Recent content by philc

anybody have recommendations for the type of molasses i should use?

thanks a lot for the response!

1. So I'd like to put black cherries in a stout recipe that I found online: here is the recipe: 10lbs Dark dry malt extract 1Lbs Cane sugar 1/3 Lbs Molasses 12oz Crystal Malt 10oz Chocolate Malt 3oz Roasted Barley 3oz Black Patent 2.5 oz Target Hops (bittering) 1oz...

the apa turned out delicious. very juicy up front and bitter at the end but the aroma reeks of grapefruit and citra hops. At 5 percent, I could drink this beer all day. What i ended up doing was leaving it in secondary for a month and the bitterness is very mellowed out from what it was...

it was all citra. i agree, if it were different hops that would certainly mess things up

good call. hopefully the first wort hop will impart a lot of flavor too. i just checked on it. needed to install a blow off because its fermenting like nuts. Also, it REAKS of hops...practically the whole floor smells like hops. hopefully that is a good sign.

thanks. well you learn from every batch. this one's f**ked

would it still have the hop smell during fermentation before dry hopping?

also an oz of steeping hops. i plan to dry hop in 10 days.

I brewed an apa yesterday and I have a question. the hop schedule was 1 0z 1 min 1 oz 5 min 1 oz 10 min 1 oz 15 min 1 oz 60 min theoretically, what would happen if I did this backward and added the hops at the beginning. Would it have an intense hop flavor...too much? 5 gallon...

approximately how much vodka? Thanks so much everyone.

Me and my buddy just brewed 5 gallons of a milk stout from brewer's best kit. We want to add some vanilla extract to the beer to give it a little extra flavor. What's the best way of doing this? Should we add vanilla beans? Do we add 1 tsp of extract to the primary? Secondary? bottling bucket...

for an update, i popped open a bottle a few days ago and it was nicely carbed. no bottle bombs have shown up. beer tastes nice.

when should i expect the bombs to start showing up?

I feel like everyone is too optimistic on this forum. There's no way my beer isn't f***ed, I get it. I think I'm going to take theweeb's advice and calibrate next time.