Recent content by jeeper

Brewtopia, I see you use varying amounts of tea in recipes. I imagine all teas can give very different results with different amounts of tea, do you brew a cup of the tea first and try it to test the flavor/aroma? I am going for a rich blueberry flavor but do not want it to be sweet or...

Who here has brewed with tea, how much have you used, when/how did you add it and what were your thoughts. I tried using the search button but it says the word "tea" is too small so it does not search it... I am going for a blueberry flavor by the way (and if the tea doesnt do it after...

6415+5=6420 just made my first batch tonight...

haha this is great. I was just thinking of running out and getting a few OEs since my beer funds are pretty much dry and all my beer is conditioning right now... I am curious too, probably won't make it but would like to see a recipe

I put coffee in my oatmeal stout and I really loved the flavor. It really made it taste rich. Don't boil the coffee beans, as stated above boiled coffee is not very good. I just poured a pot of coffee in after the boil just before cooling (actually, come to think of it i realized I forgot the...

I was playin around with Illustrator today trying to get a label design I like. This was the result but it still looks a little to "amateur-ish" to me. by the way, "War Elephant" comes from the finnish words (sota norsu) my Finnish friend uses to describe less-than attractive girls that look...

SG is at 1.013 right now so it is looking pretty good. Smelled nice too

sorry, it was LME. will probably take a hydrometer reading tonight and over the next few days. Why did this batch not ferment like I am use to seeing? All my past brews have bubbled into the blowoff tube (red, brown, stout and old english). The stout and old english had higher OGs so I...

So here is the recipe: Grains: Cara-red 1 pound Torrified Wheat 8 oz. Extract: Light Malt Extract 6.60 pounds Hopping schedule: Liberty 1 oz at 60 minutes Liberty 1 oz. at 20 minutes and I am going to add Blueberry extract when bottling. The recipe I used claimed OG of...

I use a double sink and have cold water running into one side, keeping it full up the side of the pot and run a siphon into the drain in the other sink with vinyl tube. It works really well as long as you keep the siphon tube sucking off the water as close to the surface as you can to use...

so it is still at 1.022 and temp has been constant at about 70 so could it just be that there were a lot of unfermentables? Grain Bill: 8 oz Flaked Oats 8 oz Chocolate 5 oz Roasted Barley 4 oz Wheat 8 oz 6 Row Extract: 3.88# Amber Malt Extract (3 gallon batch) Hopping Schedule...

Thanks for the welcome. Yeah I was a little upset about the high SG and didn't even think of bottles bursting, but that makes sense. I might take a little trip by the homebrew supply store today and pick up new yeast. Its a bummer though because that just means more time between now and when...

Hey all, I am very new to this site and hope I can get some help with knowing when to bottle with this batch. I have been brewing for a few months and normally do 5 gallon batches but when I found a smaller Carboy in my parents house I decided to use that also and this is my first 3 gallon...