Recent content by BlackQueenBrews

:hops::hops:Greetings All! Now that I have time on my hands since I’m working remotely, I’m trying to get back into small batch homebrewing. A friend of mine shared some whole leaf Comet hops with me and I’m trying to come up with a simple 2-3 gallon extract with speciality grains recipe using...

Thanks! I also thought about using coconut flavor as well. I am trying to get the additional nutty flavor from toasted coconut. I have researched several recipes of other brewers that have used it pretty successfully. Do you have any thoughts on adding the cinnamon and vanilla bean during...

Greetings All! With the fall approaching, I’m working on a extract with speciality grains recipe for a 2 gallon batch based on my favorite cookie-Oatmeal Coconut Cinnamon. I’m thinking about using Briess Amber LME with maybe some combo of crystal and/or biscuit malt, rolled oats, toasted...

Thanks! Question for you, do you think you got more flavor out of the blackberries or peaches? I would like less of a dry profile and more of a well-rounded Fruit/wheat flavor. I’m really looking to end summer in a fruit beer note.

Greetings Fellow Brewers, My small batch (2 gal) extract brewing summer is in full swing! I am currently conditioning my dry hopped “Freedom Calls” APA and dry hopping another APA “Cherry on Top” Pale Ale. I’d like to come up with a extract recipe for a Peach Wheat brew, hence the name in...

Thanks for your comments! So, I planned to do a 20 min wort boil adding 0.50 oz Azacca at beginning of boil, then 0.50 oz of Azacca at 2 minutes before end of boil. Then add 0.5 of Galaxy at flameout. Then, I was thinking about dry hopping at 7 days into fermentation with either Cascade or...

Thanks so much!!

Greetings! I am working on a 2 gallon Pale Ale recipe for today's brew day and I want to use Azacca and Galaxy hops in this recipe. I’ll be using Pale LME and Caramel 40 malt for my wort. Trying to figure out the best hop portion to get a juicy, tropical vibe with my brew. Would also like to...

Greeting fellow home brewers! I have a decent 2.5 gallon Shandy recipe I’m trying this weekend but, I’m not too thrilled about adding lemonade mix to the recipe. Technically, I’d like to try and develop a Cherry Lime Shandy and want to know can I use the natural flavoring liquid extracts (like...

Good Morning All, I am getting ready to brew a 1 gal Brewers Best Kolsch Kit and my HBS gave me a couple of Wyeast Smack Packs to try out with one being yeast for Kolsch. Can I incorporate this into this kit? I’ve been reading about making yeast starters first but no my sure how to do so and...

Greetings All! I've become a big fan of the Kolsch style and after enjoying several different Kolsch brews and the New Belgium release of their Passionfruit Kolsch, I'd like to give brewing a small batch Kolsch a go. I respect the fact that it is a traditional German style of beer but, I do...

Thanks so much for sharing! I'll definitely archive this recipe and modify it for my small batch (2-2-1/2 gal) brewing.

Thanks for the comments! The 3 gal is $49.99 and would work nicely for me at this point. I’m not at that stage yet but love your dry hopping idea and hope to read more about it!

I am looking at moving up from the Mr. Beer fermenter to a conical fermenter. I did some reading this weekend and while at some point, I would look into a metal conical, because of my newness to brewing, I am intrigued with the FastFerment system and wanted to see if anyone has any...

As Sorry it took me this long to respond...I’ve been a little under the weather and work is pretty busy. I plan to use clover honey...seems like the lightness and balanced flavor would be the best for my recipe.