Recent content by jeffersonrbailey

Be sure to count the bugs that go into your mash so you can repeat a recipe!

So I recently found out about the upcoming Sun City Craft Beer Festival in El Paso, TX on September 28th. Includes a homebrew competition. I was wondering if anyone on here was planning on attending.

Any chance you exposed it to oxygen before it was cooled? Sounds like you have the same issue I had with a couple of batches. They lack body and really don't have a lot of taste. Except a chemical/ maybe cardboard taste. I had a friend say it tasted like pool water. I bottled a batch to see...

Thanks for the advice all. I did order some roasted barley when I ordered my grains just in case that was going to make the better beer so I should be set. Anyone have a good recipe to use the cara red in?

I am trying out my first recipe using beer smith so I wanted some advice. A lot of the malts I have never used. Any input would be great. 5.5 Gallon batch Irish Red 8 lbs Maris Otter 1 lb caramunich 1 lb carared 8 oz crystal 120 maybe 4 oz of flaked barley but probably not...

Cool. Thanks. I was able to rig up a blow off so no worries there. Bung was sanitized right before I pushed it in too. Was just worried about getting a rubber flavor if I didn't rack to secondary. It's a pale ale kit that came with my equipment kit so if it does turn out tasting bad i won't be...

So while cooking my second batch (first still in primary) myself and some friends were diligently adding to my supply of empty bottles. Pitched yeast and put bung in and all the way in I mean. Right into the future beer. Do I need to rack to a secondary or should I just let it finish in primary...