Recent content by cptnthompson

Hey guys, I brewed a sour flanders red last may. In January I racked it onto a lot of cherries and raspberries. After tasting it last month, I've decided that I'm ready to bottle it. The yeast in the beer hasn't been active for quite some time. Someone in my homebrew club suggested that I...

I don't think there is much of an issue with my sanitation technique, seeing as this is my first batch to get infected. My girlfriend knocked over my blow off tube jar a while back. That's where i'm guessing the infection happened. Sigh, I've never had to dump before ;( I may just let it sit...

I do all my fermentation in my basement. This is the first bad one to happen so far.

MY heart....is broken.

Not even with more bugs to sour it on purpose?

So for my homebrew club, we all picked a year of the stone vertical epic to brew. I got 06-06-06 which is a Belgian Strong Ale (which i'm not so crazy about to begin with). After a couple months of sitting in my basement, I took a gravity reading today, only to find out that it had fermented...

I was thinking of brewing a dark mild this weekend and wanted to know what you guys thought of this recipe? Will it be tasty?? 5.0 lbs Maris Otter 0.5 lbs Pale Chocolate Malt 0.5 lbs Dark Munich 0.5 lbs C120 L 0.5 lbs C60 L 1 oz Fuggles @ 60 minutes WLP 002 English Ale Yeast...

I can totally handle it ;) I'm brewing this for some friends and a competition coming up though so I need to focus more on balancing the robustness with the smoked flavor. I think i may up the smoked malt by a pound while reducing the pale malt by a 1-1.5 lbs. That should put the smoked malt...

according to Briess, a smoked porter should use 30-60% of their smoked malt in the grain bill. i may have to go higher!!

4.5 lbs pale malt 4 lbs marris otter 3 lbs briess smoked malt 1 lbs munich light 1 lbs munich dark .75 lbs chocolate malt 0.5 lbs Crystal 80L 0.5 lbs Crystal 40L 1 oz Kent Goldings (60 min) 0.75 oz Williamette (30 min) 0.75 oz Williamette (15 min) 0.5 oz Kent Goldings (0 min) 0.5...

I have not brewed with cocoa, but that seems like a lot to me.

I was going for a very dark/warm Christmas brew for this. I ended up mashing around 155 degrees Fahrenheit to give it more of a full body. I also ended up using 2.5 sticks of cinnamon instead of 2 and I used a lot more zest of Clementine. The sample i had after boil was pretty tasty! I'm...

I want to know what you guys think of this recipe. It's my first attempt at a Christmas Beer! 13 lbs. Maris Otter .5 lbs. Crystal 80 .5 lbs. crystal 120 .5 lbs chocolate malt .5 lbs Black Patent 1 oz. Warrior Hops Pellets (60 minute) WLP002 English Ale Yeast 2 Cinnamon Sticks...

Grats!

Oh! Looks Interesting!