Recent content by Shish

Well, due too the sudden heat wave, brewing was postponed. I do have a 2000 ml starter bubbling away, however. Tentative brew date now is Monday.

My goal was to use ripe, in season strawberries. I'm concerned that the freezing and cooking will undermine the idea of using fresh berries. Has anyone tried using fresh berries with any luck?

This is the link to the kit: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/cream-ale-extract-kit.html I don't believe it requires any mashing. None of the reviews mention it. I won't be lagering either, though I may cool the starter down to give the lager yeast a head start.

So, my next project, which I should be brewing on Thursday is going to be the Northern Brewer Cream Ale extract kit w/ specialty grains brewed w/ the White Labs Cream Ale Blend and then secondaried over some farmer's market strawberries. My plan is to primary in my 6.5 gallon glass carboy for...

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Brewer's Best American Amber w/ wyeast 1056 6.5 gallon glass carboy, second brew, first beer, and first time in glass

Do you happen to know what your abv was?

Was it a sweet cider or dry? 3 weeks seems fast for a dry cider.

So, rather than cluttering up the forums with another post. I'll just tack a question onto this one. In reference to my above batch of cider. How long should I bottle condition? I read somewhere a week per point of alochol. So, this was about 9% abv, meaning 9 weeks, which is coming up next...

I'm considering 2 oz of willamette for 10-14 days at this point, but I'm going to give my beer a sniff and possibly a taste before making my final decision. Any input? The full Brewer's Best ingredients list can be found here.

While I was on a Sam Adam's brewery tour in Boston about 5 years ago, we got a bonus pitcher of beer. It was the last of their Chocolate Bock that they'd had on tap for the season... it was April. Fan-&*^%$#@-tastic. It was the early days of my being able to appreciate good beer. A revelation, I...

So, I chose Brewer's Best American Amber for my first beer and brewed it Feb 7, using 1056 for my yeast. I chose my style a bit randomly, so I decided to drink a variety of ambers so I could make an educated comparison when mine finishes. Go figure, ambers are way maltier than I prefer. I'm...

I haven't had this happen yet, but my understanding is that if you think the overflow is done you can sanitize the airlock and refill like normal. If it still seems to be overflowing, get yourself a sanitized blow off tube and let it droop into a bucket with some star san water in it.

dwtowler, how is the Brewer's Best Amber? I have that in my primary right now.

You know you have the right hobby when this is research. I wanted to try a good variety of Amber Ales before my batch gets ready. From left to right... Opa-Opa Red Rock Ale, Ballast Point Amber Ale, Anderson Amber Ale, Troegs Hop Back Amber, Full Sail Amber, Hebrew Genesis Dry Hop Session...