Recent content by texupnorth

has anyone ever used Dry ice to carbonate with?

So a while back I made my first batch of homemade rootbeer. I was just following the manufacturers instructions and I just used bread yeast to carbonate it. As you can imagine, this was gross:drunk: and eventually I had to just throw out the rest of the batch because it just was undrinkable...

Green beer in the bottle

Adding to the bottling bucket

Being the type of person I am, I could NEVER allow myself to buy the AG equipment premade! I had to build everything I could. The only thing I didn't build is the wort chiller, only because I got such a good deal on ebay for it. I've always heard you can get more control of the flavor with...

I AM A HOKIE, DRINK MY BEER. So I've been brewing for about a year now, and I just got started doing all grain.... so far its been an experience. Awesome, but definitely a learning experience. I just got started on this forum because of some issues I've been having with my Chimay Red clone...

Right now its sitting at 70 degrees. I took another gravity yesterday (about 2 weeks after transferring) and nothing has changed.

A couple weeks ago I brewed a Chimay Red Clone using a recipe I found on a different forum. 10lb.(4.5kg) Maris Otter 2 row pale malt (winter barley) 4 oz. (133g) Belgian aromatic malt .5 lb. (.23kg) Belgian Cara-Munich malt 1 oz. (28g) chocolale matl 1.5 lb. (.68kg) Belgian clear...