Recent content by Omegaman13

Considering I'm really probably only going to be drinking a re-hashed version of Killians Red Ale before they switched over to a lager, I can probably wait the 2 weeks until it is readily available. I have a suspicion that it is going to be an underplayed Sam Adams Boston Ale. The sheer fact...

I love Coors commercials. Fermented:cold, Filtered:cold, Stored:cold. YOU'RE A FREAKING LAGER, OF COURSE IT IS COLD! The whole "cold" angle they lean on is getting tiring.

Chipotle Ale..... Probably one of the weirdest beers I've had in a while. I got a 25 ozer of it and thought it was a pretty cool flavor. Smoky aroma, reddish tinted frothy head, spicy kind of finish, mixed well with hops and malt. Tastes like someone put a burnt hot dog in the fermenter with a...

So I've been getting about 50-60% efficiency on a few brews lately. I need some help troubleshooting the problem. I've got: 2 10 Gallon rubbermaids, one is just an HLT and the other is false bottomed. I fly sparge. The grains are not crushed by me, but rather my home brew store. I do not...

No I was making a starter and found out that I didn't have enough and tried make it any ways, sorry for the confusion.

So I had to make a yeast starter the other day and had about 2/3 of the required amount of DME for Wyeast. Is this a problem in the long run? If so, would you recommend just waiting until I can make it the right way? I would be out 7 bucks for the yeast, but I also don't want to ruin the rest of...

Just tried this brew, a Konings Hoeven Dubbel. I've only had one trappist style before this and it was Chimay Quadruple. I was expecting this one to be a downplayed version of that, but I was surprised to find that it was super sweet. This is probably the only beer I've had so far that was this...

I fly sparge right now.

Didn't really get the efficiency numbers on my last brews that I would have liked. I am trying to get a fix on the potential problems by going down my list of things I may not have done up to par. 1. How long do you mix the mash prior to 60min rest? I have been mixing for about 30 seconds. 2...

I just started AG, and was wondering if the calculations for fly/continuous sparging are different then with batching? My book that I have been going off of(How to brew) gives me the inclination that the amount of water used is different, but can't really decipher it since the book doesn't...

One site has them labeled wrong. Threw me off a little bit, I looked around and found that all other sites have the 12" for the 10 gallon.

I use a 12 in mine, fits fine with about 1/2 of an inch on the bottom sitting off of the walls of the cooler

How important is it to get the specific yeast strain asked for in a recipe? For example I'm trying to do a Brown Ale and they are asking for 013 London Ale yeast, can I use another yeast with similar characteristics and be ok?