Recent content by thepicklebrewer

Any updates?

I have plenty of us-05 on hand. I love the stuff, but it won't really do it for a hefe

Well it's a little late now so well see. It is just an extract batch with stuff I got for free. The starter tastes fine just oxidized and not at all hoppy obviously. It still has an odd smell I just think I stressed the yeast out way to much when I used it last fermentation.

Well I'm probably just going to use it. I think the fusels stayed with the stored yeast because the starter tastes fine and only smells a little. I'll update in a month or so how it went.

I am going to brew with some wlp 300 today. I made a starter from some harvested (bottom cropped yeast). The beer I harvested the yeast from was not fantastic. I think the fermentation got too hot and there were just to many fusel alc. It had a very sharp taste and a smell that burns the nose...

I was recently at trilliums new location and I was not super impressed with their beer. I have realized I really don't like neipas, but even their other beers weren't all that impressive. I had one of their sours and for the first sip or two it was fine, but the thing was like sucking on a...

An update for anyone who cares about la. I only had time for 2 places. I went to monkish and was disappointed. There was just no bright flavor there. The beers in my opinion were kind of average. I did go to smog city and a few of their beers were absolutely out of this world. They had a peach...

I'll be in the Revere area from March 31st to April 12th

I have some business trips coming up and am looking for the best places to try beer, and the best beers to try at places. I will really only have time to go to 1 place in each city. At max I can hit two. I am thinking Monkish in LA or maybe Eagle Rock. In Boston I am thinking either Tree House...

Clearly I need to do a lot more research hahaha! For this weekend what do you think I should do? Is this a RDWHAHB kind of thing or should I brew another style till I can get a handle on my water. I don't really want to go to the trouble of building a water profile from scratch right now. Plus...

Trying to revive an old thread here but how'd it turn out. I have a similar water profile and want to do a cream ale. Curious if it tasted good

Thanks for the detailed reply!! Water is one of those things I need to get a book on and really tackle, but I don't want to invest a ton into an RO system and all the mineral additions which I know I will do once I understand all this! When you say boil the water is there any length of time...

I could use some help with my water profile for an upcoming brew. I am making almost an exact copy of Cream of Three Crops cream ale. I live in Macungie in the lehigh valley if anyone lives around here that knows the water and can weigh in that would be awesome. Anyway I am worried that our high...

Brewing a nice dry irsh stout this weekend that I plan on having ready for St. Patrick's day.

5 gallons of dunkelweizen and 5 gallons of a honey wheat. 1003.5 + 10 = 1013.5