Recent content by mattsmitty

With force carbing in a keg will this be a good drinking beer 3 weeks from brew day?

Hey guys, i have brewed this recipe twice with fairly good results. The flavor is awesome but the mouthfeel is very watery like. The second batch i did i used a half pound of flaked oats and it still came out with a watery mouthfeel!! I really like this beer other than the mouthfeel so i want to...

Used this recipe and did it with fresh orange zest from navel oranges and .5 oz of coriander. Turned out AWESOME!!! will be doing this again real soon! everyone loved it!

ok so i now only have 2 bottles of this left. so i went and got the ingredients to do this one again!! i loved the flavor of this stout but i did end up increasing my base grain (marris otter) and i added a half pound of flaked oats. so hopefully this batch will end up with a little bit thicker...

Bottled this up last night, this brew taste pretty dang good already i cant wait to try it once its bottle conditioned. I used Maris Otter instead of 2row. it has i nice roasted flavor to it. I think im gonna brew this again and maybe increase my base grain by about a pound and maybe add some...

Brewing this as i type!! got the mash in, and already looking forward to drinkin this hopefully around christmas time or a lil earlier haha. Saw the recipe and thought it sounded like a nice dry stout and then once i saw a pic of it i knew i had to brew it!! really looking forward to this one...

thanks guys. so i should be good then. as long as this edta trick works haha

I was wondering how long it was ok to leave beer in the primary?? the reason i ask is my beer had a metallic taste in it. very strong metallic taste. it has now been in the primary about 4 weeks. Im waiting on some EDTA to come in the mail, bc ive heard that adding a small amount of that to the...

it turned out GREAT!!! I would say it's the best beer i've brewed yet!!! my wife loves it which means ill get to brew more often haha. Took some of these to an invester meeting for some guys i know starting a brewery and all the investers there loved it. All the women kept coming back for more...

ok so i filled my boil kettle up with water and boiled it for an hour. now how do i know if its good to brew with now??? i dont wanna ruin another batch of beer

Im wanting to brew a good winter ale and looking for suggestions. I want something i can brew within the next few weeks and it be ready by christmas at the latest. Open to any style ale. would like to see recipes and pictures if u have them. Im considering doing a stout or another brown ale but...

6 hours? can i put it in the oven at 350 for less time??

Ok so i think i have figured out that my aluminum boil kettle it why my beer taste metallic. Now how do i fix it!?? i think this may have happened do to letting it sit overnight full of water and oxiclean. can i do something to fix it so i will no longer get the metallic taste?? i tried boiling...

ive been getting filtered water from a machine at walmart that refills ur big water jugs

Yeah its a five gallon batch so im gonna make my self choke it down haha, ill give it another week in the fermenter then bottle and give it a good month and see if the metallic taste dies down some, then drink em. Ill for sure be using fresh grains for now on, not taking anymore "left overs"...