Recent content by pabrimmer

Hi, all, I've been looking at the Brewha and Unibrau systems which, if you aren't familiar, are basically BIAB systems where you mash, sparge, boil, and then ferment all in the same vessel. These systems start at around $3000, and I'm not interested in the jacketed fermenter - I'm a little...

Thanks for the advice! This makes a lot of sense, sweet stout it is :-)

Hi, all, I'm entering my first competition, the beer is an oatmeal milk stout that I've brewed 21 times since Jan 2018. There's a bit of variation from batch to batch, but the one I'm submitting came out like so: OG 1.073 FG 1.024 IBU's 22 ABV 6.43% I thought I should enter it in category...

Anyone know a likely place to find Stone's smoked porter in 6 packs? Hoping for a Super Bowl miracle!

Thanks for the replies. I didn't refrigerate for very long before trying mine, so maybe that's part of it. Gonna let em sit another week before I bother them again!

For you experienced early testers, how carbed do you expect the beer to be at one week, two weeks, etc? I just tried a beer that I bottled 11 days ago, and while there's a little carbonation, it's nearly flat. So I'm wondering if it's likely to continue developing carbonation, or if at nearly 2...

And thanks for the replies and advice. Cheers!

For an update on this, I ended up taking a 1-gallon fermenter and an Austin Homebrew Itsy-Bitsy IPA mix to my buddy's house instead of the grain I bought for the edelweiss. We brewed the IPA and I left it there to ferment. I'm going to try to get back for a 2nd visit and bottling after he...

Gelatin, that sounds like a reasonable way to get repeatable results. Unfortunately, the recipe doesn't come with instructions to that level of detail. I think I'm going to have to ditch this idea. /sigh

Has anyone had success with this recipe? Googling, I found someone on this forum who had it come out too flat, and a blogger who had it come out over carbonated. The recipe is unlike BBS's other recipes in that it calls for only 3 days in the fermenter before being bottled with no extra...

My 6qt pot, stretched to the limit!

I brewed my BBS New Year Beer on Saturday. It was my second batch, and done on pure faith because I haven't even tasted my first batch yet! It went pretty well - also the first time brewing without a recipe kit, so that was interesting. MTate37, I'm curious what yeast you used. I didn't want...

I'm envious! I did my second brew today, and it took me over five hours, just like the first one.

Thanks guys! I went ahead and bottled it last night, so we'll see how it turns out in a few weeks. There was a bit of a cold snap here in Texas right when the fermenter "woke back up" so that makes sense as far as a change in temp or pressure causing the co2 to leave.

I haven't tried it yet, but I have the ingredients to make two batches of it. I'm going to brew as soon as my fermenter is available - I have their grapefruit honey ale in there now.