13 Pound Sticke- What happens when you take 13 lbs of malt at 78% extraction efficiency, add noble flavor hops and ferment on White Labs Dusseldorf Alt yeast? You get hit with a 13 lb Sticke. This beer resulted from research conducted while Steve was preparing to brew his Dusseldorf Alt. That beer mysteriously disappeared over a 2 week period at the store. Sticke means secret in Deutsch. That's because the beer was only brewed 2 times a year and was advertised as available only by a sign in the German bars that read "Sticke hier". Then it was gone. This beer will be bottled, not on tap. It's too good- if the taste at transfer is any indication. But if you are at the right place- at the right time- you never know. Maybe you'll see the "Sticke hier" sign. 

Me Love You Long Time Honey- A beer born on a Friday night conversation at the Dunkirk HomeBrew Shoppe. What better way to celebrate classic Vietnam War era movies than by stealing a line from "Full Metal Jacket" and crafting a beer around it. This is an example of taking an idea and running with it until.... Well the jury is still out on this beer. A lot of time and energy went into recipe formulation and label development. Not to mention all the used bottles that had to be de-labelled. It is brewed as an Oatmeal Cream Stout with lactose and honey. Somehow the interaction created a (just hold the groans and what else statements here) slightly sour beer. It does finish nicely and the flavor,not unpleasant, lasts "a long time." Cody Britton of Southpaw Signs took Steve's and Jim M's simple label design and created a work of art. I don't know if the beer is worthy of the label, but hey. You may want to take an antibiotic after drinking this one. You can ask for this one by name at the store.

Braggot- Al L and Steve threw this together back in June '09 and finally bottled after Al's return from Down Under in January '10. This was a second attempt at Braggot. The initial batch was brewed in June of '08 from 12 lbs of honey and one 3.3 lb can of Cooper'sLight malt with a Cascade hop addition at 20 minutes left and pitched with Nottingham yeast. Story is they created a separate category at the County Fair for this cross between beer and mead "because it was so good." This version was altered. We substituted Cooper's Amber Malt and used Red Star Champagne yeast. The current version is much drier and obviously with a higher alcohol content. We shouldn't have played with apparent perfection though. I'll be making another batch soon using an all-grain version utilizing some Munich malt, but going back to the Nottingham  yeast.  There's not always some at the shoppe as it still needs some conditioning time.

Wee Heavy Scotch Ale- Steve resurrected a personal recipe from 1998 to brew this one. It was a "Best of Show" winner at the 1998 Chautauqua County Fair. The beer is thick and silky with a wonderful malt presence. The Alcohol content is evident. He bottled it back in October and brings some out now and again. The beer is kept in a secured cabinet with ultramodern high tech surveillance and alarms. He hopes there will be some left for Christmas '10. It's a hard beer to make all grain. The mash tun has difficulty handling 35 lbs of malt for 10 gallons. Steve only made 5 gallons this run. The recipe can be found at brewery.org under Gambrinus' Mug recipe collection.

Big Red Clone.... First attempt. Matt E. wanted to see if he could come close to brewing Southern
Tier's Big Red. He backed into the recipe based upon the label information provided on a Bottle of Big Red. The color should be close, the alcohol close and the flavor... we have to wait and see. The the primary fermentation went well.... you can see here...http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dunkirk-NY/Dunkirk-HomeBrew/268876097392?ref=ts 

 

 

 

13 Pound Sticke- What happens when you take 13 lbs of malt at 78% extraction efficiency, add noble flavor hops and ferment on White Labs Dusseldorf Alt yeast? You get hit with a 13 lb Sticke. This beer resulted from research conducted while Steve was preparing to brew his Dusseldorf Alt. That beer mysteriously disappeared over a 2 week period at the store. Sticke means secret in Deutsch. That's because the beer was only brewed 2 times a year and was advertised as available only by a sign in the German bars that read "Sticke hier". Then it was gone. This beer will be bottled, not on tap. It's too good- if the taste at transfer is any indication. But if you are at the right place- at the right time- you never know. Maybe you'll see the "Sticke hier" sign. 

Me Love You Long Time Honey- A beer born on a Friday night conversation at the Dunkirk HomeBrew Shoppe. What better way to celebrate classic Vietnam War era movies than by stealing a line from "Full Metal Jacket" and crafting a beer around it. This is an example of taking an idea and running with it until.... Well the jury is still out on this beer. A lot of time and energy went into recipe formulation and label development. Not to mention all the used bottles that had to be de-labelled. It is brewed as an Oatmeal Cream Stout with lactose and honey. Somehow the interaction created a (just hold the groans and what else statements here) slightly sour beer. It does finish nicely and the flavor,not unpleasant, lasts "a long time." Cody Britton of Southpaw Signs took Steve's and Jim M's simple label design and created a work of art. I don't know if the beer is worthy of the label, but hey. You may want to take an antibiotic after drinking this one. You can ask for this one by name at the store.

Braggot- Al L and Steve threw this together back in June '09 and finally bottled after Al's return from Down Under in January '10. This was a second attempt at Braggot. The initial batch was brewed in June of '08 from 12 lbs of honey and one 3.3 lb can of Cooper'sLight malt with a Cascade hop addition at 20 minutes left and pitched with Nottingham yeast. Story is they created a separate category at the County Fair for this cross between beer and mead "because it was so good." This version was altered. We substituted Cooper's Amber Malt and used Red Star Champagne yeast. The current version is much drier and obviously with a higher alcohol content. We shouldn't have played with apparent perfection though. I'll be making another batch soon using an all-grain version utilizing some Munich malt, but going back to the Nottingham  yeast.  There's not always some at the shoppe as it still needs some conditioning time.

Wee Heavy Scotch Ale- Steve resurrected a personal recipe from 1998 to brew this one. It was a "Best of Show" winner at the 1998 Chautauqua County Fair. The beer is thick and silky with a wonderful malt presence. The Alcohol content is evident. He bottled it back in October and brings some out now and again. The beer is kept in a secured cabinet with ultramodern high tech surveillance and alarms. He hopes there will be some left for Christmas '10. It's a hard beer to make all grain. The mash tun has difficulty handling 35 lbs of malt for 10 gallons. Steve only made 5 gallons this run. The recipe can be found at brewery.org under Gambrinus' Mug recipe collection.

Big Red Clone.... First attempt. Matt E. wanted to see if he could come close to brewing Southern
Tier's Big Red. He backed into the recipe based upon the label information provided on a Bottle of Big Red. The color should be close, the alcohol close and the flavor... we have to wait and see. The the primary fermentation went well.... you can see here...http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dunkirk-NY/Dunkirk-HomeBrew/268876097392?ref=ts