Recent content by Octang

What dunkelweizen recipe do you use? I love that style of beer, I tried the Northern Brewer Recipe Kit but I was incredibly disappointed with it. I would be happy to brew this style again if I could find a better recipe.

My first stout was brewed a few days prior to me going out of town for a week. I used a 3/8" blow off tube that got clogged the night before I left and I was woken up to the sound of a gunshot. I checked my brew-closet and there was beer splattered on the ceiling and krausen foaming out the...

Each to his own. Though I enjoy the full-gambit of beers, everything from IPAs to fruity beers. They all have their place and I can appreciate them for what makes them unique.

I am just trying to add the vanilla flavor to a sweet stout recipe kit from Northern Brewer. It is more or less a yummy experiment.

I am making a Vanilla Milk Stout and I need to use some vanilla beans. I found a store nearby that sells Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla beans. Are these a good option to use? Or is there a particular type of vanilla bean that should be used instead?

28,279.5 + 5gal Vanilla Milk Stout, + 5gal Blueberry Beer, + 5gal Cherry Pale Ale, + 5gal Afpelwein + 5gal Bourbon Porter = 28,304.5 (sorry, haven't updated this post in a few months)

Bottled a Blueberry Ale on Christmas day. It will be ready to drink on my birthday!

Octang - When I was in high school I liked cars and I needed an internet handle... so I thought "Octane" would be a great handle... however I sucked at spelling and "Octang" was born.... Later when I realized my mistake I still kept using it because it was unique and I didn't have to worry...

I have learned that I enjoy heavy beers, particularly stouts, since I began brewing my own beer. Recently I have really begun exploring the various variety of stouts and I love to compare my creations to commercial varieties. What have you learn about beer, or your appreciation/view of it...

My beer is now ready to drink today: It is very "OK". Then again, I am not a huge pumpkin beer fan... but still, I've had a few other pumpkin beers, and I was hoping for something a little different. If I were to tweak this recipe, more spices would be added.

Surely We Must Be Obnoxious

I'm showing a friend how to brew in 1 1/2 weeks. I am driving down to visit him and we are making a whole weekend out of it!

Thanks guys. I use Inkscape. Corvax, I see what you're saying and it makes sense.

I would love your critiques and other comments! "Adam's Apple" is a batch of Apwelwein that I am brewing for my friends Adam and Ashley to celebrate Ashlee's pregnancy. I'm going to give it to them after she gives birth. I thought the name was appropriate.

I'm a little torn. Part of me is happy to see BMC push some different styles of beer... hopefully expanding the market for "good" beers. Yet I am also sad because I don't like seeing BMC encroaching on the craft market.