Recent content by SCHOTTYBEER

Sorry for the delay. This is copy and pasted. I'm new to all of this, and still unsure of what to post. I was accurate with measurements, freakishly sanitized, and followed my timeline. Mash Ingredients 15 lb - Pale Malt (2 Row) US 8.0 oz - Cara-Pils/Dextrine 8.0 oz - Caramel/Crystal Malt...

I do use Nottingham - 2 packs. In a 5.5 gallon batch I used 8 ounces of Simcoe pellet. I'll post the recipe as soon as I get home from work. Thanks for your help.

I have a chest freezer with a toe rapture control device. I fermented at 63 degrees with a one degree variance. I checked it regularly to ensure the temp was holding, and I taped the probe into the side of the fermenter with a piece of cardboard covering the other side of the probe. I used...

I will post the recipe tonight. Thank you!

I just opened my first bottle of a Double IPA that I brewed using all Simcoe hops - "alcoholic apricot" would be a good way to describe it. I was expecting pine. It's definitely drinkable, but not what I was hoping for.

Thanks in advance for any input. I am a new home brewer. My set up is all grain, and I'm doing 5.5 gallon batches. I recently brewed a Double IPA using all Simcoe hops. I'm looking for that pine flavor that I've had in other home brews. I bottled 10 days ago, and couldn't help myself...

Hello HBT. I joined Home Brew Talk at the prompting of my brother. I have brewed exactly one batch of beer, which I am bottling tonight. I've had tons of guidance from my brother, who has been a member for some time... I'm looking forward to the bottling, though I am a bit nervous (for...