Recent content by brycro

I just drank a couple from my first batch of Berliner tonight......2 weeks ago after 2 weeks in the bottle it had a strong dirty diaper smell to it but I went on vacation and got home last night I have had 3 today already.....no bad smell now.....nice carbonation and head.....a champagne like...

I sour mashed for 4 days as stated earlier.....Beer has been fermenting for 1 week....I checked gravity and it is at 1.004 down from 1.042 OG. 4.99% ABV. A bit high for the style but still within parameters. Beer is clear and very tasty. Reminds me of tart lemonade...no corn flavor...tart...

Second all grain batch when all was said and done I ended up with what looked like way less than 5 gallons in fermenter....I under estimated sparge water. What was I going to do, I added tap water to fermenter as cleanly as possible and pitched yeast. I met my OG with the initial amount and...

http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-BlackIPA.pdf Being kind of new to this I wish the instructions gave water amounts, and how much of what degree water to add last ten minutes to hit 170. Besides that Looks good and I did get the corn sugar so I do not deviate from...

Just bought the fixings for an all grain black ipa.....I just copied northern brewer's all grain kit recipe as it has rave reviews.....will be my second all grain. Recipe calls for 1 lb of corn sugar at end of boil.....besides upping abv of my beer how else will this addition impact the beer...

I always wash my stuff and store it in a garbage bag tied up just for extra protection and to keep dust off of it. I just keep some heavy duty garbage bags around.

Berliner Weiss is one of my favorite brews right now. I just made an all grain batch (my first all grain) this week. I sour mashed for 4 days in a bucket wrapped with two wool blankets. I mashed out today using an igloo cooler. After sparging to get a total of 6 gallons I tasted and it is...

A growler of Paulaner Hefeweizen tonight. Good.

I am brewing this berliner weiss as my first attempt. Beer has to sour naturally by souring mash. I will not be able to keep the temps at 100. I am going to keep it in warmest part of house for the time it sours. Does anyone see and problems with that? Will temperarture fluctuation (hotter...

Hello, I have ten gallons of fresh cider that has been in primary for two weeks...I am going to bottle soon and wanted to drop this question....Instead of priming sugar I was thinking about 1/2 cup honey boiled in 16 ounces water and introducing some spices to that boil such as cinnamon...

Making a pumpkin porter from Extreme Brewing book by Dogfish people...calls for a tablespoon of each..cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg. add last 7.5 minutes of boil. I want to add 2 vanilla beans and was wondering if that is too much? Anyone have any experience with vanilla beans in their boil. I...