Recent content by hotpants

I find it interesting that they don't have any late hop additions whatsoever (maybe the 20 min counts), I've definitely felt a recent trend towards massive late boil additions for hoppy beers, and they're absent in this recipe. Maybe the big dry hop lends all the aroma and flavor they need...

This beer looks awesome. But my local HBS store doesn't carry 3711 though and shipping online is pricy... would anyone be willing to send me a sample of 3711? I would give you some homebrew--I have an awesome barley wine, belgian dark strong and some other brew. I would also send some whitlabs...

I made this but with basically a completely different hop schedule. I used galaxy to bitter and then some more galaxy in the last 5 minutes for some flavor and aroma, then I dry hopped it with a good dose of simcoe and zythos. This beer is reeally nice, the malts definitely bring some caramel...

Absolutely, I'm actually gonna split the wort and ferment half with WLP530 Abbey ale yeast, and the other half with WLP001. Ill let you know how they turn out and compare :tank:

I might make this and ferment it out with a belgian yeast, see what goes down.

Ive done an ounce of galaxy at 60 for my IPA. The beer turned out great, definitely not astringent. Obviously you gotta scale back on the amount added for a pale ale but I say go for it.

Made this yesterday and accidentally put in twice the amount of hops that was called for, b@lls! I think I just turned this into a pale ale? Its all good though I love me some centennial hops.

sorry that was my roommate

Same here, I decided against repitching and ended up swirling the beer a little and upping the temp. My airlock has a lot more activity and my gravity has dropped a couple points since yesterday, I think you're right in that you may need to stir this yeast up every now and then. It seems like in...

Im using WLP 400 on my belgian wit right now and I'm not too impressed with it. I thought it would ferment my beer out in 2 weeks top, but after 3 weeks my gravity is around 1.019 and slowly moving down. Obviously I have nothing to say about the taste it produces, but as far as attenuation I'm...

I brewed this about 2 to 3 weeks ago and when I went to bottle it the F.G. read 1.020, so a stuck fermentation im guessing. I overshot the O.G. a little bit with a reading of 1.042. I fermented at 68-70. I'm thinking the added gravity may have been too much for the yeast to handle. So can I...

Do you do this for both leaf and pellets? I've heard the pellets can break up and get all up in your beer, making them hard to avoid.

Alright thanks guys, I think I'm going to use hop socks this time and I guess ill strain over the siphon tip. I feel like straining over the tip causes a little bit of oxidation? Either way if it does its probably a negligibly small amount.

Ok, So what are the best techniques to rack your beer after dry hopping without a hop sock? Last time I tried to rack my dry hopped beer it was a b*tch, my siphon kept on clogging up. I could strain the beer, but I want to avoid oxidation as much as possible. Cold crashing is not an option for...

Lower my IBUs by adding less hops during the boil?