Recent content by Crustovsky

To my understanding it's a pretty all-or-nothing situation with oils and head retention. Kinda like beer-clean glassware vs glassware with even the tiniest amount of residual soap/detergent left ofter, you're going to notice the difference pretty quickly. Ultimately though, I still think the...

I might give this a try with the hazelnuts in the future. I have two concerns though: 1. How does this affect the flavour of the nuts? 2. Just how long would it take for this to actually be effective in preserving head retention? I mean, if people get nervous about a fraction of a drop of olive...

Well, there's this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/20-lb-sugar-jar-yeast-nutrient-114837/ ...specifically the 260F syrup. I've used it before, and it's pretty tasty. Or, you could just throw table sugar into the boil and leave it be. Honestly, for lighter Belgians it's what I would suggest...

I did a pecan porter awhile back that turned out quite nicely. Really need to get around to making it again. I took 200g of pecan halves, and crushed them up a bit. Not too fine, just a bit of time with a rolling pin. I then threw the pecan halves on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper (don't...

Now we're talking! I support this option 100%.

Given that Simcoe is generally way up there on people's lists of piney hops along with Chinook, yes, I think I will be leaving it. Yes, Columbus is a more pungent and dank (my favourite descriptor for Columbus) hop overall, but again, thinking Chinook used as a late hop can't give a pine needle...

For pine? Non-sense. I'll never understand when people go on and on about Chinook just being "earthy" and "spicy". I know for a fact I'm not the only brewer in the world who thinks the two big things Chinook brings to the table are an intense pine, and pink grapefruit flavour/aroma. Yes...

If people don't think the American (and specifically American, we haven't hit that level of saturation in the majority of Canada although Quebec is getting there) craft-brewing bubble is going to burst eventually they're out to lunch. It may not be as soon as Jimmy thinks it's going to happen...

Dear USPS: Please deliver to Canada faster. I want my hops to experiment with. I'm looking forward to blending these with Chinook in the near future. I've heard people suggest 70/30 Chinook/Citra can give a pretty decent Simcoe substitute, and that got me to thinking. I figure 50/50...

Mindless fear mongering brought to you by foxnews, nothing new. I expect the questions they asked during the interview were slanted, but goddamn those were not smart answers from Glass. Kinda played into fox's hand on that one, gave them ammo to try to induce moral panic if they so desired. I'm...

Don't listen to this, do it! Do it now!

They also don't have many of the associated costs of retail; I'm assuming their profit margins aren't exactly awful. Also keep in mind they sell single pound orders to homebrewers for a hell of a lot more than spot or contract prices would be per pound for a brewery. Not that I disagree with...

This. Probably going to hop-burst a wheat ale with these to see what they can do. The high AA is going to be a bit of a pain to work around though.

As a practicing hoppist, yes, yes you did insult my religion. I mean, I'm not going to demand you be beheaded for insulting the one true god or anything like that, but still. That's a pretty bold statement. By all means, there are some really awful examples of hoppy beers that are just...

Oh give it a rest. Things get popular, deal with it. It's like listening to someone complain about how malbec is the new popular wine choice right now; yea it's a fair observation but you make it sound like people only drink it to be cool or something. Maybe people just genuinely LIKE those...