Recent content by dm1217

Toss in some Doritos for the yeasties and u'll be fine.

They probably need more time to carbonate. Also, all of my beers have tasted much better after 6 weeks or so.

Yes, it's for a new batch. Just trying to decide how to improve on it with the next attempt. It was a 1-gallon test batch: 2 lbs pale 2-row US-05 dry ale yeast 0.2 oz sterling @ 60 mins 0.2 oz hallertau @ 30 mins 0.2 oz saaz @ 15 mins 0.25 lbs frozen raspberries (in secondary) My newbie...

I made a "raspberry blonde ale" with pale 2-row and US-05. Raspberries were added in secondary. It's decent, but too dry. What should I add to give it more sweeteness? (Maybe 10% crystal malt?) Any suggestions? Thanks!

The conflicting advice floating around about ales is bad enough, but it seems that it's 100x worse for lagers :drunk: Worst case scenario I'll take this as a learning experience and do it right next time.

This is my first attempt at a lager. I obviously should have let it ferment in the primary longer (was 9 days) It's been lagering in 35-40F for over a week. Just tasted it and yikes... Orville Redenbacher would be proud. It's a small batch, and so I was trying not to waste half of it with...

^ great minds think alike, and at the same time.

As I once read on this forum (not sure who said it) Buying brewing equipment to save money on beer is like buying a boat to save money on fish. I know that I've personally spent a lot more to make beer, than to just go buy some. It's impossible to take equipment out of the equation. Just do it...

I read through the entire thread, trying to decide if this would be handy for lagering. My basement stays around 60F. This bag is the perfect solution for ales, but would I be able to achieve 35-40F temps for lagers? I'm assuming a fermentor in water (considering it's fully insulated) will more...

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

I've been using a carboy cap like this: http://morewinemaking.com/themes/morebeer/thumbs/500x500/product_images/morebeer.com/1/9939.jpg Should I switch to rubber stoppers, or are these plastic ones fine? I'm concerned that the plastic-on-plastic doesn't give an adequate seal. Or is that...

Results/conclusion: Verrry dry. Stale. No rapsberry flavor whatsoever. These bottles are going down the drain.

That's normal. My wing capper does the same.

Hmmm... with this touch-screen phone I tend to "like" posts on accident :D Which specific products are you looking for?

This isn't a "you know you're married when.." thread :D