Recent content by mrbheid

hmmmm, haha, good to know about the ginger. I added quite a bit, equal proportions to the lemon and lime (one decent sized root sliced thinly). When i tasted the "tea" i made with the lemon, lime peels, ginger, and brown sugar, i didn't pick up really any ginger. Idk, i guess well see...

so i ended up adding a "tea" of lemon and lime peels, ginger and brown sugar to the beer in addition to another packet of dry yeast. Didn't have any vodka but used gin instead (haha, this is truly an experiment) to sterilize a baggy full of additional fresh peels of lemon, lime (lil or no...

I thought a mint porter or stout would be nice too. He was looking for a lighter (body, mouthfeel, not necessarily alc wise) crisper beer. Ya, tried it the other day, it is bitter! I was thinking lime-ade (apologies not lime juice) because it will have plenty of sugar in it, and i thought...

Hey guys had a friend who wanted to brew a mint beer. We used 5lbs of light malt extract, 2oz of hops and some Californian yeast and a whole lot of mint during the boil. He refreshed the mint every 5 minutes for the last half hour of the boil by scopping out the old stuff and adding a new...