Recent content by muddlehead

I never even thought of dumping fresh wort onto an old yeast cake until i started browsing HBT, there are so many other things in a yeast cake besides just yeast like bits of grains and hops, why not take the time to wash the yeast if you cant part with the three bucks it cost to buy fresh, im...

Honey imparts verrrry little flavor and mostly just adds alcohol and lightens the beer, if i want a higher gravity without adding more malt i use honey, honey works much better for this than just adding sugar Honey doesnt need to be boiled because of the natural enzymes in it which dont allow...

quite reader for a longgg time and this post has lots of useful info for everyone i already practice most of this but i have one question that wasnt answered, i age my high gravity beers at room temp in kegs after racking from primary with cold crash, i know room temp aging speeds up the...