Recent content by speedster00

On second thought I think I know what I did....my grain bag broke and about 1/3 of got in my wort. So a large amount ended up in the bucket and I didnt compensate for the volume loss...oh well. Lesson learned.

I have an issue I think....after the fermentation was done I transferred it to a second carboy. On my brew bucket when I siphoned down to the 2 gallons mark it became thick like sludge. Really really thick. I always have loss but to the 2 gallon mark? I guess I just putch the sludge and lose...

Man thats crazy....I could have sworn I used 2lbs of lactose last time I made this. Ok then....never mind :) Sent from my SCH-I535 using Home Brew mobile app

Im on my fifth run of brewing this...which is awesome. Problem is I forgot the lactose at the brew store. So, If I skip it does it matter? Also, can I use powdered sugar or is that completely different?

Ive brewed this 3 times and its always a favorite. Ive used hersheys dark and regular hersheys cocoa powder. The regular taste better. Ive also used a vanilla bean and extract. If you want the vanilla flavor to be more pronounced use extract. The bean is very mild and hardly noticable to me...

Mine was in primary for exactly a month. Went down to 1.004. By my calculations feom 1.08 thats 10.1% . And it is strong.

Good to know. Thanks heli.

Thanks! I didn't use a program. I used a hygrometer and took a reading before I pitched the yeast.

Made a Belgian strong and accidentally forgot to add my 2lbs of table sugar. So the day after it was already fermenting, I made 2 cups of sugar water and poured it in my wort after it cooled. My gravity before the sugar was 1.062. Is there a way to estimate my adjusted gravity after I added...

I brewed this yesterday and accidentally left out the table sugar. Can I boil it on e stove in a couple cups of water and once it cools add it to the fermenter? Suggestions? I didn't think table sugar was conertable to alcohol. Is it just a sweetener or am I wrong?

Has anyone used vanilla extract as apposed to a bean? I brewed this earlier this year and it was fantastic. Im going to brew again but wanted to use vanilla extract and add mint leaves. Thoughts?

Here's mine. I was very surprised at how strong the beer is. My initial gravity readings had to have been WAY off. No doubt mine turned out over 10% as you can taste the phenols. It reminds me of Belgium Tripple. Great strong flavor but mild on the hops. I guess the good thing is Im not...

I believe I've had the beer but it's been a while. I made a leffe blonde clone earlier this year which was fantastic. Wen I saw yours I had to try it. I'm not sure why my gravity was that low unless I took an inaccurate sample. I miss read your recipe and thought your OG was 1.051 thus my...

It wasn't a full boil but the flame stayed on. I nailed the starting gravity of 1.051. The morning after I pitched the yeast were so active it pushed my airlock off and made a mess

The only thing I changed was the base grains. I turned your 11lbs into 7.8 lbs of LME. The rest is the same accept my LBS didn't have wlp530 so I used wyeast 3787 which is the same strand. So I'll boil the malt grains about 40 minutes to make sure the sugar has broke then add LME in and boil...