Time Out.

As of now, Bonesaw Breweries will be shutting down it's main operations in Knoxville. Minor operations will continue in Nashville through the month of May. Knoxville operations will open again in late July/early August with bigger and better facilities. Until then, we leave you with a picture of our latest bottled brews.

House Wheat Tweak (left), (SA)^2 Summer Ale (middle), Pilothouse Pilsner (right)

#11 (SA)^2

This was brewed on 3/31/09. This was based off of Sam Adam's Summer Ale.

Recipe
1 Whispering Wheat HME
1lb Munton's Light DME
2 Grated Lemon Rinds
0.5 oz Saaz Hops
2 grams Seeds of Paradise
Munich German Wheat Beer Yeast

Water was brought to a boil, lemon zest added while heating. Once heated hops, Seeds of Paradise the DME were added and the water was kept rolling for 5 mins around 150F. The wort was then removed from heat and the Whispering Wheat was added. The yeast was hydrated per instructions on yeast packet.

Bottled a tad late on 4/16/09. Spice of the Paradise Seeds shone through nicely and also picked up a nice floral aroma/taste from the yeast and hops.

#10 Pilothouse Pilsner

This was brewed 3/25/09. It was the standard Pilothouse Pilsner recipe off the Mr Beer Website. It was also Bonesaw's first use of a liquid yeast.

Recipe
2 Pilothouse Pilsner HME
Liquid Draft Yeast

Water was brought to a boil, added the HME. Yeast was activated per instructions on back of packet.

Bottled very late on 4/16/09. Should be a very drinkable beer.

#9 House Wheat Tweak

This was brewed on 3/13/09. This was a tweak on the original House Wheat. Witty Monk was used instead of the Whispering Wheat for a base.

Recipe
1 Witty Monk HME
1lb Munton's Wheat DME
1 Grated Orange Rind + Hand squeezed juice
1 Cup Honey
Munton's Yeast

Water was brought to a boil, orange zest added while heating. Once heated honey was added and the orange was hand squeezed and juice was added. The DME was added and the water was kept rolling for 5 mins around 150-160F. The wort was then removed from heat and the Witty Monk was added. The yeast was hydrated per instructions on yeast packet.

Bottled a tad late on 4/5/09.

#8 Wheat Ailment

This was brewed on 2/24/09. This recipe was based off the Mom's Honey Wheat Treat by Mr Beer. I'm hoping for a nice wheat/ale mix.

Recipe
1 West Coast Pale Ale HME
1 Golden Wheat UME
1/2 Cup Honey
1/2oz Hallertau Pellet Hops
Munton's Yeast

Water was brought to a boil and honey was added. Added the hops and let the water roll for 5 mins around 150-160F. Removed from the heat and added the WCPA and UME. Yeast hydrated per instructions on back of the packet.

This was bottled on 3/12/09. The trub bottle was cracked early on 3/24/09. This beer definitely needs a few weeks of conditioning time, it had a cidery taste to it. The 2nd trub bottle was cracked on 3/31/09. The week of conditioning definitely helped, cider taste is gone. With the addition of a lemon slice this beer was very tasty.

#7 Quaker Stout

This was brewed 2/24/09. It was the standard Sticket Wicket Oatmeal Stout recipe off the Mr Beer Website.

Recipe
2 Sticket Whicket Oatmeal Stout
Munton's Yeast

Water was brought to a boil, added the HME. Yeast was hydrated per instructions on back of packet.

This was bottled on 3/10/09. Slight hiccup with a few bottles, never use Peroni or similar bottles again. Capper will NOT cap these bottles. Trub bottle was opened on 3/25/09. This beer is more than drinkable and a delightful change to anything ever brewed at Bonesaw. This beer will certainly go fast.

#6 Black-Eye Bock

This was brewed on 2/15/09. This brew was my own variation of the Brew Ha Ha Bock listen on the Mr Beer website. The recipe is supposed to be somewhat of a Shiner Bock clone.

Recipe
1 High Country Canadian Draft
1lb Munton's Amber DME
1 Booster Packet
Munton's Yeast

Water was brought to a boil, while heating the booster was mixed in. Added the DME and continued to boil for 5 mins. Removed from heat and added the HCCD. Yeast was hydrated via instructions on back of packet.

This was bottled on 3/08/09. The trub bottle was cracked on 3/22/09. This beer certainly has potential, but is not ready yet. Will try again in a week or so.

#5 Bushel Brew

This was brewed on 1/21/09. It was recipe off the Mr Beer website. It was also Bonesaw's first cider.

Recipe
1 Mr Beer Cider
1 Pale UME
1/2 Cup Honey
1 oz Argentine Cascade Hops
Munton's Yeast

Brought water to a boil and added honey. Removed from the heat and added the UME, Cider, and hops. Yeast was hydrated via instructions on packet. 1/3 cup water boiled, let cool to around 100F, added yeast, and let sit for 15 mins. Stir and added to keg.

Bottled this on 2/08/09. Trub bottle was cracked on 2/23/09. It was dominated by the hop flavor, and very much a beery cider. After a few weeks of conditioning the hops are mellowing out. It is a nice change up from a sweeter Woodchuck style cider.

*notes* Used a beer yeast instead of a cider yeast due to temperature control problems. Cider yeast would probably create a sweeter, less beery cider. At the same time this recipe is more than likely not going to be sweet in the first place. Would be interesting to recreate with a force carb setup and back-sweeten.

#4 House Wheat

This was brewed on 1/21/09. This recipe was created with a blue moon type beer in mind. This was the first time dried malt extract was used at Bonesaw.

Recipe
1 Whispering Wheat HME
1lb Munton's Wheat DME
1 Grated Orange Rind
1/2 Cup Honey
Munton's Yeast

Water was brought to a boil and honey was added. The DME was added and the water was kept rolling for 5 mins around 150-160F. The wort was then removed from heat and the Whispering Wheat was added. The yeast was hydrated per instructions on yeast packet.

This was bottled on 2/08/09. The trub bottle was cracked on 2/23/09. It was delicious, very drinkable. It was a struggle to not consume this beer before it had conditioned fully. This beer will be a regular at Bonesaw.

#3 Bonechiller

This was essentially an everything but the kitchen sink brew. I had several cans of WCPA and wanted to make a brew. This is supposed to be around 7.4% by volume. Huge.

Recipe
2 West Coast Pale Ale
1 Booster Pack
1 Cup honey
1/2 Cup brown sugar
2 yeast packets (mr beer yeast)

Heated the water to a boil, while heating added the booster. Honey and brown sugar was added at boil. Removed from heat and added WCPA last.

This was bottled on 2/01/09. The trub bottle was cracked at 2/14/09 and it was not ready. It needs a lot of conditioning time. Tested again on 3/09/09. A little cidery, hopefully that clears with more time. Another 3-4 weeks before trying again. Popped another bottle on 4/21/09. This beer still has a very slight cidery taste in my mouth, but it is overall very good. I would call this beer a success.

*notes* Had troubles keeping a constant temp during fermentation, may have ruined the beer. If so, not a big loss.

#2 Full Moon Marzen

This was brewed on 1/05/09. The recipe was a more advanced recipe off the Mr Beer website. This was the first beer brewed in Bonesaw's facilities.

Recipe
1 High Country Canadian Draft
1 Golden Wheat UME
.5 oz Argentine Cascade Hops
2 cups honey
1 grated orange rind

Water brought to a boil and added the honey and orange. Removed from heat and added the malts and hops. Hops left in fermenter.

This was bottled on 2/01/09. The trub bottle was cracked on 2/14/09 and it showed promise. After 3 weeks of conditioning this is a delicious beer. Its kind of like a slightly hoppy wheat beer with some kick.