<![CDATA[Brown Ale, "Pilsener" and Future Brew Plans]]>

<![CDATA[Brown Ale, "Pilsener" and Future Brew Plans]]>The Grove Street Pilsener has turned out much darker than it ought to be (I incline to attribute this to the mistake with the malt extracts), so I think I’ll have to put the word “Pilsener” in scare quotes when referring to it, from now on. It’s pretty tasty, though, and the Grove Street Brown Ale is coming along very well at a week from bottling.

Next weekend I plan to brew Grove Street Honey Wheat Lager:

1 3.3lb can light malt extract
3lb honey
1lb wheat malt
1oz Crystal or Mt. Hood, or 2oz Liberty, @60 minutes
1oz Crystal, Mt. Hood or Liberty @10 minutes
White Labs San Francisco Lager or Wyeast California Lager yeast

and a couple of weeks after that, if I have my mash tun finished (it’s been on hold in the “nearly-done” state for quite a while now), I’ll be trying my first all-grain batch, with the use of a friend’s burner and brewpot.

Sadly, I think it’s past time to give up on the Big 10/20 Barley Wine. It started acquiring that awful, cidery-sour taste some time ago, and the fermentation’s been excruciatingly slow for months. I just haven’t had the heart to pour it out, but I think I don’t have a choice. Barleywines, like pilseners, are probably something I’m going to wait a while, and read up on some different techniques, before trying again.

I will endeavor to ensure my next post is about something other than beer.

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