Yes, it has been six years since I made my last beer. Why so long? Just busy I guess? I started making beer in 1980. I made all sorts of beer. My neighbors were always knocking on my door. Hey do you have any......beer? I was also teaching others to make beer. I was part of a group that first started the Portland Beer fest. It was loads of fun at first, all of my neighors and friends wanted to be servers, back then you would get tickets for free beer if you were a server. Then OLCC stuck their nose in it and stopped the fun. One year we ran out of beer on the first day, because so many people showed up.
Anyhow, that was then. Today I'm doing a Honey raspberry wheat beer.
I'm using 3.3lbs of Wheat malt.
48oz. of Clover Honey
1lbs. of Crystal Malt
4lbs. of frozen raspberries (that we picked this summer)
Cascade hops 2oz. 1 1/2oz. boil, then 1/2oz. cascade for Finish.
Irish moss
Wyeast Belgian Ale yeast.
In a brewpot with 2 gallons of water, Boil hops, malt and honey for 45 mins. Add finishing hops and Irish moss boil additional 15 minutes. Add to the carboy, that has 2 gallons of water in it, then add the raspberries.
I will update this as I continue the process. I think it will be a very good beer!
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