Recent content by DerekV

Looks like a great beer to brew up for the Fall.

Unlike the porter I did previously, this stout has carbed in the bottles after just one week. It's absolutely exactly what I wanted it to be. The cherry flavor is still a little green, but once this rests for a month it will be fantastic. I used the base stout recipe to brew another batch this...

Bottled my version this past weekend. Used black cherry juice and roasted cacao nibs in the secondary. Crashed in the fridge for a couple days to help clear. Tasted fantastic going into the bottles. The oatmeal in the mash really gave it a great mouthfeel...hoping this one ages out well! I...

x3 - This is a big beer...after 3 weeks in the dark in bottles and one in the cold fridge I opened a couple up. Nice carbonation, not much head though, and its all vanilla and alcohol so far. Chocolate in the aroma but not much flavor. The smoked malt I substituted comes through...so mine is...

Thanks! Makes sense...

A couple questions I may have missed. 1) Did you boil the juice to sanitize it before putting it into the fermenter? 2) The juice is just being added directly to the primary with the existing yeast, correct? 3) What temperature are you bulk aging at? I have my base stout recipe in the primary...

I also used this recipe as a guide but switched things up to go in more of a porter direction. Bottled yesterday after 3 weeks in primary and 1 week in secondary on the vanilla beans. Was super hazy in the primary but after cold crashing and racking to the secondary it greatly improved. I...

I've had the same mixed feelings with Roth beers. The Dark Construct and Valkyrie are the only two I really like but I've mostly noticed they're not consistent. The beer changes too much between batches for me. As for the Mystery Brewing cask that day, pretty much everybody thought it was sour...

Thanks for the info! I'll make adjustments to my notes regarding the dry hop time and give some more thought to adding a bit more Vienna or forsaking it all-together.

After a lot of work, thought, etc I've come up with the base recipe I'd like to brew for an all-grain attempt. I'm using iBrewMaster to do the auto-calculations and I think it's close on some aspects, but not sure about others. I want something fairly hoppy, with enough malt to give it some...

Good evening fellow homebrewers! I've been lurking a bit, using the site for general beer information and learning about homebrewing techniques. I'm finally taking the dive and starting my own brew in September. The site is great, I've already learned a lot and I look forward to more! -Derek