Recent content by NWesterner47

Im going to make a starter two days ahead. since my friend and I are splitting the wort we will each make a 1L starter using a stirplate. beer smith says we should have close to 4bil cells between the two of us.

ok based on what other people have posted for ideas hear (thanks Asta and Buna) here is my rough draft for this one. since Im spliting the wort with my friend there will probably be more dry hops maybe 2x then what I have posted. probably dry hop after primary. I had a successful first wort...

Hey Im not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet but I bought a refractometer as a present for my self last year. I thought it was super awesome! invaluable for all-grain taking multiple readings at different points in the brewing process. BUT,(and its a big but) I either did not read...

I just wanted to fallow up on my squashmas porter. This turned out really well for me. It has all the roast flavors of a porter I like while being nice and dry. That is balanced out with a nice squash flavor and smooth mouth feel without being overly spiced. unfortunately the the pecan flavor is...

anybody have any preliminary reports on how any of theses recipes have gone. I'm hoping to have a plan together to brew on Thanksgiving. Also what are peoples thoughts on using different hoping techniques for this. I was thinking about doing some first wort hoping with Chinook. What about...

This fall I got an itch to brew a pumpkin beer. But then I remembered that every pumpkin beer I've ever had sucked! So I scoured the interwebs to see if I could find something to go on. I found this website helpful. I didn't want to use all pumpkin for the squash flavor because I think the irony...

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my first Kezzer. 1950s flare