Recent content by Boston_Brew

IMO it was a bit too bitter. I also way over carbonated the beer so most were undrinkable. The issue came that all that choco and Yeast made a 3 inch + cake at the bottem so the yield was low. I think the kit would be the way to go. Good luck- I want to make the drive to jaspers for a few of the...

Also I would add I lost so much initially as there was 4-6 inches of traub in primary. Only bottled a little under 4 gallons, closer to 3 3/4

Sorry I have not responded, I wanted to wait until i bottled to review all the results and get opinions. So the OG was 1.062 and after 2 weeks of what I would say violent fermenting it went to 1.020 so I was worried that it seemed high. As I bottled today it did taste good, a bit bitter, but...

So after 2 weeks I racked it to the secondary. What a sludge at the bottem of the bucket. Really a waste. I only was able to get about 4 gallons from the primary. All the chocolate and yeast I felt was at the bottom. Inthought about taking a scoop and throwing it also in the secondary, but did...

I am making this this weekend. I am looking forward to it! I wanted to know about the chocolate and coffee. Did you use a solid 2 lb block in the last 5 minutes of boil? Since it was part of the boil did it kill the flavor? Did you add the coffe the way they also recomended it? I was thinking...

ok thak you. After one week in primary we are now going on 10 days in secondary with some decent activity in the airlock.

I used both fresh that I froze and then frozen "mixed berries' to give some additional sweetnes of the blueberries and straberries. I am not sure what I would be looking for is taste. there is also a 3/5 inch layer of fruit I would have to push through to get a to the beer. my concern is that...

I have been looking for this- Do you have the link? Thanks!

Quick update- 6 days ago I added the three lbs of fruit and it started fermenting again after a 1 week in the primary (airlock activity ended) before going to the secondary (with fruit). I want to get the beer off the fruit as I have read that after 1 week issues of taste and mold can come up...

Will do, that actually is a good idea thanks- I am going to brew a Chocolate Stout next and I will need to go to my LHBS to pick up supplies. I was worried about some of the extract tastes, but I think next week when I go to bottle, I will take a FG reading and taste before and after adding a...

Did you end up doing this?

I am new to Homebrewing, and after making a "kit" brown ale- I wanted to make something different and came accross this. Since I am new I made a mistake, as I added too much water to my primary when I was topping it off afte the wort chilled. I had nearly 6 gallons that went into the primary...