Recent content by 22Jackson

I had someone roast a pumpkin for me while I was away at work so as soon as I got home I could start brewing the spiced pumpkin porter I make ever fall. I wasn't very explicit with my directions and the pumpkin was coated with olive oil then roasted. Will the olive oil negatively affect the...

Red's Rye from Founder's, Double Crooked Tree from Darkhorse, and Lake Erie Monster from Great Lakes.

The smell died down after about 4 days thankfully.

On Friday I started a 5 gallon batch of cranberry braggot and the fermentation is going strong but it's extremely odorous. I was gone over the weekend and my apartment smells like the inside of the fermenter. I've never had this happen before and I'm wondering if I botched my sanitation...

Thanks for the advice. Let me know how it turns out!

After the Thanksgiving holiday I find myself with a leftover 12oz. bag of cranberries. I'm thinking of making an orange-cranberry wheat beer but i'm not sure how to handle the cranberries. Should I pasteurize, macerate and add them to the secondary? Or is it better just to rehydrate dried...