Recent content by Radobrewer

I also discovered a crack along the lid of my fermenting bucket. Sealed that up, re-pitched and it's bubbling away.

I didn't re-hydrate my yeast at all- just poured it over the must. I assume this was my problem.

Beer guy here trying to expand to winemaking. My Pinot Grigio kit has only gone from 1.096 to 1.075 in 8 days. I'll admit I haven't been good about stirring it daily as the kit instructions advised. It's been kept at about 72 degrees. Should I re-pitch another packet of 1118? Maybe make a...

Probably straddles the line between pale ale and ipa, but I like the IBU's on this.

Cool. I like the last suggestions and have wanted to experiment with whirlpooling/hopstanding more. I plugged it into BeerSmith: Pils Malt Pale Ale American Pale Ale (10 A) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 6.79 gal Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Vol: 5.98 gal Final Bottling...

Bump. Any suggestions for order of those hops? Thx.

I want to brew a beer using ingredients on hand. I've got pilsner malt, 1 lb white wheat, crystal 15, crystal 45, and carapils. Hops are 1 oz each of CTZ, Falconer's Flight, Galaxy and Cascade. I can buy dry hops later. Yeast will be US-05. I was thinking a pale ale with about 9 lbs of...

Yeah, I've currently got 1 oz of Simcoe for hopstand and 3 oz of dry hops.

American IPA (14 B) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 6.79 gal Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Vol: 5.98 gal Final Bottling Vol: 4.60 gal Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) - All Grain Efficiency: 72.00 % Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %...

Awesome- thanks all. May try a lil' Tettnang.

Just brewed a (sort of) cream ale with pilsner malt and Saaz hops. I don't usually dry hop this style but want to try it. Any recommendations for a dry hop that will complement Saaz? I've heard dry hopping with Saaz is weird so I'd like to try something else. I used an ounce of Saaz at 60...

Awesome- thanks. How big of a bittering charge are you suggesting? 2.5 oz? How long of a hopstand do you recommend?

I'm trying to clone Odell Myrcenary IIPA which is brewed with lots of hops high in myrcene oil. ABV of the original is 9.3% w/ 70 IBU's. Below are some notes from the brewers I found elsewhere on the board that I used for guidance. What do you think? "We use a blend of 2-row pale malt...

Ah, I see. The only hops during the boil was the FWH. The rest were all whirlpool and dry hopping. Let us know if you brew it again! I really want to replicate this beer.

Hmmm- all those hops at 60/30 min in version 3 you posted would put your IBU's off the chart (certainly not 29!) I also calculate the OG to be too high. Did you brew it as posted?