Recent content by schaeffert99

taste of this badboy is perfect for a nice summer day. Nice tropical flavor without the palette bursting hell of over bittering. pleasently surprised

I'm a new brewer as well but I just did something similar. I used 1 oz centennial at 60. 1 oz cascade at 30. 1 oz citra at 15. Then I dry hopped with 2 oz citra for 10 days in my secondary. The aroma is fantastic. I think if I would have added more it would have been too overpowering. I...

The only time I rack to a secondary is for dry hopping or clearing up big beers.

Invest in some brewing software if you want some piece of mind on grain weights. I prefer beersmith, it allows you to edit the amount of boil water/top off water. I usually do 5.5 gallon batches with a 3.5 gallon boil. I chill my top off water and add to wort after boil to help chill the wort...

well I dry hopped 10 days with 2 oz of citra. The aroma was fantastic but I think I should have added more to the bittering. It tastes slightly mellow compared to what I was hoping for. I will let you all know in a few weeks how it turns out

Disregard the fermentation info. Its only been in for 5 days now. My plan is to have it sit in primary for 2 weeks. Then rack to secondary and dry hop for 7-10 days. Also, I am not sure if I should use pellets or whole leaf

I just made an extract ipa. I'm thinking about dry hopping with citra for more of a kick. I was wondering when and how much to use. Thanks in advance. Here is the recipe Recipe: Hoppy blonde ale TYPE: Extract Style: English IPA ---RECIPE...

Awesome. I just dont want it to completely kill the roasted flavor. Thanks!

Thanks, The other recipe I had was with only the light DME. I am concerned about the honey addition though.. Any thoughts?

I am a new brewer who has one batch fermenting. I did a milk stout from a kit just to get the feel of things. I am trying to develope an oatmeal stout recipe using extracts but I am looking to boost the abv. I am afraid that it will be too cidery with an addition of honey. Please give me your...