Recent content by dispater

You can steep Dark grains and crystal separate. No real disadvantage mashing crystal so I just mash them. In Gordon Strong's book "Brewing Better Beer" he says there is no real disadvantage to mashing crystal. However mashing darker grains like roasted barley, chocolate malt and black patent...

Well I have to say.... This beer is fantastic. I picked up a six pack of pumpkin beer from the store, having never tried a pumpkin beer, to compare against my own. I am surprised how close my beer is to the store bought, I would say for the better. The only real difference is that the spice is...

Just put it in the keg tonight. Will update on results Friday or Sat. Cherry stout is bottled. Tried one only after a week and it tasted great but very little cherry flavor. I added cherry puree straight to the primary if anyone was wondering. Maybe next time I will try secondary. But overall...

I just couldn't do it. There was about 18L. So I topped it off to 23L and added some dextrose. I will post the results in about a month. I plan on doing primary for two weeks then secondary for 2 weeks then straight to the keg. I will update on my cherry stout by then as well, one more week in...

But I plan on topping it off to 23L. So that would change the gravity would it not? Or am I being greedy. Should I just go with what I got?

I also have a bunch of dextrose. What if I dissolved a bit in water, to top up to 23L 6.08Gal, then add some of the maple syrup in the secondary?

Ok well I may have a problem. I didn't yeild as much as I wanted from the mash. I was looking to get about 24 to 26 liters. I ended up with about 20L after boiling I have about 18-19L. Also I broke my Hydrometer..... second one .... darn things roll too much. So now I have no clue about my...

Hello everyone. I haven't been on here in awhile so I thought I would give a quick up date. I recently moved to All Grain!! :tank: I have three all grain batches on the go. First one was just a basic ale. Turned out good. Had a metallic taste at first but faded with time. Second one is an IPA...

I should mention this is in the secondary. Primary ferm was done in another container.

So this is my IPA (etxract/partial mash kit that I did) This is my second try at it. First one was contaminated so I dumped it. Well I thought it was..... I actually had two brews going at the same time. One was a red and the other was the IPA. I noticed some white material on the Red that I...

Hello everyone I plan on doing my first all grain this weekend but with so many options Im getting lost. What would be a good beer to brew? I plan on doing a BIAB.

Update. Beer is done...... Ummm.... Pretty fruity... I have a very overpowering raspberry flavour.. Even after a month. I would recomend maybe only 1.5 pound of raspberries in primary.

They are floating but I did make sure they were all covered in the brew first. :)

So I just added them right into the primary. I didnt stir just added them riht in. Some were still frozen so I hope that dosent hurt it. Anyway I will post in about 2 weeks with the results. I am going to let it sit in the primary for another week the transfer to a secondary carboy for another...

Should I stir them in or just pour in?