Recent content by gibfried

Muse. You'll like it.

O.K. Pretty simple. Maybe I just never thought seriously about the subject. I'll have taste a biscuit, and taste a bit of malt.

"tasting like a biscuit????" Horse****. I've been brewing and sampling good beer every chance I get for years now. I just realized that I don't understand all these little tasting terms. I know terms like: dry,sweet,bitter, grassy, piney, etc. What is Malty? What is biscuit-like? Any...

We all hear these descriptions such as - biscuit flavor, or malty, etc. But what with these flavors. What is a malty flavor??? Or biscuit??? I here it all the time, and don't think anything of it....but here I am trying to make a beer with a biscuit-like profile - and scratching my little head.

I've had the same experience recently. I switched from extract to all grain, and mashed at lower temperatures to get a higher alc content. But some of my beers, especially the lighter ones just don't have any pizazz! Watery. I've decided to up my mash temp a few degrees to give me more...

Patience...Patience...Patience... I'm sure it'll be just fine.:mug:

Recently joined Michael Jackson's (not the perv.) rare beer club. For a small fee (ha ha:ban: ) he sends you one of his outstanding beers from his many beer travels (that's what I want to do when I grow up!!!!). Pierre Celis Memoirs Ale shows up a couple of days ago and I never knew beer...

I ussually pick up a couple of gallons of drinking water which is pretty clean stuff. I add them to top off the wort in the primary - I ussually come up a little short. Just have a good time. I've brewed more batches than I can remember and not a one have had an infection. I've made some...

Big brew weekend for me. I think I'll call it "Ugly Monk Belgium Abbey". A 1.080 all grain belgium style. I'll be brewing like a monk, and smoking some meat! Can't get any better than that!:mug:

My wife took a glance at the title to this thread - and said, "Well...I guess he needs to wash."

The little lady picked up a couple of Party Pigs for my birthday. Tried them out and they seem to work great. They are easy, small, and very portable. Has anyone else tried any of these little oinkers out? What do you think? Someone told me that you must use a keg pretty quickly or the...

It's good not to be alone. I feel better now...maybe because I just had another one:mug:

Six months ago I boiled up a bit of Nut Brown Ale. It sat on it's own yeast in the primary for six months! I've always heard that this is a big "no-no"! After about a month the yeast can lay the stink on your beer unless you transfer it to a secondary. Was I surprised. I kegged it, and it tastes...

With a good rubbermaid cooler, you'll have no problem keeping her at a steady temperature for 90 min.

Jr. Cigar is the bomb baby! The Jr. Cigar brand from the cataloge are as good as they get. I've smoked fresh cubans, and all the expensive $10 cigars, and they are just as good, but only much less expensive.