Recipe for Wil Wheaton’s VandalEyes PA
Back around 2014. Wil Wheaton of Star Trek The Next Generation fame got into homebrewing. At that time he partnered with Northern Brewer to release two recipe kits VandalEyes PA and w00tstout. Since Wil has apparently stopped homebrewing as his homebrew website is currently closed. Northern Brewer has also dropped his kits from their lineup. I have both the all grain and extract versions of VandalEyes PA that I can share with you.
More About VandalEyes PA:
Northern Brewer is ridiculously proud to present VandalEyes PA – the first-ever brew kit dreamed up, brewed up and served up for your homebrewing enjoyment by the epically geeky, celebrity-turned-master-brewer, Wil Wheaton.
VandalEyes PA is the very first homebrew recipe that Wil perfected. And now we’ve crafted a recipe kit that replicates its amazing aroma (thanks to a massive 3oz dryhop), caramel maltiness and the citrusy flavors of Cascade and Centennial hops. Just one sip is guaranteed to give you googly eyes.
But, more importantly, we feel like this kit captures Wil’s own homebrewing mission: “Drinking beer is good, but making beer is GREAT .” Of course, it’s always nice to have a little help from your brew buddies. And now you can count Wil Wheaton as one of them.
So get out your googly eyes, fellow VandalEyesers. And get ready to brew awesome!
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All Grain Recipe:
O.G: 1.070 READY: 6 WEEKS
Suggested fermentation schedule:
2 weeks primary;
2–4 weeks secondary;
2 weeks bottle conditioning
MASH INGREDIENTS
12 lbs 2-row malt
1 lb Belgian Munich
8 oz Belgian Cara 45
6 oz Briess Caramel 60
MASH SCHEDULE: SINGLE INFUSION
Sacch’ Rest: 152° F for 60 minutes
Mashout: 170° F for 10 minutes
BOIL ADDITIONS & TIMES
.75 oz Chinook (60 min)
1.5 oz Centennial (15 min)
1 oz Cascade (10 min)
DRY HOPS
2 oz Cascade
1 oz Centennial
– Add these to the secondary fermenter one to two weeks before bottling day
YEAST
DRY YEAST (DEFAULT):
Safale US-05 Ale Yeast. Optimum temp: 59–75° F
LIQUID YEAST OPTION:
Wyeast 1056 American Ale. Optimum temp: 60–72° F
White Labs WLP001 California Ale. Optimum temp: 68–73° F
PRIMING SUGAR
5 oz Priming Sugar (save for Bottling Day)
PDF Instructions: All Grain – Extract
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