Recent content by Creten

I have heard that also adding a cup or two of Kahlua to the fermentation process will blacken up an IPA, up the ABV a touch and add some additional flavor notes. Might be an easy way to make a black IPA without having to mess with a dark malt heavy grain bill. I have yet to try this myself...

I am right there with you on the Apple thing. I have been jail breaking my phone for awhile now just to get some control over the device. I must say though they make a solid piece of hardware. I will be pulling down BeerSmith tonight for the trial and plugging all three of our batches in to...

Thanks for the detailed reply Golddiggie and the other on here. I think you nailed it with a few things, the biggest being the initial mash/sparge calculations. We mashed in with 3.5 gallons and sparged with another 3.5. Should have done like you said and mashed with 4+ and sparged with 3.5...

Hi All - New to the HB world and the forum. This is a tremendous site. A little history: Myself, cousin and friend decided to start brewing beer. We decided to start with AG from the gate and began to secure the equipment needed. Through some Craigslist looking, trips to the local HBS and...