Recent content by Johnmike24

I'm at work right now and dont have it with me... i'll post it when i get back to the house....I hate with work interferes with brewing!

I got a pale ale extract kit as a present for christmas. Finally have a chance to brew this weekend. Looking for modify it somehow. I was to play around with lemon zest or some spices. Looking for some suggestions to make this a nice new beer

Just got 2 more sanke kegs for my fermenters. Sanke's are in very good condition and after removing the post i dont see any beerstone or sediment at the bottom. I am going to soak the kegs with some disinfectint just to make sure. Thanks for the head up

Just got 2 more sanke kegs for my fermenters. Sanke's are in very good condition and after removing the post i dont see any beerstone or sediment at the bottom. I am going to soak the kegs with some disinfectint just to make sure. Thanks for the head up

How are you going to use the sanke. Did you just remove the post? i have 2 sanke kegs sitting in the basement that i eventually plan to use

would love to find a clone recipe for their nugget nector! Great hoppy beer!

Ironicly, i was just ordering supplies for a porter with oak and burbon. Either oak aged burbon porter or oak aged vanilla porter, not sure about the vanilla yet. I just did an oak aged american wheat with merlot grapes. Its in the seconday now but looks like its going to turn out good. How...

thanks for the help. I'll wait and bottle it and let it cold condition. Its a clone of Ithaca Brewing Company's Cascazilla if anyone cares to know. A "monstrously hoppy red ale"

I've been looking at that kit to do. I want to some type of porter soon. How did they add vanilla flavor for the kit? vanilla extract?

Blacklab's question brought up one i have been trying to figure out. If i cold condition my beer will it have any effect on the yeast. I bottle condition and wanted to make sure that conditioning in the frige wont affect the live yeast.

everything looks good so far... i'll take a sample tomorrow afternoon and check the taste. thanks for the help

Primary is done. I got them at the local wine shop. No local home brew store! I checked the secondary this morning before work and everything looked good. But it was only about 12 hours since i put them in there.

Brewing a 10 gallon batch of american wheat that is oak aged with merlot grapes. A friend has a winery and i can get a bunch of differet grape pressings each septment. I was transfering to the seconday last night and added the oak chips with out sanitizing. I know i should have steamed them...

I'm no expert either! I do my best to make beer i like to drink. I've heard of the guys at coopers but right now with work i cant make it down.

You're the only one from the area that i have seen on here. It would be nice to find out. I am always looking for someone to trade beers with. Its hard to find out if my beer is any good when all my friends drink is $2.50 six packs of Keystone light! I've got an american wheat in the...