Recent content by TomTwanks

Got bored and did the dead ringer grain bill/hop bill from NB yesterday. Big fan of 2 hearted and had a bunch of centennial hops to use so why not? I'm not a huge advocate of adding caramel malts (especially over 5%) but I have high hopes if it's anything like 2 hearted! I did however use Conan...

Nice article, Jordan. Apartment brewing can be a pain, but quality but can definitely be made as stated! Still waiting to brew with you....

I know cornhole leagues are quite popular around CLE, but do any breweries/craft beer bars have leagues of any particular activities? I thought I heard of platform having a cornhole league but definitely not sure if that's true. Either way, we should all meet up for a cold one when it warms...

6865.5+ 5(double ipa) + 5(BDSA) +5 (double ipa) + 5(wheat saison w/brett) = 6885.5 gallons

I brewed this saturday with 2 row instead and 10# instead of 11#. Its bubbling away (with us05) as we speak quite nicely. Ended up with an OG = 1.084 but only 5.3 gallons or so with some trub included (not all). I will report back with the results in about a month! Also, I was planning on dry...

I need to go to a SNOBs meeting soon, not sure why I havent yet myself!

I brewed this over this past summer, meant to post this recipe which turned out fantastic. All Grain - 5 gallon batch Estimated ABV = 7.02% Estimated IBU = 83.3 Color = 5.3 SRM Brewhouse efficiency = 75% Grain Bill 10 lbs 2 row (83.3%) 1 lb Caramel 10 (8.3%) 1 lb Vienna (8.3%) Hop Bill 1 oz...

Bringing this thread back alive since Apple Pie Day is this upcoming Saturday. I talked to Candi, the head mead maker at Bros Drake and they actually have a "how to make Apple Pie" tutorial at noon on October 5th. I will be in attendance and so should you!

I did stabilize with sulphite/sorbate about 6 days ago. I most likely should have added that my FG was 0.996. I definitely agree that taste is better than numbers, but how do you fully incorporate the honey without mixing it in with excess air? I recently racked and stabilized, 3 days later...

Hey guys, I've read quite a few different threads on this and just wanna see if this is a decent amount to backsweeten. Note recently stabilized this. Background on my mead 14.5 lbs orange blossom mead D47 (2packs) 15 lbs blueberries so far My plan is to get this mead to semi sweet @ 1.010ish...

Hey, thanks for the recipe. I used something similar but 6# wheat dme, a little different steeping grains and wlp 380 ( American hefe ale). I was thinking of doing a twist with dry hopping it with mosaic and citra. Think this will be good? I was gonna use 2 oz, not sure it that's too much or if...

Did you take in consideration the calibration of your hydrometer? I think most are set for 60 degrees for an accurate reading.

I didn't literally shakers carboy, though I did swirl it pretty well.

And just an FYI. It literally stopped bubbling the minute after I shook up the carboy. Doesn't make much sense to me

Question guys - Two days in my blow off was bubbling hard and consistent. I took off the blow off tube, shook up the carboy real nice, and put a airlock on. It stopped bubbling and hasn't start back up in over 12 hours. I used the wyeast 1968 if that makes a difference. Any advice on what I...