Recent content by Chippewa

Thanks amh, I left it in the primary my semi-standard 10-14 days (this one was 12 to be exact). The airlock had been bubbling very vigorously for the first 3-4 days, but had died down and been silent for the last 6 or 7. However, after checking on it this morning, less than 12 hours after...

Hey Badger Brew, Just wondering how that intially cidery beer ended up in October? I added some honey to an established amber recipe and after 12 days in the primary I just moved it to the secondary tonight. I knew that there are some connections between adding extra sugars (honey) and...

Thanks for this recipe SciNerd. I had a handful of leftover grains to use, and I found this thread when I did a search for one recipe that included all of them (Biscuit, Chocolate, Crystal, Caramunich). I'm a partial masher, so I used my remaining grains + 1lb of dark munich, 7 lbs of pale...

Thanks everyone. A small part of me wants to try it just to see if the bottom of my growler falls off as well. BUT, the growler has sentimental value (as most do, I supopse), 64 oz of homebrew is pretty valuable, and I trust that even if I got away with once or twice I'd eventually be writing...

Interesting reads everyone. So, other than DeathBrewer, are there any other confirmed explosions from growlers being used for conditioning? I've read in another thread that people were worried about larger amounts of yeast settling at the bottom of the larger growler bottle. Anyone have any...

Very helpful descriptions and pics. I am going to be making the jump to partial mashes on my next brew and I feel like a have a great plan now.

I have brewed with peaches in the past. To be specific, they were about 3 pounds of fresh peaches that I peeled and pitted in early September, and then froze in freezer bags with a little bit of orange juice (grandma's secret trick to keeping them fresher tasting). I thawed them and then...

Not exotic, but I just bottled a peach pale ale this week. I bought the peaches back in September from a farm in the Yakima Valley in Washington state, peeled them, pitted them, and put them in freezer bags with some orange juice (my wife's grandmother said that the OJ would help preserve...

Thanks GaryA. Adding to the secondary does seem to be the most common route as I read through notes and recipes. Plus, I only have about 3 lbs of peaches, so I want to maximize their usage.

I'm interested in any/all advice from anyone who has experience in using fruit in beer. I really just wanted to let people know that I'd already read the "fruit beer" section of the site. The recipes and notes were very helpful in that section. I've read everything from steeping fruit at...

Hi Everyone, I've enjoyed reading the site, so thought I'd become official. Went to college and lived in Mt. Pleasant, MI for a while (as I see another recent new member has as well), but now I live in the brew heaven of Bend, Oregon. Been brewing for a little while, and am beginning to...