Recent content by VincentK

No the hops are seriously called experimental hops.. They have no name.. I did one oz at the beginning of the boil and another at 30 minutes. I also added in some espresso at 30 minutes and then threw in the wood chips and dark chocolate in the primary. Still no real idea to what this creation...

So I have lots of extra ingredients from past batches and I'd like to use them in a more or less experimental brew but I'm not sure what kind of beer style it'll fall under, if any at all... any suggestions? 3LBS Rye (LME) 3LBS Dark (DME) .5LBS Melanoidin .5LBS Carafoam .5LBS Crystal 60...

Was wondering if anyone else who brewed used Instagram. If so feel free to follow me @ _VRK_ lets share pictures and talk about our passion....BEER!

I'm a fairly new brewer (on batch 7) from Kokomo, Indiana and was wondering if there was anyone in the area who brewed as well. I feel as if I'm the only homebrewer around. I would like to try and plan some kind of festival here to have since the closest is in Indy.

Zombie Dust is on tap at a bar down the street from me.

All I ever do for clear beer is set my carboy (usually secondary after dry hop) in my kegerator with the temp somewhere around 38-40 degrees for about 24 hours then rack to corny and I have absolutely positively clear beer each time. I've heard gelatin works great too but I'm just weird about...

Well I understand that a secondary isn't exactly practical but I like to get the beer of the trub to let it clear some more. I know that the beer isn't done (especially after only 9 days) but I was just curious why the beer had already started picking up some c02! I'll keg it in another few...

So after only 9 days of my newest Double IPA in primary I racked to secondary to dry hop and take a hydrometer reading, but to my surprise my beer is already fairly carbonated... almost enough to drink! Is this odd? Has this happened to anyone else?

I just recently brewed a Red IPA and have settled on the name, "The Red Scare" previous names: "The Stalin McCarthy Party" "Crimson Abomination" or even a messed up one, Andrew Jackson's Trail of Beers IPA

Yes I second that! Welcome to the obsession. Don't worry so much about labels and names, just keep it all about the beer. Names come later after you've had a few. :) 🍺

Fixed my own problem! Purged a little bit of c02 out of the keg and reset serving pressure to about 7.5psi! Perfectly carbed beer with great head!

So I force carbed my stout at 30psi then dropped to about 10psi serving pressure but its still all foam... Everything is clean and it isn't over carbonated. I have about 3.5ft of line and its set at about 37 degrees. What's wrong?

Well I carb my beer quickly around 40 degrees at about 30psi for give or take a day then lower to 3-6psi and serve and I get perfectly carbonated beer with minimal foaming if any... Like they say, ask 10 brewers 1 question and you'll get 12 different answers. Just play around with serving temp...

Make one, then pitch it. Then make another and pitch that one. Starters are easy to make especially if you have the flask and a stir plate. 15-20 minutes if your beer sitting will be just done while waiting for the starter. Just keep it covered....seems simple enough to me.

Here in Indiana a 6er or HopSlam is 11 bux! Our state sucks but we've got a lot of great beer!