Welcome to The 501st Brewing Division. Which is my homebrewery. Since I have built a new brewhouse, I needed a new name. Previously the name of my homebrewing operation was “Fat Dead Monk Ales”, but since I am a huge Star Wars fan, something related to that seemed a better fit. It was hard to give up the name I used for seven years, but this one fits me so much better I welcomed the change.

My Recipes

I have started to do things a bit differently now that I have a reliable file storage service. Instead of the clunky set up I had, I am going to post my recipes as links with the Brewsheet, BeerXML, and Beersmith Formats. It is important to note that the way I store the main recipes is in a generic term. A lot of times I don’t add my notes or tweaks to the recipe until I am very satisfied with the tweak. Also, portions like my efficiency are usually set to 72%, but that does not always mean that is the efficiency I got. So tweak my recipe to your systemis all I am saying. I also want to ensure you that every beer I list on here, I have brewed. Maybe not all are award winners or 40+ point beers. But all have been enjoyed by me and my friends. I do not want to put any stinkers on here. Please note that * behind the name indicates that this beer has won at least a silver medal or above. Not all of these beers have been entered in competitions.

If you have any questions, Email Me.

Note: Some of these recipes use home roasted malts. I have a section on how to make them. Check it out here if any of the recipes you want to use, have these malts in them.

Angry Gamorrean – American Barleywine
Brewsheet – BeerXML – Beersmith

Vader’s Fist (501st Stout)* – Oatmeal Chocolate Stout: All Grain Version. Silver Medal winnder Schooner Homebrew Championships.
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Vader’s Fist (501st Stout)* -Oatmeal Chocolate Stout: Extract Version. Won several awards.
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Skywalker’s Legacy IPA -A good IPA, not very assertive in the bitterness, but has good hop flavor and a tasty soft malt base. Showcasing Chinook and Citra hops. Won 1st place in the 2012 Titletown Open as an IPA and 3rd place in the 2012  Titletown Open as an American Pale Ale.
Brewsheet - Beersmith 2 – BeerXML

Hand of Judgement* - Smoked IPA (subtle smoke, not heavy smoke)
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Emperor’s Hand IPA*- American IPA (very similar to Judgement, but no smoke. This beer got a silver certificate in the 2010 National Homebrew Championships.)
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Chandrila Common* - California Common (not a typical California Common, but seems to do well in competition, despite not using Northern Brewer Hops. Highest score was  43 in competitions) 
Brewsheet - BeerXML- Beersmith

Fat Dead Monk IPA -American IPA (use of Glacier Hops, not a typical American style “C” hop for something different)
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Jaba’s Busted Nut Brown – Northern English Brown (Very Nutty and fairly similar to New Glarus Fat Squirrel, however just a bit drier)
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Ithorians Taint (Oud Bruin)- The session version of an Oud Bruin using Roeslare yeast from Wyeast. This is also Northern Brewers Recipe, so I am taking any credit for it’s creation. But this was my process and the Ingredients.
Brewsheet - BeerXML – Beersmith

Nightsisters Black Rye IPA- A black IPA with a rye twist. Using my favorite IPA combination Simcoe and Amarillo hops.
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Malak’s Elixer (German Porter)- My experimental style, the German Porter. Basically it’s similar to a Swartzbier but uses Chocolate Rye to give it a bit more of roasty character, and keeps it in the all German Ingredient category.
Brewsheet - BeerXML -Beersmith

Agaric Ale (A sour Cream Ale)-This is a specialty category beer. What I did is take a standard cream ale recipe and added 1lb of honey. Then for the yeast I took the good ole Roeslare yeast blend. As a note to where the name comes from, Agaric ale was a ale that was highly favored by Neimoidians. Many beings of other species, however, considered it to be extremely foul in taste. The same can be said for many sour beers. Some hate them and to others they are mana from heaven. (coming soon)
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Pictures of My Homebrewery

So my emblem is the Imperial insignia, with the hop vine in the center. As a homage to my following of the Brewing Network and being a part of the BN Army, the bottom script says “Brew Strong” in Aurabesh which is the alien script used in the Star Wars universe as seen on the ship readouts and on the walls or such.

I can do 5 and 10 gallon batches on my system. I have two keggles, two mash tuns (one five gallon and one fifteen gallon), a small 5 gallon pot for heating strike and sparge water, and I use plastic buckets because they are both shatter proof and easier to clean. If on the rare occasion I make mead, wine, or a lager, or basically anything that requires longer fermentation. I do use a glass carboy because of the fact oxygen cannot permeate it.  Below are some pics of my brewhouse, which is built just off the garage. I do have connections to listen to my MP3 player, or to watch TV. However at this time I do not have water hooked up out there. Maybe someday.

View looking East

View looking East

View looking North. Just another portion of my bottle collection.

What I need to complete yet is putting the ceiling in and trimming the windows. I also have to put 2 more shelves in to put all my bottles up.

And as always, if you have any questions, Email Me.