Recent content by mcjake

I let them thaw. And all three packages (2 from different stores and brands), smelled the same when I opened them. I don't think they went bad. I know sometimes raspberries have a strange smell to them. I'm just worried they are going to make the beer taste like crap.

And when I say plan on doing, I mean started doing today. I just turned on my keezer for the secondary fermentation of my raspberry wheat and plan on just cranking the temp down after kegging.

That's what I plan on doing. I've got a mortgage and a family. I can't afford the money or space for that matter for two different fridge/freezers and temp controllers.

I'm making a raspberry wheat and figured that I could save money and buy frozen raspberries instead of fresh for the fruit addition. I added them to secondary today and let me tell you, they smell awful. I used two different brands, from two different stores. So it's not like I got a bad batch...

I would take your wheat beer recipe and just load it up with blackberries. There is a local brewery here in Reno that has a blackberry ale that taste like those carbonated fruit juices you buy at the store.

I don't understand the logic here. If you put you a yeast like a ale yeast in there that have a low tolerance for alcohol, like only 7 - 8% and then have a huge starting gravity you will have more sugars than your yeast can ferment so it wont go dry it will hit that alcohol range and then stop...

High IBU beers such as IPAs give me pretty wicked heartburn. Sometimes it's after the first sip, other times it's only after 2 or 3. I've actually got acid reflux and alcohol is pretty much a major instigator of the reflux. I've got some pretty good medicine I take for it daily. But before i...

I've never done this before, but I would just use a wyeast california ale yeast or wyeast pacman yeast. Sounds like fun. I sure wish I could easily get enough berries for that type of project.

I was just planning on racking to my keg after secondary. If one week isn't long enough should I do two weeks in the keezer to keep it from fermenting the raspberry sugars out? What do you think about cutting it down to 3 - 3.5 pounds of fruit?

So, I'm trying to develop a Raspberry Wheat. I've compiled it from a couple of different recipes as well as some ingredients on hand. What do you think? Original Gravity 1.055 (1.049 to 1.057) Final Gravity 1.013 (1.011 to 1.013) Color 3° SRM / 7° EBC (Yellow) Mash...

So I optomisticly made a yeast starter for some pacman yeast that was due to expire at the end of the month. Now I have to travel for work and I'm worried I wont time to brew. The starter is currently 3 days old and I would need to stretch it out for another two weeks. What can I do to make it...

I finally get to buy a kegging system and I'm thinking about buying one of these two systems. The product descriptions aren't detailed enough to really help me make my decision. I am hoping that you guys can help me make my decision. Option 1: Brew Logic Dual Tap Draft System- with...

My LBS doesn't sell warrior. Do you have any suggestions on which would work best as a substition for me out of what my shop provides? This is what we have here in Reno: Brewer’s Gold Centennial Chinook Cluster Columbus Fuggles Kent Goldings Hallertau Liberty...

Weeelllllllll, there are no honey suppliers for the entire State of Nevada listed at the National Honey Board (damn!). I talked to our local home brew shop and they said that the only good honey supplier in the area is about an hour away and runs in the $60 - 70 they actually recommended glory...

Will this honey be good enough for mead? It's Sue Bee 100% Clover Honey that is selling 80 ounces for $9.99 from Costco. This this good enough for making my first mead? I'm not a bad beer brewer so I expect my process to be good, and my sanitization to be good. So it's honestly more of a...