Recent content by grimzella

The best hops for IPA's.. at least for me, are the ones that will grow in my back yard :) Chinook and Citra so far ..

With my Pumpkin ... I use 3/4 tsp toward the end of boil. Then 1/8 in the secondary. The other spices i use in this style are all roughly the same measurements. This is for a 5 gallon batch. Yummm...

Haha,,, so that's one strike against..

I searched but didn't see a thread about brewing this day. I'm just curious who will be off of work, brewing a batch of homebrew, and enjoying the phenomenon. I had some Chinooks finish up a little early on the bines. Just a simple 8% IPA will do for me. Any one else like the idea of an...

i guess we will find out now won't we Weezy!

Crickets...........

ooooo... thats a tough call. Peachy Porter... hmm.. might be good. Glass does not hold any "scents" maybe keep the bucket for cider and get either another bucket for beer only or glass carboy. Or maybe bucketnative's idea would work.. try that or use Oxy-clean Free...

i'm just gonna say. i have used 8oz of cocoa powder before and it was a mess. you might want to secondary, then cold crash to get as much of that powder out.

Chinook, about ready to harvest.. getting close. Thinking them cicada were drilling holes in the main stalks.. altho i got a decent amount this year,, i think they had something to do with why i have less. A few of them never reached full height and browned off about two or three feet from the...

looks great! maybe we can get a few more posted. would love to try a few new profiles.

jplowe - i totally agree. WLP 565 seems much tastier when 80+ deg. I have went as high as 86 at times with this yeast and never had any strange batches. Belgian Strong & Saison's for me. i love them funky flavors :) :)

kitchen sink brew. I do this with my leftover grains that don't get used. i never know what i will end up with BUT, it is beer and it tastes good so...

This one turned out yummy... i will be doing it again soon. 7 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsen (Dingemans) (1.6 SRM) Grain 1 58.8 % 3 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 23.5 % 1 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 11.8 % 12.0 oz Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 4 5.9 % 0.66 oz Nugget...

It turned out great. Quite simple it ends up. My ingredients: 5 gallons of double charcoal filtered tap water. 9 cups of cane sugar (adjust to your liking.. 8-10 cups. I feel anymore than 10 might be a bit much). 3 (1oz.) bottles of McCormick Raspberry extract. 30-40 grams of Citric Acid. (i...

I use my pool. 17,000 gallons of water never runs out... goes in chiller.. goes back in pool.. not that water is an issue here. I've had to drain my pool three times this year already. it gets above the skimmer and flows out. When this happens,, I brew a batch, but let the water run onto the...