Recent content by avibayer

Hello fellow Home brewers, I want to get my friend a custom Tap handle with his Initials in it, for his birthday. I was hoping this wonderful community can give me some suggestions where to look. If i was a better craftsman i would try and make one myself, but most of my DIY projects have...

I moved out of my parents house (where i had the room to do AG) into an apartment. I have been enjoying the simplicity and ease of extract brewing, but i still miss my mash tun sometimes.

I love it.

Which peppers you choose and how much, and for how long all effect spiciness. I say, guess, and then see how you like it. Adjust from there.

I used a half ounce of peppers, one whole vanila bean, and one stick of cinnamon. As for steaming the peppers, i didn't but should have. it just makes sure there are no freeloaders (wild yeast and bacteria) that are gonna get to the beer. I think just steam them like vegetables. Put them in a...

But what about freshness of hop aroma and flavor? isn't that what makes wet hopped ales so amazing? A beer recently brewed, though the sugars and alcohols might still develop, will have a tremendous hop profile.

I did this with my stout recipe i have been working on. I used one type of chili in one (Ancho), then another type of chili in another, cinnamon and vanilla in one, and then a mix of the two peppers. Left one gallon of just stout for a control batch. I didn't steam the peppers or other...

very helpful . Thanks. Gonna go with bucket of water and ice. Labor intensive and it will hopefully motivate me to finish building my immersion chiller. I just wish i was better at soldering/ got the right size piping from home depot.

In the past i have covered it and left it out over night. I have had some bret infections also. Is that a possible cause?

Brewing a Brown Ale right now with 1332 northwest. Its an all grain batch. 1) should i add yeast nutrient? i dont have my local water information, but since its an all grain batch, and i dont have many adjuncts, there should be plenty of FAN. Would adding yeast nutrient help/hurt? If it...

I'm not a hefe man myself. What's an altbier?

That was really what tickled me about the whole interaction. He was ordering light lagers, and complaining about light lagers. which reminds me...Are there any German ales? I have been to a few german beer halls, and it seems like they are all lagers, with an occasional whit. I enjoy...

I agree. Yeast starters will improve the beer a whole bunch. There is a great DIY stirplate thread. For ~30 bucks, you can make one, and its a fun project.

I was hanging out at a bar in NYC waiting for my date to arrive, and enjoying a brooklyn lager. While i'm there, a german fellow comes to the bar to order another round of beers for him and his friends. On tap was brooklyn lager, brooklyn winter, magic hat #9, stela, guiness, and sixpoint sweet...

First batch is exciting. Good luck. I would +1 on sanitation. Make sure to clean the bottles well, and also make sure the wort is cool enough when you pitch the yeast. My first batch i got impatient.