Recent content by MMJfan

GO CUBBIES!!!

Is that for a 5 gal. batch?

Sorry, I was out of town coaching swimming all weekend and did not get to my computer. I love me some hops. I've never had a Founders Golden Promise so I can't say I have a comparison, but I really like my version. I make a NE IPA that I use 15 oz of hops total!!! I do not make a starter...

I'm not the OP but here is the recipe I've been using and I've been super pleased with the results!!! Gravity Readings: OG - 1.059 FG - 1.012 Grains: 12 lbs Golden Promise Hops: 1.0 oz Mosaic – 60min 2.0 oz Mosaic – 5 min 2.0 oz Mosaic – Flameout 3.0 oz Mosaic – Dry Hop I mash at...

LOL! After reading your first post again I was like damn, he brewed that fast and then I was like wait, this shouldn't result in an Amber... Then I scrolled down some more and read your last post!

I do BIAB. Since I dry hop much earlier than I do with traditional style IPA's (I'm dry hopping around day 4 of fermentation) I'm usually bottling around 8-9 days after racking it to the fermentor. From there, I usually give it about a week after bottling to carb up and condition before it's...

Sure. I use a French press. I add 2 oz of whole bean coffee which I grind coarsely. I usually use any Starbucks dark roast for my coffee of choice. My French press holds about a liter of water so I just apporx. 1 liter of cold water to the ground coffee in the press and then put the lid on...

Here is Evie watching the Westminster Dog show last month! I'd turn the channel and she'd put her head down and look away. Then I'd turn the dog show back on and she'd perk up and watch again. I think she had a crush on that golden!!!

I never add coffee to the secondary. I basically steep my coffee at the end of the boil in a hop sock. Once the wort is done cooling, I remove the coffee before transferring it to my fermentor. I do a cold press for my 2nd coffee addition at bottling and it works GREAT so that's what I would...

I've had mine for 4 years and have yet to give it a thorough cleaning. As wilser said, a few good hand bumps and shakes and you're good to go...

This is the process I use as well. Works well for me! :mug:

So I just dry hopped a version of this recipe last night and took a sample. It's already the best Red IPA I've made before adding the 4.5 oz of equal parts Simcoe, Amarillo and Cascade. This is even better than my Celebration clone I brew! I'm planning on bottling this bad boy this weekend...

Do people who bottle experience this 'burn' taste? I have bottled two batches of this and I have yet to have any sort of burn taste. I also am very careful when I rack to my bottling bucket to never dip my auto siphon too deep and I always try not to disturb the trub at the bottom of my...

Thanks for the reply! I make a Black IPA that uses midnight wheat so I might go in that direction.

So I'm a big fan of Red IPA's but I haven't been able to come up with a recipe I truly love. I do have a pretty good clone of Sierra Nevada's Celebration but I want to try something new so I'm going to give this recipe a try. I see where the original recipe calls for black patent but I...