Recent content by jdhasse

Please take it easy on me for this total newb question that is likely quite dumb... asking for a friend. We’ve gotten a keg of a nitro vanilla bourbon barrel stout (Jameson/Revolution collab) and need help. Do we have any cheap options to pour this beer? I have a CO2 kegerator setup and...

Bump - just reading through this and interested as well. Likely going to brew this in a few weeks

The beer turned out delicious, so everyone was right, no negative impacts!

Had to add hot water as I was lower than desired after transferring back to the mash tun.

I had to add some hot water as I was lower than desired after transferring back to mash tun.

Hello, I brewed over the weekend and as soon as I added my grain and strike water I realized I never added my false bottom to mash tun. I quickly dumped the grains and water into my brew kettle, added the false bottom, and added the grains/water back to mash tun. Anyone else have a similar...

Thanks everyone for your replies, much appreciated. I am thinking I will make my ipa with only California ale yeast now and wait to do my original brett tois ferment at a later date. Then once I move in a couple of months plan a long ferment with the roes. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using...

So I had planned on my next brew being an ipa where I split in two fermenters. First batch would be WL California ale yeast and second would be brett trois. Well, LHBS ran out of brett trois and sold me roselare instead. I wasn't planning on this second batch fermenting for 12-18 months which...

Don't store it dry. The barrel will dry out and will likely leak. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

No expert here, but I have done two different RIS in my 15 gallon bourbon barrel. I never filled with water, just made sure it had bourbon in it whenever not filled with beer and I swished it around ever other day or so. No issues, really good beer both times. However I knew my barrel was...

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I wouldn't worry much about it, maybe you will like this beer slightly sweeter and a little more body. I always like the higher alcohol. Even the most experienced homebrewer finds it difficult to hit an OG and FG exactly on the mark every time. However, if your OG is higher it is reasonable to...

Thank you both, that helps. As far as the recipe, it is complicated to post. I brewed three separate 6 gallon RIS and added different fruits, vanilla beans, and/or coffee to each batch and then combined them in a 15 gallon bourbon barrel for 3 months. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

The drunk monk homebrew competition was recently in Chicago suburbs and it is a BJCP event. I score 41.5 on my bourbon barrel aged RIS and I am very happy it confirmed that it was an excellent brew. I got some good constructive feedback on my American IPA and amber too. For the RIS the box was...

Recipe looks good! When I first started out homebrewing I would rack to secondary after a week and then dry hop for a week or more. Now a days, after more reading of homebrew books and this wonderful forum, I don't rack beers to secondary at all, just dry hop in the primary. The extra time...