Recent content by Tucker

I used snow last year when i was brewing during a snow storm just for fun. I once substituted my striking water with yellow snow and ended up with PBR, so use caution.

I like trying a couple if it is a new batch just to see how it is maturing.

My first BIAB English ale in the mrbeer jeg and 2 1/2 gal of my biab pale ale in my 5gal ferm. English ale will be ready to bottle in a couple days

I brew on my front porch, i put a piece of cardboard down to soak up spills. I brewed last weekend in 20deg weather. Harder to keep mash temp but cooling is much faster.

Im thinking after puting another recipe in i think it is the brew assisitant app that has the hop ibu off. Everything else reads the same.

I am using qbrew software for a english ale. With a hop schedule of .5oz of us golden @60min and .25oz @ flameout and .5oz of uk fuggle @ 20min and .25oz @ flame out my ibu was 24. I downloaded brew assistant to my phone and put my recipe in and came to a ibu of 41. (2.5gal batch btw). So is...

Just did my first biab last week with a 2.5gal english ale. Ive done partial mashes before so for me it was just another step. I really like it, i did not do a batch sparge and I still hit my og.

Mr beer kit tend to be weak on there own. Even if you put 3/4 of the second can it would be a improvement. Could turn out something really good and easy to brew.

I was hydrating the yeast from a brewers best kit. Well my wife walks thru the kitchen and not knowing tosses it. I wont be able to get yeast from my lbs until tomorrow. Which means 24 hr before i can pitch the yeast in the wort. Its all sealed and in the fermentor right now. Should worry? How...

Been lurking on and off for a year or so. Just started brewing last winter using mrbeer. Last couple brews I took the training wheels off and went all extract with a partial mash, turned out good. Just got set up for 5gal brewing and plan on taking it to the next level. Hope i can add something...