Recent content by jamesnsw

Hmm, that might be a more difficult combination. I'd suggest taking a look at my site, whattobrew.com. Look at the pages for cherry, coffee and bourbon, and find styles that rank high on all of them. It looks like your intuition on stouts and porters holds out. A baltic porter would also have...

This is probably too late, but here are some of the suggestions from What to brew- Cranberry Coconut Green tea Chocolate Pecan Elderflower Ginger On What to brew, people vote on random combinations of styles and additions to come up with a sense of what may be good. I don't agree...

Oh, right there are 3 additions I hadn't considered... added to the list! Thanks!

Now, I love making a good beer to style, but I also love pushing the limits and trying new flavor combos- a blueberry mild, chocolate bock, chamomile mead. I've often wanted a site to suggest combinations, so I decided to make it. Go to http://ideas.jamessw.com/ and vote on random style...

I wrote some brewing apps for iOS, which are free and in the top 20 in the App Store. I don't have time to maintain them, so I was thinking of posting the source on GitHub and accepting contributions of code from others. Would any of you be interested in contributing? I'm trying to gauge...

Hmm, I would, but I don't think I have it anymore. Sorry!

What to Brew says that Scottish Ales are a good things to brew right now. Other thoughts would be to find a beer you want to clone, or a favorite brew that you would brew 5 gallons of. Another suggestion would be to try to brew through all the BJCP styles. It's a long term goal, but that has...

Hey everybody- I gave What to Brew an update, and have made it free. So download it and start planning your next recipe! What to Brew for iOS

Thanks, Moondawg. I poured in a handle of rum and a few hundred mL of Everclear. Should have gone stronger... it still tastes like juice. Gotta say though... I never would have bottled this... I love kegging!

Well... I guess I'll believe the biology nerd. I'll go find a handle or so of bourbon or whiskey, and keg it up. Not ideal, but not a lost cause.

I'm thinking I may make a big old yeast starter with fresh, untreated juice, and dump that in. Maybe that will help. It can't really hurt, right?

Anyone have any experience resurrecting yeast in a situation like this?

Take a look around here, there are a lot of great recipes and tips. Brandon O's Graff is pretty popular, as is Ed Wort's Apfelwein.

I was excited about the local orchard's cider, saw on the website it was pasteurized, and they go into detail about the heat treatment. I was like, cool, I won't have to worry about killing the wild buggers, they took care of it for me. So I bought 4 gallons (at $8/each), and made some graff...

That's what I was afraid of. I was hoping to be drinking my mild by Wednesday, but I guess I won't be. Thanks!