Recent content by skx

I go with a pretty standard Scottish Ale for my go to. Brewed it about 4 times, very little in the way of changes in the recipe.

I just brewed up "Dank Nugget IPA" and was thinking about trying out some Dry Hopping. Figured I'd stick with the hops that were used in the brewing (Nugget and Cascade) . Which of the 2 would be better for it?

ahh, i did have a bit of an aphid infestation earlier this year, and they have cleared up. This is probably the reason they are gone then! Thanks passedpawn!

And is it bad for my hops or good?

Black IPA For me this weekend

used granulated cane sugar

i mixed up a 3 Gal batch of hard lemonade Used 5 cans lemonade concentrate, 1 lbs amber malt extract, 1 lbs sugar. Kegged it up after fermentation stopped and force carbed. Poured a glass, and the smell is too high on the Sulfer to be drinkable. The taste isn't too bad if you plug your nose...

i picked up a 750ml bottle of Pelican Brewery Saison for $16 seemed pretty spendy for me.

I just got a LHBS saison kit. recipe said it should be 1.049 but i ended up with 1.060 so, I think they may have mis-weighed the Light DME they gave me... 6# instead of 5# bag probably... If you ran low, maybe stratifications issues or diluted with too much water?

so, I have a 3 gallon batch of apfelwein going. I used the wyeast sweet mead yeast, since i had some on had. Been fermenting for about 5 weeks and is down to 1.000sg Problem is the samples i have pulled smell really bread-like. Will this go away as it ages? ?

On an actually thread related note, i tried a saison yesterday (From Pelican Brewery) that was really tasty. I am going to try making one now.

Oh yeah, and on occaision i will bring a corney down to the local brewery (Oakshire) and have em fill it for me. $50 is pretty good for over 5gallons of really excellent beer!

weird... i had both open and did the quick reply in the buying commercial beer thread..... went in here tho...

I pick up beers when i want to try making a new style. Bought a Pelican Brewery Saison at the store (saisons seem to be hard to find!!!!!) Pretty tasty although the head was ridiculous when i poured it into a straight-sided glass. I'll be brewing my own Saison next!

i used Wyeast Sweet Mead Yeast #4184 in my 3 gallon batch. It is about ready to drink now. samples were dry and quite tasty.