Recent content by BBFCreatureFM

I am in, thanks.

Subscribing to this post, because it seems like a brilliant idea, even for a propane and cooler guy. I will continue to monitor everyone's results. This may be worth a shot.

Eulipion, you wouldn't happen to be the Rick from Richmond that I know, are you? Spend a bit of your time following a band around the country? Big into screen printing? And the damn Jets?

According to Beersmith, OG = 1.062 estimated FG = 1.017

I will have to check on OG and FG, but Beersmith won't be right, I don't think, because it won't account for the toasted maris otter, which should raise the FG. I have a number of packets of SO4 and SO5 on hand. Hadn't decided which to reconstitute and pitch. Maybe the SO4. Aiming for...

I read Beersmith incorrectly. It's a 6% beer. But I take your point, especially because the IBU calculation does not take into account flameout hops. Maybe I'll back it off a little more.

So I bought a pound of Simcoe hops and a mess of Maris Otter. I am a relatively new AG brewer (5 batches), and know already that I absolutely love this hop and this grain, but I would like to do a SMASH. I am fully on board that this is the best way to learn about my ingredients. I also...

Subscribed. I'm planning my first hopburst, and may go with a full steep if this turns out well. Please keep us updated.

I dropped one and shattered it in a swamp cooler, but avoided injury. I will continue to use the ones that I have, but I won't replace glass.

Subscribed. And jealous.

I was using a refractometer and not compensating for the alcohol. It's actually down to 1.019, after compensating. I just bought the refractometer and I will be perfectly honest, I did not even know that there would be math involved in post-fermentation gravity readings. Much ado about...

The starter was not on a stir plate, but had been agitated manually for over 24 hours when pitched, and had its own krausen going when I pitched it. I aerated manually as well, just shaking the crap out of the carboys. Temp is still around 72 (ambient). Maybe I should try and warm it up?

I think I may have a stuck fermentation? I made 8 gallons of all-grain Belgian Blonde sticking fairly close to Revvy's recipe (scaled up). I hit my pre-boil numbers, but I boiled for too long and way overshot my OG, which was 1.081. Rather than dilute it with water, I just split the batch...

I had a few pints of a single hop Calypso IPA on draft by Cigar City this evening (Abraxas in Miami Beach). I liked it a lot. Lots of apple and pear, but none of the onion dankness that I have seen others use to describe the Calypso. It was smooth and not too bitter. I think I may make a MO...

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