Taking it up a Notch

Muktesh, Kevin, Pete, Eric, Ashley (Eric's girlfriend... wait, Eric has a girlfriend??) and I were on a mission. Brew 25 gallons of beer, the equivalent of around 250 bottles of beer. This was the first use of my two 15.5 gallon keggles. Let's get started.


I started the mash for the first batch, which was 10 gallons of Oak-aged Cascade IPA, 26 pounds total grain bill.


Meanwhile, Pete was starting his mash for a 5 gallon Shackleton porter clone.


After the Shackleton was complete, we prepared for another 10 gallon batch, this time a Dark Licorice Stout, 33 pounds total grain bill. Today we totalled a 50 pound sack of 2-row, impressive!


Hard work will pay off when these gems are ready... Here are the recipes (5 gallon measurements):

Oak-aged Cascade IPA
10.0 lbs. 2-row
2.0 lbs. crystal 60L
1.0 lbs. Victory (toasted) 2-row
1.0 oz. Perle 60 min.
0.5 oz. Cascade 30 min.
0.5 oz. Cascade 15 min.
1.0 oz. Cascade dry hopped during rack to secondary
3.0 oz. Oak chips during rack to secondary
1 Wyeast 1098 Brit Ale

Dark Licorice Stout
13.0 lbs. 2-row
2.5 lbs. crystal 60L
0.5 lbs. black patent
0.5 lbs. roasted barley
3.0 oz. Willamette 60 min.
1.0 oz. Licorice root 20 min.
0.5 oz. Willamette 10 min.
0.5 oz. Willamette 0 min. (end of boil)
1 Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale

Shackleton Porter (Beware this fantastic recipe)
9.0 lbs. Marris Otter 2-row
2.0 lbs. 2-row
2.0 lbs. wheat malt
2.0 lbs. peat-smoked malt
1.0 lbs. Rauch malt
1.0 lbs. chocolate malt
1.0 lbs. roasted barley
1.0 oz. Cascade 60 min.
1.0 oz. Perle 30 min.
1 Wyeast 1028 London Ale

30 gallons of brew in my basement!!