Recent content by icantbejon

Yeah, I tasted it and it wasn't skunky. I'm hoping that it was just the nasty leftover strawberries.

So my local homebrew store owner suggested I try a different technique when making my strawberry ale. He said to get strawberries and add them in at the tale end of primary fermentation versus in the secondary so that when I racked to secondary it would help clarify. I did this and I have...

Well said firerat....but this is for my lovely wife so I'm claiming innocence!

I've heard a few different techinques and I'm curious. I've heard people say use frozen strawberries cause they are pasturized. I've heard of people using fresh strawberries and basically juicing them and adding them toward the end of fermentation. Others put in secondary. What are your...

I'm just looking to spice up my traditional "base" recipe for all my fruit beers. I typically use hallertauer. What do you use? :mug: Jon

Perfect...thanks

So I never really thought about this before but I'm using a lager yeast and I've had a starter going for two days now at room temp. Did I just screw something up?

So I've seen six hundred threads on a choc cherry stout recipe, but nothing else with that flavor combo. Anyone have thoughts on this....does that full bodied stout just give it the right feel, or is it just the safe option? Additionally, if you have any thoughts on what a good choc cherry ale...

I'm not 100% sure what I'm after yet. I have one keg already, and I'm looking to find a second that I can convert as well. I also have a 1/2 keg (the 7 gl type) that I want to use as my HLT. I want something simple I guess...I enjoy the process of sitting out with my beer while its brewing, I...

I wish I had $2200 sitting around to get the Elec Brewery one...it looks so damn flashy.

I just don't have the know-how to build one of those boxes....and I certainly don't want to mess something like thatup.

So is a control panel MANDATORY foe elecbrewing? Couldn't I just plug everything in?

Any suggestions out there? I am thinking one more "summer" beer before I go full steam into my fall favorites. I already hashed out a cream ale, kolsch, cherry wheat and honey wheat this summer, as well as a few others. :mug: Jon

I can only agree with this. I have some beers from right before I made the jump to all grain and I actually can't drink them. Flavor is ok, but the quality is sooooooooooooooooooooo poor, I can't believe I made them.

19 kegs???? Where do you put them all? I have four and can't hardly keep tabs on them.