Search results

Just thought I’d share with folks a nifty little brew I put together. I started with the Festa Brew West Coast IPA. My idea was to use this starting point to make a hoppy, heavy-bodied low alcohol bitter. On Friday evening, using the supplied Safale US-56 yeast, I made a starter (4 oz...

I’m trying to find out about a Nuremberg beer called Siechen. Here is a description: The beer, when it at last arrived, was like nothing I had ever tasted, and I have been searching for its like ever since. The head was dense, halfway to whipped cream. The beer that slid its way under...

Does anybody know of a general guide to yeast strains? I would like to know the history, provenance and characteristics of all the various yeast strains. The Wyeast Labs descriptions are good, but it surprises me that no one has done a comprehensive work on the subject.

Anyone experimented with herbs in beer? Anyone looked at Stephen Buhner's Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation? I've been doing quite a bit of this with good results.

I'm looking for advice on carbonation stones. I have one, and it seems to do a pretty good job, but it is a pain sometimes. My kegs don't have a pressure relief valve, so I can't release pressure when the stone is in. Also, transferring into the keg with the stone means leaving off the lid of...

I rather rashly bought a small used Danby fridge from a neighbor. After I bought it, I realized that the fridge door wouldn't shut if the soda keg was put on the floor; it had to stand on the riser above the compressor. This meant that the keg was too tall. So I removed the freezer compartment...