Here's the recipe for the current batch:

Hiatus Bitter
6 lbsLight dry malt extract
1/8 lbBelgian Aromatic malt
1/8 lb10L Crystal malt
1/2 lb40L Crystal malt
1/16 lbchocolate malt
2 ozWillamette hops (6.0% alpha)
1 ozHallertauer hops (4.8% alpha)
1/4 tspIrish Moss
1 pktDanstar London yeast
3/4 cupglucose (priming sugar)

Steeped malts in 1/2 gal water at 175F for 1 hour. Sparged grains into boiling pot with 1.5 gal hot water. Brought to a boil. Added dry malt extract and boiled for 1 hour. At 40 min to go, added 1/2 of the Willamette hops. At 30 min to go, added the rest of the Willamette hops and the Irish Moss. At 2 min to go, added the Hallertauer hops. Sparged into 2 gal cold water using 1 gal cold water. Let cool overnight. Added yeast. Ferment at 60F in primary. Secondary ferment at 60F.

Batch started:Feb 18, 2002
Racked to Secondary:Feb 27
Bottled:Mar 17
Current Status:maturing
First Impressions:fine amber ale, nice hoppy aftertaste

Last Batch


[email protected] / Mar 17, 2002