Recent content by Brundoggie

OK, so I brewed up a batch of the White House Honey Porter and thought I’d give a review:

Be careful, 100% Kona coffee can be pretty bitter. Most of the time you get it here brewed as a 10% blend.

Swamp cooler keeps the temps around 65-70 with no problem. I think the problem is mostly lack of headspace.

Before I went to bed Saturday night I checked my fermenter and my little yeasty babies were happily bubbling away. When I got up Sunday morning it was apparent they rioted overnight... the airlock was blown out of the carboy and thick, green foam had overflowed the neck and into the swamp...

Stay safe, and thank you for your service.

OK, David 42 and Calder need to arm wrestle to determine who is right.:)

Good idea, thanks!

It's a Fire Rock Clone: Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Kolsch Yeast Starter: Slurry Batch Size (Gallons): 11.25 Original Gravity: 1.053 Final Gravity: 1.014 IBU: 35.2 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 6.7 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 at 68 degrees Additional...

When resizing a recipe from a 10-gallon batch to a 5-gallon batch, should I also halve the hop quantity? The recipe I'm looking at calls for frequent .5 oz Cascade hop additions and .25 oz just seems small to me. Thanks!