Recent content by PoorYorick

Alright well I brewed it on Saturday. I added in 4 more lbs of British Pale to make it a full 25 lbs of grain for the 5 gallon batch :) I boiled it down used 4 oz chinook hops in the boil schedule and pitched two full packets of Safale US-05 no starter. The yeast were munching and bubbling like...

Yea yea good year, now lets all go drink some BEER! :tank:

I really am anxious to hear how this turns out for you!

True about the success as a teacher, and sorry to hear about your misfortune with the cherry beer. I made a cherry beer this summer and I only used the cans of Oregon cherries with juice. About 7 cans to be exact and it had a good cherry flavor, not exactly sweet though. I think Ill try a 5...

I see it was ten gallons, but you didnt get any smoke flavor at all? I am looking into brewing a smoked/peppered porter as well someday, but I do want the smoke flavor prominent

Man that first recipe, the Double Imperial Stout looks DELICIOUS! If I wasn't already set brewing this recipe this weekend I would switch to that one. I will be brewing that soon!

Yea I am going for a kick you in your arse malt assault, and at 10% of the bill the roasted/dark malts I think will be pretty level with the rest. I am also going to boil 3 oz of 12.5 Chinook so that will also blend with the dark malt flavor. At least that's the plan :rockin:

Right on! Thats exactly what I needed to know. My expected OG is 1.094 and Id like to get down to at 1.021 at least. Thanks very much you guys. I will post my results in about three weeks :) Actually four weeks as Im not brewing till Saturday.

That looks good! Id like to hear how it turns out FG wise :) Il probably do the 05 too.

Ok Im thinking I may just go with the 05. I originally had a pound of victory in there as well, but I took it out to see what this will taste like and not confuse it all. Would you use two packets of 05?

Ok guys I have put one of my previous recipes on steriods and am hoping someone has some input to offer before I brew on Christmas weekend. I would like to make a strong Stout that is malty good on the taste and kicks ya in the ass when you down a pint. Recipe 5.5 gal 71% 15lbs 2 Row 14%...

I think this looks like a smokin good recipe, let us all klnow how it turns out!

What yeast did you use and/or plan on using again? I honestly felt that the WLP 007 was better for the brew that the San Diego Super that i tried on the first go round.

I actually think shes gonna dig this beer. By hoppy I didnt mean high IBU's and the crystal in the recipe looks like alot but it's coming out nicely. Smells great and I just added a couple oz's of dry hop to sit for two more weeks and then we will see. I think its gonna be pretty good. However I...

I pitched yeast on Sunday and theOG was 1.067 so pretty close to what i was shooting for. Brings my efficiency to 69% though so I have some figuring to do next go round. I pitched the 1056 and it began bubbling in about 5 hours :) Now it's going strong. I'll let yall know if anything happens...