Spare Tire 2.0 - Fat Tire Clone - 2/26/16

I brewed my amber ale Fat Tire clone based on BYO's recipe. I read New Belgium website and found a few things that didn't mesh with BYO's recipe. So I made a 2.0 version tonight. The malt bill consisted of: 2 row Munich Victory Amercian C80 Belma (subbed for Nugget) bittering EKG 15g@15 Williamette 15@0 I used a repitch of WLP001 from the first Spare tire brewery. In a few weeks, I'll buy a few Fat Tire cans and have a blind taste test with my BYO WLP001 and WLP005 and my WLP001 versions.

Spare Tire - Fat Tire Clone - 2/6/16

New Belgium's Fat Tire is new to the Philadelphia market. I've been enjoying this beer for a long time when I travel out west. I decided to try to make a beer in tribute to Fat Tire based on BYO's recipe. The malt bill consisted of: 2 row Munich Victory British C80 Pale Chocolate EKG and Williamette Hops. I split the 5 gallon batch between WLP001 and WLP005. New Belgium has a house strain of WLP001. So in a few weeks, I'll buy a few Fat Tire cans and have a blind taste test.

4c7 APA - 2/20/16

Brewed up a Pale Ale in preparation for April 2016. I turn 47 this year, so I named the beer 4c7. I am using 4 American C hops (Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Columbus -28 grams each) then whirlpool hops-recirculation for 15 minutes). Malt grist was: 1# Carafoam .5# British Crystal 60 9# Golden Promise 3# Best Pils. 2 dry hop charges for 3 days after fermentation: 15G each Cascade/Centennial 15G each Chinook/Columbus Then Biofine. No bittering hops, just whirlpool and dry hop.

Tasting notes: 4/5/16

Hop explosion of citrus and a little dank. APA with IPA flavors and less alcohol.
Happy birthday to me.