K. Florian Klemp

January 1, 2012 | Recipes

George’s Best – American Sweet Stout

Partial mash, 5 gallons, OG 1.065, 30 IBU Mash 4 lb American 2-row malt, 16.0 oz roasted barley, 8.0 oz chocolate malt, 8.0 oz 80º L crystal malt for 1 hour at 153º F Collect wort and add 3 lb ...

January 1, 2012 | Recipes

Olde Stranger – Old Ale

Extract, 5 gallons, OG 1.070, 30 IBU Steep 4.0 oz chocolate malt, 8.0 oz 120º L crystal, and 1.0 lb 40º L crystal for 20 minutes, then add: 6 lb amber malt extract and 1.5 lb turbinado, demarara, jaggery, or ...

January 1, 2012 | Recipes

Oro Diablo – Strong Golden Ale

All-grain, 5 gallons, OG 1.075-1.080, 40 IBU Mash 13# Pilsner malt at 151º F for 1 hour Hop schedule: 2.0 oz East Kent Goldings, 60 minutes 1.0 oz Styrian Goldings, 20 minutes 1.5 oz Saaz, 5 minutes Dissolve 1.5 lb ...

January 1, 2012 | Recipes

Brewing With Sugar

Those first few months of craft beer epiphany are heady indeed, filled with moment after moment of wide-eyed revelation. These palate-popping new brews had little in common with the mainstream stuff that you seemingly couldn’t live without. Craft beer had ...

January 1, 2012 | Stylistically Speaking

Belgian Tripel

To many, the discovery of Belgian beers is a moment of great enlightenment, and to those of us who came to know them long ago, they are still amazing. The integration of technology, moxie and charm forms a righteous trinity, ...

November 1, 2011 | Stylistically Speaking

Flanders Red and Brown

The quest of beer-lovers leaves virtually no cellar undisturbed. That pursuit is often about the novel inspired by the venerable, with the current curiosity in sour, aged beers motivated in great part by Flanders red and brown beers. These brews ...

November 1, 2011 | Recipes

Fruitful Fermentation

Raspberry Wheat (extract, 5 gallons) OG 1.055, 20 IBU Steep 1.0 lb Carapils® malt, then add: 5.0 lb wheat malt extract Bring to a boil and add 1.0 oz Mt. Hood hop, AA 5.0% Boil for one hour, add 0.5 ...

November 1, 2011 | Recipes

Fruitful Brewing

With homebrewing comes the epiphany that nearly anything can be included in a beer recipe, and the familiarity with fruit beers over the past 20 years has made those a favorite among us. But, blending malt, hops and fruit is ...

September 1, 2011 | Brewing Instructions

Bottoms Up

Our beloved porter has seen it all. It went from the rough-hewn, smoky seminal macrobrew in early 18th-century England, to the first truly international beer in the 19th century, to near extinction in the 1970s, all in a span of ...

September 1, 2011 | Brewing Instructions

Baltic Bliss

OG 1.075, ABV 7.0%, 35 IBU, deep chestnut color Extract Recipe 8# Dried Malt Extract (combination of Munich or amber, and light) Steep: 1# crystal 80 malt, 5 oz Carafa I, 5 oz chocolate malt Mini-mash Recipe 5# Munich or ...