Recent content by dmckean44

Just substitute 10lbs of 2-row for the 7lbs of LME.

If you keg, I was recommend juicing some grapefruit and adding it at that time.

Magnum and Crystal are two of the cheapest and most available hops around. It's not a super expensive brew anyway.

Chinook starts to get cloying in larger amounts and the citrus comes out.

This recipe makes me want to try making an all Magnum IPA.

You need to dry hop with at least twice the amount of hops you're using. I normally use 4 oz in a five gallon batch.

The percentage that's detectable totally depends on what the beer is. Ruthless Rye is 6.0% ABV and uses around 12% rye which is a good amount. If you were making a 7.5% ABV IPA you'd need around 20% to really notice it.

D.D. Williamson You can ask them for samples or you can order large amounts.

When I put Rye in a beer, it's normally not to dominate the flavor. I just want to enhance the hops.

I would think a late addition of orange zest would be good since toostie rolls have orange oil in them.

I made a black IPA with all Green Bullet hops and I'm not sure that I'd use them again as aroma hops. I had to wait an extra two weeks for the aroma to die down before I liked it.

It's a great hop. Stone Pale Ale uses Ahtanum for all it's late additions. If you can find some of that around it'll give you a great idea of what Ahtanum can do.

I had an onion beer recently and he used 6 sweet onions that he roasted in the oven for 5 hours and just scrapped it all into the boil. He also added some thyme at the end. It was like cold french onion soup in a glass. I'm thinking an onion barley wine could be fun.

Maybe Super Alpha or Southern Cross from NZ. Possibly Citra but the lemon flavors of Citra is a little different than that of Sorachi Ace and fades faster. I really don't think anything will taste like Sorachi Ace. Is there a reason you can't just order Sorachi Ace and brew something else...

When I add banana to beer I just mash it up and let it sit on the counter overnight to convert and then just add it to the boil. You get a ton of banana aroma that way that you can't get with yeast.