Recent content by debaniel

any updates on this one? i just bought a pound of millenium from northern brewer, and i know millenium is pretty close to nugget. i'm wondering what the flavor and aroma properties are... i'll probably mostly use it for bittering, but i wouldn't mind having the option of using them as...

i think that would qualify as demented. Barn Blood Ale?

good idea on the paint strainer... yeah, you know, the more i thought about it, the more i figured that it wasn't such a great idea... i'll just toss the hops in the carboy and sit on it a bit. thanks!!

Quick question - has anybody here dry hopped with the Tap a Draft system? I was thinking of throwing some hop pellets into the bottles before capping 'em... is it possible, or will it gum up the tap system when i tap it? thanks

how did everyone else's turn out?

alright, so my latest batch has been sitting in bottles long enough (about six weeks) to taste right where it should. on opening, a candy rum-soaked banana smell was very apparent... as i tilted my glass back to take my first sip, the full aroma combination hit me - vanilla, caramel...

as far as priming is concerned, when I added 375ml of rum and 1/4 cup of brown sugar, the carbonation was perfect.

for a high gravity brew like this, yeast can get a bit overwhelmed initially. If you step up the gravity gradually during fermentation (rather than put everything in the boil), you can provide your yeast with a better environment, and see better attenuation. adding it to the primary allows...

+5 9813 should be drinkable by new years! :D

this is true... I wonder what radioactivity would do to yeast? "Yep, got 88% attenuation... in about 4 minutes!"

Is this why my corny is glowing? :cross: Bloomberg.com: Exclusive "There may be more than 1 million missing radioactive sources worldwide, the Vienna-based IAEA estimates. De Bruin said he sometimes finds such items hidden inside beer kegs and lead pipes to prevent detection."

turned out excellent with 1oz of vanilla and 375ml of rum... not sure about using vanilla in a secondary... no experience with it... let me know if you try it!

now THAT'S funny! :D

hmmm... i think SNPA uses a lager yeast for bottling, don't they?

for the real vanilla extract, i was able to find it at my local grocery store... in the baking aisle - it's in a little glass bottle, a 2 oz. bottle. and for the sugar - that's the tricky thing about this recipe... it all depends on how much rum you want to add. Rum has quite a bit of sugar on...