Recent content by fishfoolz

I have done a partial mash extract IPA and have fermented it successfully. OG was 1.070 and FG was 1.010. Somewhere around a 7.8% ABV. I tasted the beer after it reached FG and it does not have any hop flavor or aroma! The hop bill was 2oz centennial at 40 min, 1.5 oz at 20 min and 2oz of Kent...

I got a Traeger big Texas smoker grill this year and will never think about using another grill ever again, it's that impressive!

Thanks for the reply, If you add all of it in, won't that leave a lot of particles in the beer? How would you strain it out when racking off to a keg? Would those floaters clog up the racking cane when transferring?

They are fresh berries. I put them in the freezer and thinking about doing it this weekend. will heating to 160 degrees kill all the wild yeasts and bacteria that may be in them? I was hoping their was a way to kill these with a method that did not involve using heat. Will Star San kill the wild...

I have about 5lbs of blackberries and want to make a blackberry wheat beer. How do you make sure that the berries are sanitary prior to using them. I know I could steep them in my wort, however, I know that would release pectins into my beer that would cloud up the beer and would also change the...

I'm a Small Business Loan Officer. Brewing has been one of my favorite free time activities.

It appears to be a serious infection! I recommend you box up all of the beers and send them to my address for disposal. I will not even charge you a disposal fee! If the problem continues we can set up an exchange program for the bottles. Lol, don't worry man, try to filter better when you...

I find that no matter what the task is, drinking a Homebrew whilst doing said task is always a good thing. I will do a task and then have a Homebrew. After that I will have a Homebrew while contimplating the tasks which I have completed, then have more Homebrews while I mull over what tasks I...

I used Belgian wit liquid yeast.

I will post a pic in a few.

I recently made a batch of wit beer and everything went great with the brew. I added a vial of white labs yeast to the fermenter and within hours had one of the most vigorous fermentations that I have ever had, which lasted all through the next day and overnight. When I woke up in the morning, I...

Early in the morning Step into the street Light me up a cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet

I tell you, the only problem I see with this beer so far is that I had my first beer after kegging on Wednesday and it is now Friday and the keg is almost gone! I really like the beer and will love it when I get the ingredients to make it the right way. Still a really good beer regardless!

I just tried this beer tonight. Pretty good, however I am not getting the lemon/lime taste. I get the banana and clove from the yeast, and the beer tastes good. It's like a regular hefe. Having said all of that, I did not use the correct hops which I think would have given it more citrus flavor...

I would not think that the hydrometer would be able to stand up straight if you wanted to take a measurement would it?