Recent content by ryanpaulnorris

haha. I'm thinking the same thing. I wouldn't mind keeping all of theses brews for myself!!

I'm also submitting a beer (ESB) for this BeerQuest Comp. Done it a few times, and made it to the top 10 once. Hope to see you there!

Ken, from Ken's Kegs in Lincoln can put you on a waiting list for damaged kegs. Usually they are just dented a bit, and still work great for a keggel.

I've found that setting the (rectangular) grate from my grill on the burner underneath the kettle really helps stabalize everything. The last thing you would want is for the pot to fall over mid boil :)

This clone comes from the book "Beer Captured". Made it last year, and it was amazing.

http://chris.norrick.com/norrickenbier/20a.html Anchor Porter Recipe Overview Pre-Boil Wort Volume: 6.00 US gals Post-Boil Wort Volume: 5.25 US gals Pre-Ferment Batch Volume: 5.00 US gals Expected OG: 1.062 SG Expected FG: 1.015 SG Expected ABV: 6.20% Expected IBU: 42.4 Mash...

I have a slotted manifold made from CPVC. Works great, and easy to take apart and clean.

I've used Kiwi before in a pale ale recipe. Added about 4 pounds of peeled and cubed fruit at flameout, then transfered it with the wort to the primary after cooling. Turned out a bit on the sour side, but I loved it.

I've made that beer. Turned out well, but I agree that the Kiwi flavor was less than I would have liked. I believe the recipe said to add the fruit at flame-out, then move it into the primary with the cooled wort. Next time I think I would wait and add the fruit to a secondary fermenter...

UPDATE: Looks like the starter was a success! I've got a nice, vigorous fermentation going now. Thanks for all of your help, everyone!

I am brewing Saturday. Thanks for all of the advice, everyone. I'll let you know in 3-4 days if the yeast is doing it's job in my beer or not. I'm feeling pretty hopefull. Thanks again.

Those two jars don't contain the entire amount of yeast from the cake. After washing, I ended up with 4 jars. I was just wondering if I should use 1 or 2 of the jars of yeast to make my starter. In reviewing other yeast washing threads, it looked like some people came away with more settled...

Thanks everyone. I do not have a stir plate, so I will be swirling/shaking the flask. My target OG for this beer will be 1.050

Thanks so much. Do you think one jar of slurry will be enough to make the starter with, or should I use two? I will be brewing a 5 gal. batch.

Hey everyone! Sorry for the newb question, but here goes. I'm planning to make a starter tonight for a brewday on Saturday (day after tomorrow). I harvested and washed some WLP001 on March 26th. Mr. Malty says that I will need 194 ML. I haven't used Mr. Malty before, and this will be my...