Captain Dave's Pirate Stout

Toasty roasted stout with a hint of coconut rum flavoring. This is an easy to brew beer using dried malt extract, milled adjunct grains and pellet hops.

5 gallon batch

Steep to 150 degrees in 5 gallons H2O
- 1 lbs rolled oats
- 1/2 lb crystal malt
- 1/2 lb chocolate malt
- 1/4 lb roasted barley
- 1/4 lb black patent malt

Bring to boil

5 lbs amber dried malt extract

1 oz Fuggles hops
1 oz Williamette hops
30 min boil

1 oz Irish moss
15 min boil

Ferment through, approximately 3 weeks.

Add 250 ml (approximately 1/3 of a bottle) Cruzan Coconut Rum prior to bottling/kegging.

Trophy Wife Winter Wheat

This Belgian Witbier style is amazingly smooth and much tastier than I expected.

Makes 10 gallons.

Steep to 150 degrees
- 1 lb flaked wheat
- .5 lb honey malt
- .5 lb carapils malt
- .5 lb crystal malt

Bring to boil

4 lb light dried malt extract
9 lb wheat dried malt extract

1/2 oz hallertauer hops 60 min
1/2 oz hallertauer hops 30 min
1/2 oz cascade hops 30 min

1 oz bitter orange peel 10 min
1 oz sweet orange peel 10 min
1 oz Irish moss 10 min
1 oz cascade hops 10 min


Split wort into two 5 gallon batches. Add water to each fermenter to make 5 gallons.

1st batch fermented with Safale K-97 dried yeast
2nd batch fermented with Safbrew T-58 dried yeast

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ZY*MUR*GY (zahy-mur-jee) noun
the branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in beermaking, brewing, winemaking, the preparation of yeast, etc.

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