In August of 2000, I started brewing my own beer. This beer I like to call Dog's Butt Beer. So far I have only brewed two batches of beer and two batches of root beer, but I have big plans to make more!!!
The brewery consists of a 16 quart (4 gallon) brew kettle (large aluminum pot) where the ingredients are combined and boiled for 1 hour, a 6.5 gallon plastic primary fermentation vessel, a 5 gallon glass secondary fermentation vessel, a 6.5 gallon plastic bottling bucket, some siphon equipment, bottles, caps, and a bottle capper, and that's about it. Recently I have added a jet spray bottle washer, which works wonders on cleaning the bottles, a large plastic agitating device (commonly known as a spoon), and a wort aerator (a fish pump with tubing and an air stone). In the near future, I plan on adding a wort chiller and a bottle drying tree. When these are completed, I will post the plans to this page.
Below you will find samples of my recipes and methods, along with the labels that I have affixed to the bottles of the beers I've made. I hope you enjoy!!! I know I do whenever possible.
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American Light Ale (all gone) |
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Santa Amber (all gone) |
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Puppy's Butt Root Beer (all gone) |
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Pappy O'Grady's Real Bark Root Beer (3 bottles left) |
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Moon Halo Mead (March 2001) |
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Chihuahua Cream Ale (April 2001) |
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Easy E's Rock Apple Brew (October 2001) |
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Captain Barley's Steam Brew (Bottled January 2002) |
| [NO LABEL] | Chocolate Oatmeal Stout (February 2002) |
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Puppy's Butt Root Beer III (March 2002) |
| [NO LABEL] | Honeymoon Dry Mead (Spring 2002) |
| [NO LABEL] | Raspberry Pale Ale (Spring 2002) |
| [NO LABEL] | Vanilla Cream Ale (Spring/Summer 2002) |
