Recent content by Colonel_Forbin

Brewed this 2 months ago for a friend. With some changes, added 1 lb. brown rice syrup, & 12 oz. honey. Turned out great, the additions balanced it out. I'd brew it again, and my friend is a fan too. Going to try a GF IPA for him next.

I'd just peel it and grate it then toss it in. It is as somebody stated earlier it is a natural anti septic. I am planning on doing just that, this weekend when I rack my ginger peach wit to secondary.

Brewed the AHS kit with some modifications a week ago, for a friend who has celiac (aka the glutard) We added 1 lb. of brown rice syrup and 1 lb. of honey too. OG was 1.062 I'm very excited about this one. Took a reading today was almost done 1.018, going to let it sit a few more weeks. The...

I just brewed this with the standard hop schedule. It is 1 week in the bottle now, tried one yesterday, it is fantastic. Your groomsmen will love the gift. Which yeast are you using? I used the WPL001.

Still new to brewing myself, but the low gravity reading is probably due to your top off water and wert not thoroughly mixing. Common problem with partial boils, the sugars don't mix well and your sample either reads way high or like in your case too low. Also you need to adjust your reading...

Bottling Gnomes at my house. Got set up and ready to bottle, had to hit the head before I started, and this is what I come back to. He did a damn fine job too.

Initially you were looking for a more flavorful chicken. Did you look at Capon? wikipedia.org/wiki/Capon#section_2 More flavorful than a conventional chicken. I see them from time to time where I am from, not sure about them in NZ.

No it was mold, green fuzzy puffballs, not krausen, or hop residue. I've worked around food/beverages for 20 years, I know what it looks like. For what it is worth the growths were small, removed at most a teaspoon of matter from the top, from three locations. Should have taken a photo, but...

Thanks John, took a gravity reading after work today. Looked like the krausen was starting to form, after 96 hours. OG was 1.059, today was 1.055. There was for sure some mold on top. Sanatized a spoon and scooped it off, and will let it ride. Thinking fermentation will be going well in the...

I know rdwhahb. I did last night after 48 hrs had so many that I forgot to worry about it yesterday. Brewing Austin Home Brew's American IPA, first time using liquid yeast wpl001, cooled the wort to 70, pitched the vial (I know should have done a starter) three days nuthin' hanging out at 68...

This just reminded me of this comic.

This looks great. Big fan of Tank 7 too, I will be giving this a try soon. Cannot wait to hear how it turns out.

Grolsch, I want the bottles.

Soon to be drinking too much... Need to calm the nerves... Both kids having friends over for a sleep over, what were we thinking...

This.