Search results

There are at least 3 somewhat local brewpubs. And the instant I taste their beers, I'm immediately turned off. The brew tastes watered down, dull, flat... and I'm assuming it's because they are going extreme on partial boil batches? Asking/partial ranting because I'm tired of hearing "how...

I have a ball valve and plumbing inside. I can't get a good method for transferring to fermenter. I've tried a false bottom, a bazooka tube, and one of those pan scrubber things. Usually, it will flow for a minute or so, then go down to a slow trickle. At the point it turns to a trickle...

2lb caramel 40 - steep in 12 gal. water for about 45 min ~ 155 Bring to Boil, added: 2 lb Pilsen DME + 1.5oz Perle for 45 min Kill burner, then: add 12lb Pilsen DME, back to boil, 1.5oz caccade for last 15min add 1 more oz cascade for last 5 min. I used 2 packs of Safe-Ale 005. Been...

I like wheat beers, but I'm not a fan of the yeastiness of traditional wheat beers. I like Appalacian Water Gap Wheat, but even that beer seems to leave a bit to be desired. I was thinking along the lines of: 5.5 gal: 6lb dme wheat 1lb dme extra light Not sure on the hops, but was...

I'm looking to do a mildly hopped pale ale that I can have on hand most of the time, I've come up with this: For 10.5 gallons- 13lb Extra Light DME 1lb carapils 1lb caramel 10 1/2lb caramel 40 1.5oz Perle 60 min 1.0oz Cascade 15 min 1.0oz Cascade 5 min White Labs California Ale (2...

I just started brewing after a 3 year hiatus. New house, children, working on the new house and everything that goes along with it put brewing way far back on the burner. When I stopped, I was brewing AG in a converted igloo cooler all in my basement, it was getting pretty good, but what a...

I have a recipie that calls for using a hop back for everything except the bittering hops. Is there a good method to imitate this process without actually using a hop back? I was thinking of turning of burner, and throwing in a nylon bag of the hops, and stirring while the immersion chiller...