Recent content by jtrain

sorry forgot to mention I have bourbon barrel chunks soaking in old crow reserve and will add them to the secondary for about a week after primary fermentation is done in 2 weeks.

Ok so I made an Imperial Pumpkin Porter with molases and bourbon recipe is as follows 9lbs light dme 1 lb 80 crystal malt 1/2 lb carafa 3 malt 1/2 chocolate malt 1/4 lb black patent 1oz nothern brewer 60 1oz magnum 30 1oz willemete 10 1lb molases last 10 mins added 15 oz...

used a beer priming calculator on brewers friend said for a stout I could go with 4.3 oz to have beer carbonated at 2.0 and stouts could go up to 2.3 so think it is around the right dextrose levels.

Ok thanks I thought that may have been it but I was not sure. I will just leave it to the beer gods to mature and work on my next creation.

I bottled up my Russian Imperial Stout about a week ago keeping it in my basement at 64.4 ambient temp thought I would try a bottle of it today to see how it is going. Alas foam foam foam sigh...I am hoping I did not overprime my beer I put 4.1 oz of dextrose in at bottling. Not sure if I...

All great info ty so much for your responses. I am going to just add the hops to my batch w/ some orange peel...that is right ladies and gentlemen I went full retard ( enter tropic thunder reference) I will let you know how it goes. God save the queen...I mean the man dressed in women's...

I have 2 ounces of bourbon barrel chunks that I added in bourbon for 2 weeks so by now after I broke them up a bit more they weigh close to 3 ounces.

Hello all, 2nd batch ipa question. I made a Columbus IPA kit I recently brewed and I added raw honey at flame out. I have some Cascade and Centennial hops on hand should I dry hop them in my secondary fermenter?? Also was wondering if maybe adding some orange peels would be a better match...

Hello 3rd batch I have ever brewed and I was wondering when I should add bourbon barrel chunks to my Russian Imperial stout? I have had the chunks soaking in Knob Creek for 2 weeks now and the stout is going to be in my primary fermenter for about 4 weeks or more. Really depends on how the...

Ah makes sense ty. Ty for the help on this after my ipa brew going to make this bad boy...going to throw some bourbon barrel chunks in the secondary fermenter and let it sit for 4 weeks.

Just out of curiosity why would you use light malt extract and not dark malt extract?

Found this recipe for a beer I truly love was hoping I could get some help converting it to extract. AMOUNT USE PPG 2-Row Brewers Malt 19.0 lb85 % Mash 37 American Chocolate 16.0 oz4 % Mash 34 2-Row Caramel Malt 60L 16.0 oz4 % Mash 34 Honey Malt 8.0 oz2 % Mash 37 Roasted...

ty again for the help,I was actually pricing everything out and it would be such nominal difference from 2.5 gallon batch to full 5 gallon batch I think I am going to go the full monty. Shipping is free after a point and it just makes sense. I was going to add pumpkin puree to this batch when...

Doing a 2.5 gallon batch..sorry not really sure of the terminology yet.

Looking over the equipment I need for an all grain brewing system..I am no where near ready for that yet. I found a barleywine recipe on line called "Gravity Bomb Barleywine" looks great but I only want to make a half boil...this recipe calls for 2 full packets of yeast should I half these...