Recent content by mcamarra

Thanks so much for the help guys. I'll keep y'all updated. Michael

Howdy all, hope you can help me with this one. I recently did a saison that I put into secondary 2 weeks ago. When I was transferring it, I noticed a thin white film in a couple places but shrugged it off as just normal primary fermentation. Over the last few weeks I've been keeping tabs on it...

I'm about to brew a couple no-boil historical brews found in a diary that someone shared with me. How did it turn out?

@Stratotankard Thanks for the insight. Sounds like my barleywine might do well in there for about 2 weeks to a month. Thanks! @GC89, Wouldnt running a batch of whisky along with recharing effectively re-new the barrel? At the stillery they were saying that to technically make bourbon/whiskey...

I hope someone out there can help me figure this one out. So I made a brown ale about a month ago and wanted to make it into a spruce beer. It was made with the recipe below. It was transferred to secondary were I was hedging between putting mint leaves in there or spruce. The beer is a bit...

This looks awesome! How cold does this get? I'm thinking of building something similar but I'd also like to use it as a kegerator too, but I'm concerned about a little 4.6 cu. ft. fridge getting cold enough?

Howdy all! I went on a tour in upstate NY to Tuthilltown Spirits earlier last weekend and was fortunate enough to buy a 3 gallon used bourbon barrel. It was a bit of an impulse decision since I've never used one before but have heard of it being done. 1)How long should I let beer age in...

Thanks! What do you think about adding the pumpkin to the mash as opposed to the boil?

I'm currently working with a friend to come up with a Pumpkin Porter Recipe and I wondered if anyone's done one before (most of the posts don't have a lot of follow-up). We want something that's a porter, first and foremost, but with a definite pumpkin pie accent. We based this off of some of...

D-: Holy crap. This makes me wish I had a house so I could build one of these bad boys.

This may be a dumb question. I've got my cascadian IPA kegged in my fridge and I plan on bottling the last 2 gallons I have left with the BMBG (I live in NYC so no room for a keggerator). Question is, after they're bottled, do I have to store the beers in the fridge, or can I store them at room...