Recent content by bkbillma

Oh, on the note of whirlpool, and maybe another factor. I do not whirlpool, and I also try to keep as much of the hop sediment out of my fermenter as possible. I watched someone transfer to fermenter and try to get a lot of the hop junk in there recently, so figure that may be a part of it as...

Thanks for the input, I think for me (not sure if it helps the OG poster) I try to go for ibu but don't do aroma enough, and prolly mash to high as one stated. Thanks a ton guys and/or girls. TBH I started making my own recipes way before I should have. I started brewing like I cook and...

Hopefully, this will help the poster and myself out. My pales and ipas, while I feel bitterness is great, have more of a malty flavor than most pales/ipas. Personally, I like malty beers, but if I were to submit a recipe to a competition i'm sure it would get knocked for malty obviously. Here...

Old old thread but I am going to be making some root beer and maybe vanilla cream soda so curious if I can get some recipes/ideas over the weekend. I have made vanilla cream soda once just kinda going off of taste/rough recipes. I made a one gallon batch that turned out quite tasty. 1...

I have always wondered about this topic. I always get mine crushed but do not store them air tight (cool(ish 65f) and dry tho). I usually use within a couple of weeks but some has prolly been around 2 months or so before use. No issues so far. I have been tempted to get 50lb crushed to...