Recent content by jaeg1

Thanks Jon, Using your guidelines, this is the recipe I came up with. Let me know what you think. Christmas Spice Style: Christmas / Winter Specialty Spiced Beer OG: 1.082 Type: All Grain FG: 1.020 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 8.12 % Calories: 268 IBU's: 10.92 Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.83...

I found this recipe at http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/, it's a Christmas Spice beer that uses extract. I would like to brew this as an all-grain recipe but I am not sure how to convert it. Any help would be appreciated. CHRISTMAS SPICE '95 Recipe from Jim White, Down River...

I've been making mead and cider for a few years now, but this is my first real attempt at brewing beer. I have made two extract batches, an AHS Evil Brown Ale and AHS Belgian Half Wit. Now, I am ready to rack the brown ale into my converted pin-lock keg. 1. The kegs I have were sitting in a...

I have followed this recipe with different Welch's juices, but liked the Grape/Black Cherry, and Grape/Blueberry/Pomegranate the best. I have even tried a batch with the Old Orchard Apple/Cranberry juice and it tasted great. I have not tried bottling directly from primary though it should not be...

Bottled this last week. I am trying real hard to wait for New Years eve to bust one open. One concern though, I'm not real sure I got the lactose mixed well enough. I heated 1.5 cups of water for the sugar and fruit flavoring, then added the lactose. It did not mix very well. I kept stirring...

Thanks for the quick response!

Newbie question here. I did a batch of Raspberry Apple cider and was getting ready to bottle. Fermentation had been done for two weeks, no airlock activity at all. I moved the carboy to get ready for bottling, and the airlock started to show signs of activity again. I thought maybe I had just...

I followed the original recipe with two minor exceptions: 1. I used Cherry/Pomegranate juice concentrate since I could not find the Blueberry. 2. I used one pound of light DME instead of sugar since I had some in the brew closet. Any thoughts on how the changes might affect the final...

Did you warm the Buckwheat honey before racking on it? Seems the BW honey would be too thick to mix without helping it somehow. Thanks