Recent content by WissaBrewGuy

@black island brewer you are wayyy ahead of me. Good work there you'll have a great plan I'm sure. Ive been to Manchester before and you will find plenty of small pubs (everyone has their "local").

Hey all! Been a while since I've posted anything but I have an important question for my trusted HBT community! I am heading to Manchester England at the end of December and am trying to figure out what breweries I should check out! I love Black Sheep (in Yorkshire) but I am wondering what is...

Yeah I did. I just brewed a Berliner wiesse and my efficiency was over 80%! Sent from my SCH-I535 using Home Brew mobile app

for the future try using fermcap. it kills the boilover issue and will also reduce your krausen height. Apparently you can also spray the hot break with a water filled spray bottle but I haven't tried it yet.

I am a big fan of the White Labs American Farmhouse blend. Its got a little brett in it and a great belgian saison yeast. By far the best Saison I brewed was with this strain. Also I am a fan of saaz and sorachi ace for hops. Nice grain bill though. As far as temp goes, start low and let it rise...

I just made a bitter with White Labs Yorkshire square yeast and I didn't control the temp to the degree that I should have (lager in the ferm chamber...) and what I ended up with was a strange Belgian tasting ale. It turned out to be a good beer but not a special bitter like I wanted! This...

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Nice work guys!

I used wild hops that my buddy found last year in a pale ale. It turned out decent. I assumed the hops were 4%AA so I added some warrior bittering hops at 60min and the wild variety for the rest. The warrior is so clean you couldn't taste it but without it the beer would not have been bitter...

Nice thread!

Seckert I plan on trying the second bottle you sent me this week! I'll let you know when I try it.

I would be up for a meet up. I've got a bunch of brews to share!

I love Craigslist as well but the deal you got is truly awesome! Nice haul!

these are all good ideas. I never thought to bake it in an oven! Just out of curiosity, what make/model chiller do you guys have?

So I actually do both of these things. I soak the chiller in pbw or oxyclean prior to and after every brew session. I do this early on in the brew day. Then with 20min till flameout I soak the chiller in starsan for 5min or so (times are relative so take them with a grain of salt). Then with...