Recent content by WattyFP

Cool. Post some pics when you're done if you feel like it, I just used gelatin for the first time on my Amarillo Pale Ale and am curious how yours is going to turn out. I went the other route and dry-hopped for three days, crashed for two, added gelatin two days ago and am still waiting for...

There are two schools of thought on this, as far as I've seen. First is dry-hop after fining with gelatin. Your beer will probably still have a little bit of hop particulates floating around, but you'll get exactly what you intend (or at least, what you performed) from your dry-hop. The...

I like where you're going with this, but I would be concerned about introducing undesirable bacteria with your secondary additions. Plus, you might want to do some research about throwing veggies into the boil...if it were me doing this I honestly would just throw the seeds in. Unless...you...

I just brewed this with a few minor tweaks - used Special B 115L, added .5 lb. victory malt and an extra lb. of pale malt, and used 1 oz. Centennial 10.9% in place of the 1.75 oz. Cascade and 2 oz. Cascade 5.7% at 45 mins and 10 mins (1 oz. each time for 2 oz. total). Oh, and used Wyeast 1056...

Thanks guys, this is a big help. Calder, it sounds like you probably have a go-to website for this information. Mind sharing? I know some brewers use programs to do everything from calculate efficiency to doing a sort of "dry run" on their recipes to figure out certain variables. After...

Hello, I've been searching for a reliable way to try to accurately measure ABV when adding ingredients during fermentation. I have a modified Haus Pale Ale going right now. I went with a sort of pick-and-choose recipe based on what was posted. Here's a quick (sort of) rundown: 4 lbs. 2-row...