tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63371704467695787642024-03-19T01:01:52.566-07:00Baer BrewingTall tales of legendary ales...William D. Baer Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11860047905283272615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337170446769578764.post-18375050887911503512011-07-02T18:36:00.000-07:002011-07-03T09:11:39.958-07:00Brew Day - July 2, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Today was another blistering hot day in South Texas. My assistant brewer and I put together 2 brews in one day. A 3 gallon recipe called a Bourbon Barrel Porter and a 5 gallon recipe called AHS Flanders Brown Ale (strong ale). It was a successful brew session with no major issues probably due to the fact that both recipes were primarily dried malt extract. We decided to leave the malted barley and the mash tun in the closet until our next brew session. Check the videos we made today during our brew session. Don't worry have a homebrew!<br />
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After cleaning up that mess, we finally finished brewing after 8 1/2 hours. Cody brewed a Belgian Ale and everything went pretty smooth for him. As for myself the rest of the brew session went, OK, but I didn't hit my original gravity or 1.046 and fell short by about 10 pts. Oh well, maybe it will taste good anyway, right!<br />
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Here is a short video clip of my setup followed by a few pictures taken by my wife, Julie! Thanks for all the support! Love you!<br />
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