Open Beer

A notebook from a two-kettle homebrewing setup. Recipes, logs and the occasional failure.

Recent brews

Saison, batch 14

20 L · OG 1.052 · FG 1.004

Pilsner malt with a little wheat and a very dry finish. Fermentation was left to free-rise from 20 to 27 °C over four days; the yeast was happy and finished in under two weeks.

Oatmeal stout, batch 13

19 L · OG 1.058 · FG 1.016

Flaked oats at 10% gave the body we wanted. Next time less roasted barley — the finish came out sharper than planned.

Pale ale, batch 12

20 L · OG 1.048 · FG 1.010

Single-hop experiment. Dry hopping on day three instead of day seven kept the aroma brighter, but the beer took longer to clear.

Mash notes

StyleMash, °CTime
Saison6475 min
Stout6860 min
Pale ale6660 min