Recent content by MagicMike314

I typically use frozen fruit, but due to a raspberry shortage here, I need to turn to puree to get the job done! My recipe calls for 48 oz of raspberries, and I purchased a 3lb 1 oz (49.6 oz) can of puree made by Oregon Fruit. I've looked everywhere online, and can't find a "conversion chart"...

Hi all! As a married individual with kids and plenty of other day to day activities, the amount of free brewing time I have is very limited! I have aspirations of making a strawberry shortcake recipe, as well as a key lime pie recipe. Many friends and family are not huge beer drinkers, so these...

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain!!

So what is it that I should be looking for in recipes? Lack of hops in the boil schedule with it being heavily dry hopped? Just trying to find out what I might have struggles with if I'm fermenting in a carboy!

As I've continued to read up more and more on the world of home brewing - One topic I've become very interested in is the world of NEIPA's. As someone who bottles (and one day will get into kegging), it seems as if bottling these are next to impossible. I am really hoping to brew a few...

I did measure after the priming sugar! Thanks for that thought - it hadn't even crossed my mind. I just measured the FG one more time (after letting it sit and settle out) and it's closer to 1.034. With the lactose and priming sugar is this more where you would expect the FG to finish out?

I saved about 200 ml of the last of it - and added some regular baking yeast with a heating pad. I'll see in a day or two if the gravity has dropped. But if it has - there's not much that can be done correct? I would assume oxygen is too much of an enemy at this point to do anything else

Yes the lactose as well! I used the regular Breiss stuff that I've used in the past. I'm pretty confident in the temperature! It certainly could drop lower in these Michigan winters in the basement - but I have one of those disposable thermometers taped to the side of the carboy and it was...

The only other thing I could think of was using an aquarium pump of sorts for oxygen for the first time. It seemed to be working great in a glass of water but maybe there wasn't enough oxygen introduced to the wort.

That was my first thought as well - so I made sure to add plenty in there!

I used a hydrometer for both OG and FG. I still use extract so here was what was used. 8 lb Light DME 1 lb Honey Malt .2 lb Black Patent

I left my beer for a whole month in the primary, it seemed to have a very healthy fermentation and was kept at a constant temperature of 66 degrees. As I bottled today, I made the mistake of checking the FG after everything was bottled. Came out WAY TOO HIGH at 1.040. Recipe included 3/4 pounds...

I created a variation of this spiced holiday ale, which I will post below. After reading a bunch of information on here and other sites, it looks like 2 tsp of nutmeg might just be enough to ruin a whole batch. As I'm getting ready to bottle in the next couple days, I'm just curious if this...

The yeast had just been picked up so should have hopefully been very fresh! I used Star Sans like most batches and haven't had a problem The fermenter stays a pretty stable 66 degrees in my basement. The guy at my LHBS told me while a lot of people make sure the lid is on airtight, that he...

Thanks for your help! I "brewed" this no boil NEIPA recipe on Saturday evening and am still to see any activity whatsoever. As someone who doesn't keg, I bought a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket (with a spigot at the bottom) to help bottling when it comes to oxygen. I sanitized everything incredibly...