Recent content by kdsarch

I kind of forgot about this thread. For you guts that brewed it, how did it turn out?

I brewed up a pale ale, that looks like the fermentation has stalled a little. The original gravity was 1.060 and the final gravity should be around 1.010-1.015. I am using pacman yeast with an estimated aa at 80%. once fermentation started i moved the carboy to my basement. We had a cold...

Hop prices are very good. I recently picked up cascade centennial chrystal and amarilllo. Great for some ipas i have in mind.

I am located in upstate NY, so I use north country malt supply for the majority of my malt and hop requirements: 2 row is $35.89 (55 lb sack) Shipping $16.70 Total $52.59 Price per pound = $0.96

How many days in advance do people make their yeast starter from harvested yeast?

I am going to brew up an IPA tomorrow. Originally I was going to use White Labs California WLP001 yeast. I harvested some Pacman yeast, so now I am thinking about using that for my IPA instead. Here are the particulars: OG: 1.067 IBU's 66.8 SRM 10.4 With the pacman the final gravity...

I didnt think about milling it again. I do own a barley crusher. For some reason, their crush seems to have a LOT of flour to it. I dont think I ever get that much. Maybe because it was crushed then shipped.

I ordered a sack of grain, and the malt supplier accidentally crushed it. Generally I get 73% efficiency when I crush the grains. On the last two batches that I have brewed with the crushed grains that I recieved, and got 64% efficiency. I am brewing up an IPA tomorrow, and am...

I have a siimilar problem. There are two homebrew shops within 20 miles of me. One has limited supply, only mainstream stuff, and charges 33% or more than what I can buy it for online. The owner is good, but it is geared for more of the start up brewer. They don't stock much stuff so they...

I use a vigorous boil and know that i boil off 20%.

I found out that it was by Captain Lawrence Brewing. Their Captains reserve, which i actually an Imperial IPA. Their website: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company When I started the post, I didnt know which brewery made the beer. Now I see that they list the hops as Columbus, Cascade, and...

Thanks for everyone's help. Here is a potential recipe. This is made with all items that I currently have on hand. Do you think it will give me the grapefruit flavor and aroma that I am looking for? Also, I am looking for an orange hue, so that is why the Crystal 40 is in there. Recipe...

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking amarillo is the high grapefruit hop. Now, I just have to find a great amarillo ipa recipe. Any suggestions?

Last night I had a growler of IPA from a somewhat local brewery that had a very pronounced grapefruit taste. It was an awesome balance between high hops and malty base. I would say that it was somewhat similar to Rogue's Yellow Snow, but with more grapefruit taste. Can anyone identify the...

Thanks for everyone's help. It seems that people are not concern with letting it sit for a day prior to hitting it with the higher pressure.