Recent content by WileECoyote

Thanks bill, Great reply ! your explanation is exactly what I have been doing for years without ever asking about it, and I have not really seen any discussion covering this topic about hops, I have to admit I haven't done a search ether, and wanted to bring this topic up, more for the beginner...

Canuck137, I have a easy fix so you don't get headaches from 3 beers again. Don't drink Green beer ! Green beer sucks anyway ! lol and Cheers :tank:

Hello, When you have a Hop that you use in a recipe, and the AA value changes significantly, lets say the AA value is cut from 10.0 down to 5.0, to keep you hop bitterness value the same in that recipe you should double the amount of hops (more or less) in your recipe. My question is ? will...

Mine is, "EL GUAPO" NEGRO ! A big beautiful Black chocolate stout ! Cheers :mug:

Cover the pot during cooling, no reason to expose your beer any longer than you have to. Cheers :mug:

I would really like to win something ! Cheers :mug:

Same here h4mmy86, 2 1/2 hrs away ! makes me plan ahead though ! Cheers :mug:

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Hello, Brew a Belgian Saison, Yeast 3724, start fermentation at 75 deg and raise to 84 deg to finish active fermentation, I use a swamp cooler = ( $6 rope handle tub from walmart ) and a fish aquarium heater to regulate the temp, works great and dose not make rocket fuel. You can also use the...

Its looking good frankjones ! Cheers :mug:

The bold underlined statement, Yes they do ! Cheers :mug:

Hello, 3 weeks is a >>>Minimum<<< amount of time for a beer to carb up, also when you chill one to try it, leave it in the fridge for 3 days before trying it, this time in the fridge is needed to allow the co2 to fully get into solution. Cheers :mug:

Hello, Those temps really are not warm enough to adversely affect your brews very much, at least for most ale yeast beers, around 70 deg is actually preferred for age/conditioning most ale yeast beers. IMO I don't think you have much to worry about with those temps affecting your taste...

Hello, I would have to say that my wife and I like our home brews quite a bit better than store bought micro brews, I think this is for several reasons, first of all we like lower hop beers and those are not very easy to find, we also like the smoothness of a beer that is on tap compared to a...

Thats way cool ! Cheers :mug: