Recent content by lctrusner

I got a brewers best kit for a Belgian IPA and substituted the hops in the kit for 4 oz citra. Did a 1 oz 20/20/20 addition for the boil (adding 1 oz every 20 minutes bittering/flavoring/last addition). Did an additional dry hop 1 oz in the 2ndary. It was by far the best beer I have ever...

The beer turned out pretty well. Good cherry flavor up front especially as it warms up, then the sweetness of the malt, nice carbonation level. Will make another one with fresher cherries this year.

I am brewing 5 gallons of an oatmeal stout from a kit. I have some cherries from a 2008 cherry herring (mixture of Jim Beam about 3/4 gallon, 2 quarts sweet cherries and 1 cup sugar) that is quite sweet and mellow from the aging of the cherries and whiskey. I have about 2 quarts of cherries to...