Recent content by smijo

I made a batch of this back in October and it wasn't drinkable right away. Something was off about it. I left it in the basement until last week and I cracked one open. It was super clear, and smelled of pumpkin, but it was a little sour. There isn't a pellicle forming in any of the bottles or...

It's been in the primary two and a half weeks, and I think it's time to bottle!

How long has everyone been keeping this in the primary?

You just chopped the fruit? I was originally thinking that I was going to make a puree for both the strawberries and the peaches, but if I can get away with just chopping the fruit, I would do that. How intense was the flavor with 6 lbs of strawberries in 5 gallons? So you put a mesh bag on...

I've been thinking about making a strawberry-peach wheat beer for the summer. I've done some reading and I was thinking that I should figure out a ratio of strawberry to peach by weight. Does anyone have any idea of how I should do this? I plan on using fresh fruit and not extract. I'm also...

Not me, I decided to brew an Irish red today instead. I'm still interested to find out some results!

Probably going to brew this one next week. I don't have a cold enough place to use lager yeast, so should I go with the kolsch yeast or some San Francisco lager yeast?