Contest Winning Brew / Double Axe Nano Brewery

Good Afternoon my fellow craft brew drinkers. I am working my way to the nano brewery level.  In my last post I brewed an End Of Summer Citra IPA. I entered that beer in a home brew competition at my local home brew shop, which I won third place.  Coming in behind second place an Oktoberfest and first place a Baltic Porter.

Here are some pictures from my last brew day. I brewed a Pumpkin ESB. 

Brew Today , See you Tomorrow

Citracada , The end of summer IPA

Citracada

The end of summer is near and here in North Carolina that means Cicadas. On this brew day I was brewing a Citra IPA. Here is my brew day in photos. 

Brew today See you tomorrow.

Belgian Brew Day

Belgian Abby Ale

OG 1.070

That is right I went all grain. Here is my brew day in pictures.

 

Brew today, See you tomorrow.

Beer of the day

Lagunitas SUCKS

• It poured a golden amber color with a nice one finger white head.
• It smelled of earthy hops and sweet malt.
• The taste was bitter, over malty and slightly tasted of hops.
•  It also had an alcohol burn, but at 7.85 ABV it gets the job done.

Brew today, See you tomorrow.

Citrus IPA

PICTURE OF THE DAY

My citrus IPA wrapped in a custom label. Painted with water color, courtesy of my father-in-law Rob Phillips.

Rowan's Farm
Painted by Rob Phillips

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Snow day Beer

I heard the snow was coming to my town. Everyone was going out to buy milk and bread , I went out to get a local NC beer. Here are some pictures of what I bought.  HighLand brewing company's  Kashmir English India Pale Ale.

Fresh Citrusy IPA Brewday

Lately we have had some of the best tasting IPAs. Both brewed by  Lagunitas, Daytime IPA and Little sumpin' sumpin' a Wheat Pale ale. Both tasted so good and drank so easy I decided to brew my take on them. They were very fragrant of citrus and light pine and tasted just the same. I picked these hops to help drive it home.

1. Cascade 
2.  Centennial
3.  Simcoe
4. Citra

Here are some picture of the brew day.

Brew today, See you tomorrow.

Home Brew Wednesday

Recipe

 Tollymore Woods Vanilla Porter

5 Gallons

Partial Mash
Target OG 1.058
Target FG 1.022
ABV 4.7%
IBU 42





Malt


6 lbs Dark LME
8 oz Maris Otter
10 oz Pale Chocolate
4 oz UK Black Patent
6 oz Belgian Biscuit

7 oz Flaked Oats


Hops


1 oz Mount Hood @ 60 minutes
1 oz Centennial @ 15 minutes


Yeast

Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale Yeast 62F to 72F

Extras

2 oz Vanilla Extract  @ 5 Days Secondary

2 oz Vanilla Extract  @ Bottling