Recent content by Bastido

Awesome, Thanks for the advice!

I have been making these dog treats for a while and the dogs love them. My husband and I are brewing today and I want to make more but don't have any peanut butter in the house. So I am thinking of making a different flavor. Has anyone ever used bacon grease to flavor? If so, how much would I add?

Just call it a Saison! Fermentations temps in the 90's for Saisons, equals tasty beer!!:rockin:

So one of my last brews is a simple grain bill, pale ale. I wanted a beer I could go grain from glass in about two weeks, force carbing of course. Would I get any benefit of a really short dry hop, like 3 or 4 days?? Mainly, because I have read that hopping while fermentation is present can...

No bottle carbonation?? After this happened to me once, these are the only words of wisdom I can tell you - Two words : Force Carb. I love having beers carbed up very nicely in less than a weeks time, with the method I adopted from many posts on here. Good Fortune, with the bottles.

I have my new system implemented and I only get about 66% as well. But I am very happy with the beer that I can produce. Try not to get too hung up on efficiency right now. I've only got about 15 AG batches under my belt, but the last four beers I brewed I have really loved. Keep it up if...

So a few months ago I ordered a pound of three different hops. Chinook, Galena, and Target. It seems that both batches I have made with the Target have either been infected or tasted really sour, to me. The first batch I threw out, couldn't drink it. Second batch, was really noticeable...

I'm pretty sure I ended up with a little over 5 gallons, so I must not have boiled it long enough, still 10 points would have given me a lot longer boil, and less final volume. Yes was a little trub in the bottom of the kettle, around a quart. Yes I adjusted for the wort temperature, in the...

You guys are probably right. I'll try and tweak a few things, but in the end I'll just have to throw a couple more pounds of base malt in there. And yes Dragon, I'm perfectly happy with my beer!!! This is just one of those things I obsess over, you know how it goes! Thanks for the help!

That's what I'm trying to figure out, why my efficiency is so low. Should I be hitting those numbers with this amount of grain??

Yes, of course!

So the last few brews I have been doing, according to BeerSmith, I have been missing my OG by around 10 points every time. Ten points on the low end. I realized the first few times, maybe I didn't use enough sparge water, but this last time, I used quite a bit, and boiled for over two hours...

Hey all! I am brewing today just ground my grains and am getting my strike water ready. I have to leave from 10-12pm, was wondering if I can go ahead and mash and sparge, leaving the wort in the kettle for a couple hours before brewing?!!.... Anyone see any problem in this...

Hey all, Anyone ever used corn sugar after primary fermentation to increase ABV?? Long story short, I mashed too high, around 160. I assume that didn't create enough fermentables, because after four weeks my final gravity only indicates 4.3% ABV. That with nearly 16 lbs of grain...

I brewed a batch a couple weeks ago and just sampled it today. It has a taste which I am really not fond of. Although I love beer this flavor is not loved by me. The only way to describe it is like Delirium Tremens. I also Had a Piraat a couple weeks ago that had the same flavor. Sorry...