPA - Tasting
5/5/12    10 gallons  German Lager / Oktoberfest
6/2/12      5 gallons  Zythos Pale Ale - Tasting
7/8/12      5 gallons  Raspberry Wheat - Tasting
7/16/12    2 gallons  Blended Raspberry Lambic
7/21/12    2 gallons  Blended Peach Lambic
8/12/12    5 gallons  Harvest IPA
8/26/12   10 gallons Eberhardt Dark
9/30/12     5 gallons Cider 2012 (Wilkens)
10/7/12     5 gallons Strong Stout
10/7/12     5 gallons Smoked porter - Tasting
11/1/12    10 gallons Belgien Dubbel/Oud Bruin
12/2/12    10 gallons Honey Wheat

Plans for 2013:
 Strong Double/Imperial IPA - Possibly with Belgian yeast (I happen to have some I need to use)
 Another 10 gallons of Lambic base
 Blending Lambic Gueze and this year's Raspberry and peach
 English bitter
 American IPA
 Another raspberry wheat - probably with another 5 gallons of HeffeWeizen
 Another harvest IPA
 Historic 1800 IPA - Possibly with Brett











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