Recent content by Forrest

I see that Austin Homebrew claims to have the REAL Wormwood. I was just contemplating getting some and using it in a beer. I understand though that wormwood is very bitter so I was thinking about using no Hops or very little Hops and make the wormwood be the major bittering component. My...

I only had four shipped over from the States and those were gone very quickly. I will be moving back to the States Next week so I will just wait until I return. I do live in the Westminster that is in the London City Center so I will try the beer again when I return home to the States. If...

Thanks everyone for your imput. Replying to a few posts back. This is the first none Stout I have brewed with this system. All of my stouts have had brilliant heads. There is 12 lbs of grain in my recipe out of which, 3 lbs are Caramel malts so I figured I would be fine on head retention...

Yes, the glass was clean. I had three shipped over so I tried pouring both gently and violently with a little difference but not much to get excited about. There is plenty of Protien in my Brew My base grain is 11.70% Protein while each of the Caramels used are 13.20% protein.

I brewed the best beer I have ever made back in September. I am living in the UK right now temp. so I have been letting it age while I was away. I figured it was ready so I had a family member send me a few by post. I have to say, it is just great! If I had to critisize it though, It would...

Sorry for the double post. Having problems with my internet connection all of a sudden. Admins, please delete the other. Thanks

I have just created my best beer ever!!!! It is my own recipe ESB. It was so good that I just had to make a label for it and give it a name (even though I suck at this art stuff). I had to leave it in the States when I moved to England but I have it looked away in my storage ben to which only...

No, I am not the same Forrest that was at AHS. But I have been a member of these forums for a while. I formally lived in Georgia, USA. I will be in Westminster till mid December which will be here before you know it the way time is flying now.

Hello, everyone, I just finished my temporary move to the Uk. I am living in Westminster. I have been hitting the pubs pretty hard and loving every minute of it. Great city, and even better Beer!!!!!

No little fizzys on the top but like I said, the top is covered with a thick layer of foam now. It started foaming up the same day I started noticing activity in the air lock. As for the high fermentation temps, I have the carboy in the coolest room in my house, it a small bath room that is...

Edwort, When I checked my OG, I assumed my Hydrometer was off or something. According to Beersmith, with 75% efficency, my beer should have had an OG of 1.067. But when I took my hydrometer reading, it said the OG was 1.093. I checked to make sure there was no bubbles and even checked it...

Well, this yeast that I used is White Labs, plus it is a Platnium Series yeast and is only availble January and Feburary of the Year. This Experation on the Yeast vile was May 2007. I bought this yeast back in April (as I have been wanting to use it for awile) so it was out of date which is...

On the 4th, I did my second ever All grain batch. The Mashing and Sparging went a good as I could have hoped for and the same can be said for the boil. I was using liquid yeast for the first time. I made my yeast starter the night before. When I woke up the next morning, there was not...

I am on 9 right now. I will be moving to the UK temp. coming up in October and I am not going to take any of my brewing equipment with me so I am holding off adding to my setup until I get back. I am looking forward to getting into kegging. Well I guess technically I am on number 10 since you...

Ok, here is my situation. Since High school, I have had this friend that has a gift for art. He has always been good at both drawing and computer graphics and everytime I had a project due in High School or College, he has always done the graphics for me. Now, he is trying to get accepted to...