Recent content by plinyismyhero

Me too...

Ditto...

count me in!

I've had my better bottle for about 2 years, and couldn't be happier with it. It's the 6 gallon with the racking port, and has at least 40 batches on it, with no staining or smells of any kind. The only downside is that having less headspace compared to my 6.5 gallon carboy means i have to use a...

Im in!

Harpoon makes a delicious oyster stout as one of their limited series...sounds terrible but boy is it good!

Im in!

Usually when i experience a bitter aftertaste with my beers, all that is needed is some time aging. Many off flavors will become muted or go away all together after a month or so. Sometimes a too warm fermentation can cause a solventy aftertaste, but even that will get better after a while. Put...

Hang in there...the journey is half the fun. What problems are you having?

I actually brewed an ipa with this hop, using about 3.5 oz in the last 15 minutes of the boil, and dry hopped with 2 oz as well. I also was not impressed with the hop character. It just seemed to lack the fresh hop flavor that im used to with my other beers. I actually ended up dry hopping again...

Do the 10 gallon kettles have tri bottoms? Just curious....

I think its more important to brew a beer that you have brewed successfully using extract as your first ag. In this way you can compare the two to see how the process changes certain aspects of that particular beer. If you try a new recipe and its not very good, it becomes difficult to nail down...