Recent content by Jostci

The beer has a darker color than dfh, but no sweetness. Since the gravity was so low I went ahead and transferred to secondary and dry hopped yesterday. I used wye yeast 1056 smack packs and smacked them the day before I brewed. After only ten minutes the airlock started bubbling aggressively...

Gravity came in at 1.011

Sweet, thanks for the info. I'm gonna take a hydro reading in a little while and give it a taste. It's definatly darker than dfh

I figured it would be different, just wasn't sure how. I'm pretty new to brewing and didn't want to make a barley wine, so I just used the grain I had. As long as it turns out good ill be happy. I'm just not familiar with the flavor that the specialty grains add to the beer. How sweet are we...

Well it's been in the primary for a week now, so I'm gonna move it to the secondary soon and take a gravity. Is there any disadvantage to having the extra sugars in there, and if the fermentation appears to be complete and I have a gravity of over 1.02 will it just be a heavier bodied beer or...

I brewed a version of this with some grain I received for xmas. It was a 10 gallon batch, 12 gallon boil. Grain: 20 lbs ap 2 row, 1.5 lbs crystal/caramel 120 L, 1.5 lbs crystal/caramel 80 L, .5 lb crystal/caramel 60 L. I hopped per the instructions but added 1 oz of cascade I had. Hit an...

I just bottle this brew today. It wasn't quite as aromatic as I'd hoped it would be, but it smelled and tasted great. My FG was 1.020 at around 65 degrees. I can't wait until its ready to drink, thanks for the recipe yooper

My sg was 1.073. I didn't take a reading when I moved from primary to secondary. It is currently in the 1st week in secondary with the dry hops. I tasted the bottom of the barrel of the primary, but mostly got a mouthful of hops.

I am fairly new to brewing, and I attempted this recipe (extract) for my third batch. I dropped 2 ounces of the magnum in for the entire boil. How drAmatic of an effect will this have on the beer? I also misread the recipe and switched to the secondary after only a week and dry hopped for 2...