Recent content by Streeter

Thanks, I was out of the country so didn't get a chance to reply. It tastes good but I still never crunched the numbers to get the final ABV. I wrote down the finish gravity and I'll have to find it. I don't think it changed that much.

Hi, I brewed a wheat extract kit that turned out less OG than I expected. It was ~70 at 1.034 and seemed to finish bubbling within about 3-4 days. I left it in primary until last night and FG for 5.5 gal was 1.006. This calculates to ~3.68%ABV. I don't want this weaker than bud light. So I...

I am doing a wheat from AIH also and the OG was lower than expected 1.034 the FG after about 9 days was 1.006 which is only 3.68%ABV. I wanted to boost it up so I decided to add 1.5 cups (reading forums say a pound of honey is ~1.33 cups) of Clover honey. I added the honey to a carboy and racked...

Hi, I know this is an old thread sorry. So with a new bag of PB2 I would assume this stuff is sterile from the factory? I heard everyone talking about vodka soak but is it really necessary? There is a Chocolate Beavr Nuts recipe from Northern homebrew and they say to use PB2 in the bottom of...

So had you put in spices originally and this was just adding more to it? So this was a mixture of the spices in boiled water (how much?) and your 5oz (I assume) of corn sugar?

Hi. So to be clear you are talking about teaspoons and not Tablespoons correct? Just pumpkin pie spice? I made a recipe from the LHBS and they give you 20grams of pumpkin pie spice. I put that in last 10 of the boil with cup brown sugar. Then 1TBSP more cinnamon, a tsp of nutmeg, 1TBSP van ext...

Well it has been in bottles about a month and I have about 15 bottles left of the 54. It is a good tasting German hefeweizen but unfortunately I can't really taste the cherries and the head retention was poor. It foams about the size of one finger and quickly dissipates. It has a slight pink hue...

9/8/12- I checked gravity again and final is 1.010 so it did go down slightly even without noticeable bubbling. I bottled and got 54 bottles. It had a nice red tint to the beer and not a strong cherry flavor. It tasted somewhat sweet and not bitter or sour. I did add about an once of the LD...

Seems this is an old thread and many people posted to it but not many provided results near the end. I can't help much with the cherry wheat because it is still in the secondary but I will share what I did and try to get back here to post results. I got about 3# of fresh cherries they...

I have always just filled to 4 gallons, and used that to steep, then boil, adding all the extract right after the boil starts. My beers have been tasting great so I don't know that steeping in less water is really going to make a big difference. Also it seems like it may screw things up more by...

I also was thinking about it more on the measurements- everyone seems to talk in pounds and I wondered if they are legitimately weighing the honey or if they followed a converter like this- http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/honey_measurements.html It says one pound is...

So at what point did you add it? I wonder if the honey or the honey malt made the flavor? In this case it is hard to tell if you did both. Can anyone describe the Dryness factor? Compare it to something if possible. Is it like drinking a dry champagne? I am not sure if I have ever had a dry...

I have been trying to find more info on Honey beers and everything I have found so far leads me to believe that Honey is 1. Already pasteurized depending on store brand 2. If wild sorts (raw), doesn't really need to be because it contains natural antibodies which is what preserves it 3. If you...

No, I don't work at the AA store but by there. The guy I spoke with at the store told me differently, but it all opinion of the person who you get helping you of course. He suggested the wheat special and a dram of the strawberry flavor to put in at bottling. He said I may want to taste it after...

Hi, AIH is by where I work so I will by buying a lot from them. They have a summer wheat beer on sale for $20 (w/o yeast) and said this is their 3rd year doing it and it is very popular. I may pick that up today instead to try. She said they recommend adding some dried bitter orange peel and...