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  1. jamesjoystick

    3 girls brewing in Finland

    https://youtu.be/7f1HRadZm-I Here's a video I was shooting for the girls. I think it came out rather nice and girls are going to post new videos to channel every week. Beer ratings, brewing, homebrewing, jokes etc. Finnish Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tytotkinpanee/...
  2. jamesjoystick

    Fermentation stopped - what to do?

    I brewed an porter with simple recipe using pale, brown, crystal and chocolate malts, fuggles and s05 yeast. I brewed the beer 21.9., and the og was 10.59. Now its 1.10. and the gravity reading is 10.25. (same as week ago) Beer tastes very good but I'm not too eagar to bottle it because afraid...
  3. jamesjoystick

    First wheat

    Trying to do an hefeweisse or something at least similar for an wheat loving friend. I don't have any pilsner malt, but I have Pale Ale 2 row Munich Halcyon What would you suggest as a base malt and in what proportion? Also was thinkin saaz as a bittering hop. I have an...
  4. jamesjoystick

    Mini keg - how long conditioning?

    Hey, I did an IPA about 5.5% with 2 weeks in primary and 2 weeks in secondary with dry hopping. I racked the beer to 5 litre mini kegs with one level tablespoon of dextrose each. How long should I wait (minimum) for the beer to be carbonated? The little c02's don't really carbonate the beer.
  5. jamesjoystick

    Raspberries too long in secondary?

    Hi guys, I made an stout with raspberries in secondary. I was planning to keep them on secondary for a week, but I had to go on a work travel and because of that the raspberries were in the secondary for a month. I racked the beer to keg today, the raspberries had turn to white and the...
  6. jamesjoystick

    Licorice root powder?

    Hi ya'll, I am doing porter with orange peel and spices and I would like to add some licorice on it. I have a can of licorice root powder. Doing an 15 litres (3.9 gallons) batch and would like the licorice to be subtle but notable. Any ideas how much should I use this? Was thinking of adding...
  7. jamesjoystick

    Klarstein preserver

    I bought this: http://www.elektronik-star.de/Klarstein-Biggie-Einkochautomat-Edelstahl-27-Liter-2000W-Timer_i188911.htm Planning on doing all grain mashing+boil with it. I have done partial mashing before due to my equipment size limits but I think I can manage an 15 litre batch with this...
  8. jamesjoystick

    I've got xxx, what to do?

    I have 1 ounce of Citra 1 of Amarillo 1 of Nelson Sauvin 1 of Brewers Gold 8.8 pounds of pale malt 2.2 crystal What should I do?
  9. jamesjoystick

    Tropical hop in style of Kona's Big Wave?

    Hi! I'm looking to do an partial mash in style of Kona Brewing's "Big Wave" golden ale. I love the tropical, flowery/fruity scent of the hopping in it. Any recommendations of what hops should I get?
  10. jamesjoystick

    First gushers :/

    Brewed a partial mash beer and bottled it 2 days ago. Opened a bottle today and it was a gusher. Foam everywhere. So I opened each one of them, let the pressure come out and recapped them. Was thinking to move them to cold attic (about 10c) or outside (about 0-5c) Og was 1.040, FG was 1.013...
  11. jamesjoystick

    Bitter not very bitter -what to do

    Am brewing an bitter (partial mash) 22 litres, 5.8 gallons 3 kg Weyermann - Bavarian Pilsner extract (no hops) 1 kg pale ale malt 0,4 kg crystal malt Target hops 60 min Chalenger 15 min Northdown 15 min SafAle s-04 Not sure what went wrong but I sampled the beer today and it was...
  12. jamesjoystick

    Imperial stout ready?

    Did an Imperial Stout with Muntons Gold Imperial Stout kit + 1 kg of black spraymalt, added coldsteeped coffee to secondary. Used the kit's yeast and Wyeast London Ale yeast. Started brewing 15.2. (OG 1.067) and switched to secondary 22.2 (OG 1.024). I tooked the og again yesterday (2.2.)...
  13. jamesjoystick

    First time partial mashing

    I am doing a pilsener from Brewferms Golden Pilsener. I will add organic pilsener malt grains and some saaz hopps. So... I boil water and add how much malt grains? I'm thinking of using a malt-sock so boil it like a tea. How much grains and how long I boil it? I will do 20 litres total. I'm...
  14. jamesjoystick

    Adding coffee to primary - stirring?

    I'd like to add some cold-steeped coffee to my Imperial Stout but I have few questions. The beer has been brewing for six days now and I think the fermentation is about over (I'm aiming for a 7-8 alc% beer). I was thinking to cold-steep the coffee and put a bit of rum on it keep things...
  15. jamesjoystick

    Have I created a monster?

    Did a cider with: -15 kg of apples, mostly Ida Reds (sweet) will press juice, looking for 6-7 litres of juice (?) - 5 litres of pure apple juice ( http://www.harboe-international.com/en/Products/Juices/Pure%20Apple%20Juice.aspx ) 400 grams of glucose : (...
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    Cider-newbie needs suggestions/help

    I have done few batches of beer, but cider still a new thing. Was planning this: -15 kg of apples, mostly Ida Reds (sweet) will press juice, looking for 6-7 litres of juice (?) - 5 litres of pure apple juice ( http://www.harboe-international.com/en/Products/Juices/Pure%20Apple%20Juice.aspx )...
  17. jamesjoystick

    Too little spray malt? Should I add more?

    Hey guys, did a muntons yorkshire bitter 1.8kg and added 500grams of spray malt (had only one bag) and about 150 g of sugar. Overall water is 17 litres. What alcohol level this would be roughly? And if I want to add another bag of spray malt can I do it tomorrow (this is day 1 in the...
  18. jamesjoystick

    Weird "draughtish amberish" beer

    Hello everybody and everyone. I just moved this odd thing to secondary, let me hear what you think. First I boiled like 7 litres of water, added one can of Coopers Draught, and one can of Bernsteins Medium Ambre (unhopped). Boiled and stirred them like 10 minutes, then used running water to...
  19. jamesjoystick

    Labels for imaginery beers

    More of my label-designs for imaginery beers. If someone's interested to have/use these or similar labels PM me. Ill post more designs on this topic later.
  20. jamesjoystick

    Label for imaginery Stout

    A design for imaginery stout! Done with photoshop+canon powershot 520+pencils. Sorry its in Finnish, but I think you'll get the idea... :mug:
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