Recent content by zsprowls

Thanks! I was under the impression that I needed to double or triple the grains for a cold steep, so I just tripled the grains and added midnight wheat to my base stout recipe that I use to play with additives such as molasses, coffee, vanilla, and even a habanero extract I made (1cc was to...

Hi all, I am planning on brewing a milk stout (possibly cinnamon or chai milk stout) after the start of the year. I wanted to cold steep some of the grains, because my last milk stout had more of a roasted flavor than I was shooting for due to all of the dark grains. I wanted to stick the...

Any idea what your plans are for the chai?

Also. Would there be a better stout base to work with? This is the stout I brew when I do additives like cinnamon and Bourbon and such. But maybe for something like tea I would be better with a different recipe.

Hi fellow brewers, I am going to make a Chai milk stout and I wanted to get some ideas from you folks. I am going to use my trusty stout recipe with a few tweaks. First things first - I want to try to cold steep some of (or maybe even all of) the grains. Second - I want to add...

Thanks everyone! I am just going to cold crash it for a few days and see what happens. As far as the Malts maturing - the last time I brewed this bad boy it was supper hoppy for about 1 week and then it started to fade noticeably as it aged. It was still delicious, just not as hoppy as I...

Another note - I wasn't really planning on racking to secondary (just moved and mine broke... i am waiting for the moving company to pay me out of principal) so I don't know what issues would be caused by leaving the beer on the yeast cake for 3 weeks (I usually leave it on for 2 weeks if I...

Hi all, I just revamped my Black IPA (it was great last time, but a bit sweet since it has 9lbs of malt extract in it so I upped the hops pretty drastically). When I brewed it yesterday, the hop bag kinda fell in the pot while I wasn't paying the greatest attention and a portion of the...

That would be interesting but way less fun haha. I'm all about using extracts to enhance a brew (especially when you make your own extract) but I think it would be way more fun to try another route.

Any thoughts?

Hi all, I just brewed a Pumpkin Spice Stout that is currently bottle conditioning right now, but I got another idea. I was sitting with my fiance, and she was drinking this pumpkin spice iced cappuccino from Tim Hortons. I stole a sip and instantly though it would make an interesting...

Thanks for the critiques and ideas! I certainly think those are good ideas. I have never done a beer with pumpkin before, so I was more or less a shot in the dark, but I knew I would get some good pointers here. Questions -you said you would keep the chocolate and 120 out, and also said...

I appreciate your input. That being said, everybody in my family, and most of the people in hers, are beer geeks (and whiskey geeks, but that's a different story...our families have been close forever because our grandfathers made whiskey together). Everybody (minus a few of the crazy aunts...

I should better clarify that the beer is for the wedding reception hahaha not just giving you all random info about my life.

Hi all, My fiance and I have planned a fall wedding for October 2015. I am excited now, but I imagine at some point in September 2015 I will start freaking out. Anyway, I want to brew a pumpkin stout for friends. I want to work on a 5 gallon batch and then eventually get the necessary...