Recent content by Clarkd

Thank you for putting the idea out there! I just made the ingredient order for what I am missing, had to change things up again a little due to availability but ended up with changing the chinook above for columbus and went with Maris Otter Pale Malt. Also went with S-05. Brew day will be...

I'm really liking the look of this one. Going to try smoking the malt myself and see how that comes out. Going to have to do it a little different due to the hops, although I could order some in you folks don't approve of my substitutions, let me know what you think.....! 9.00 lbs. Pale...

Awesome, thanks folks! I've got lots of 2 row on hand. I'll make the starter tomorrow when we brew a seperate dry yeast batch. Your help is much appreciated! Clark

After a few brews under my belt I decided that I wanted to try a batch with liquid yeast. Went with the https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/california-common-anchor-steam-clone-extract-ag-54301/ california common. Anyways I didn't do enough research and didn't realize you need dme for a starter...

Thanks for the response, checking them out right now!

So I've got a bunch of different grains kicking around from past batches, just wondering if anyone with a little extra time would take a kick at a couple recipes using most of what's left......I have to order hops but have a couple packs of s-05 yeast. For grain: 19 pounds of 2 row 3.5...

I have to give a major plus one to www.hopdawgs.ca . Chris has exceptional customer service, is very helpful and gets orders out really really quickly. His selection is pretty good on everything as well and he adds to it all the time. Check it out guys! Clark

As in it wasn't done.....Don't really know what happened. Have 12 carboys going and wasn't really checking the fermentation on our amber ale until last night when I went to bottle it, it's been five weeks. Checked the gravity, same as og. Went to the fridge sure as guns there is an extra...

Just wanted to thank everyone for all of the information and answers they provide on this forum. I got interested in home brew a while ago and finally pulled the trigger and brewed my first batch on August 12th, two months ago today! Anyways with all of the info everyone posted we started in...