Recent content by drivelmeister

I'd like to add my thanks and a great big thumbs-up for this recipe. I'm enjoying a pint of it even as I type these words. I brewed it almost two months ago and it just keeps getting better and better. Cheers!

I crushed the grains myself at my LHBS. They have a mill for customers to use. I didn't ask how it was set, but after running my grain through it, it appeared to be well-crushed, almost floury. It compared well with photos of well-crushed grain I've seen in the forums here on Home Brew Talk. I...

This recipe looked so good I had to try it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/american-wheat-beer-2nd-place-best-show-2011-hbt-bjcp-competition-238940/ Also, it seemed like a simple enough recipe for a first try at all-grain brewing.

Well, then I think I did it right, all up to the part about cooling the sample. I sparged at 165 deg F and probably used too much water, but I boiled it off until all I had left was 6 gal, what the recipe called for. When I check fermentation tomorrow morning I'll have to steal another...

Cool. The. Sample. D'oh! No, I measured the gravity while the wort was still really, *really* hot. Almost boiling. If anybody needs me, I'll be sitting in the corner licking my wounds.

Hi, there: This is my first time posting after lurking for many weeks, trying to soak up enough knowledge to feel confident enough to try my first all-grain brew. I picked a recipe posted by thunderworm back in 2010 for an American wheat that sounded delicious and looked simple. I tried to brew...