Recent content by myndphaser

Another possibility is from the sugar you used. Regular, refined, white table sugar will impart a cidery taste and smell to your beer. This could be a possibility, but if you used corn sugar then I wouldn't worry about it as long as you use corn sugar for the bottling as well. I have a buddy...

"a peppermint-flavored stout that had the afterteste of a tree" now that sounds thoroughly disgusting. I can understand the christmas theme and all, but why would you add in spruce needles? To the more important part: Did the mint flavor show up well in the stout? Was it overpowering...

I know some here are against the flavoring of beer, but I have an inquiry at this time that I would like some feedback on if anyone knows anything about it. I really enjoy chocolate stouts (Young's double chocolate in particular) and I am wondering if anyone has used mint in any brews. I think...

Does ACME have an online store for that? Not trying to be a dick, but the only benefit I really picked up on for the RIMS was temp control. Even in a boiling kettle or converted keg there will be variations in temperature. You can type until your fingers fall off, but there is absolutely no...

I don't know quite how to feel about this. I'm on the young end of the spectrum for age, but the old end for music. Beatles (say what you will, but Elvis did not create rock, that was done by John, Paul, George, and Ringo), Floyd, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, Stones, CCR, Bowie.....NIN, TOOL (highly...

HI, I'm a beer snob and also becoming a hophead. My friends look at me like I'm weird because I don't show their enthusiasm for cheap beer, and I'm glad to know I'm not alone. Unfortunately the only good beer we can get here is from a little micro in town, and their selection is limited...

Obviously you've got your priorities all outta whack :D

Janx, you are always thinking....oh, and let me know if you find one.

My point was that hydrometer readings tend to make the whole process more anal than necessary. I'm going to drink almost anything I can make regardless of the OG readings, and prefer to have something that is different from what I made last. If you keep striving to repeat something you are...

The short version is that I'm with Janx. The long version is: If kegging is the evil, dark side then might I quote Lord Helmet: "Evil will always win because good is dumb" Not saying that bottling is dumb, but I am saying that kegging consumes less time, less space, and allows you to...

As far as straining the beer on the way from the brew pot to the fermenter, it isn't really necessary. If you cool the wort first, most of the bits and floaties will drop out of suspension and wind up at the bottom of the brew pot and not make it into your fermenter anyway. The amount that...

What's the point of a hydrometer? Other than taking multiple readings at the end to tell if the fermentation has completed it seems more complicated than it is helpful. I don't really feel like crunching numbers on my beer. I do this for fun and for beer, but I'll be damned if I'm going to...

Good luck with the porter. Let us know how it turns out.

If I understood the recipe posted by esquimaux it was just using some specialty grains that don't really need to be mashed per se. I'm also looking for something with a little more than 6.9% (This is the brew for my graduation weekend). I was wondering if adding more malt would need more hops...

I want a hopped up coma inducing IPA. Lot's of hops and a high amount of alcohol. Any help would be greatly appreciated.