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OK, I just had my brother-in-law buy me a westmalle triple and a souther tier backburner barleywine... both in th 10 abv range (9.5 and 10 respectively) both 22 oz's (ish) The trapist has some character that i did not think a highly acclaimed beer (other than a bel) would have.. Often...

I know that's an unordinary term to explain flavor... I think that it may be suspended yeast or something... It may be lme twang.. I don't know the best way to term it.. it like a.... rear tongue linger. Kind of a mouthy feel with luga luga luga!!!

Here are some pics of our (me and Dante') double brew day on new years evening... 2 up to bat... same pic later in.... Keepin it at steeping temps... Lefe Blonde in HBT Glass.. I just cracked my first honey brown... best beer to date!!!

Could it be possible to use sodium bicarbonate to carbonate beer instantly? ahem... if it is I want a patent... hehehe does alkaseltzer come asprin free? maybe we need to test... man I'm crazy..

chill haze all through my beer. my latest brews dont seem so clear. lookin funny and I don't know why. cuse' me while I drink whiskey rhy. chill haze can be found. In the latest brews in house. wantin' clarity from my brews. before I go and buy gray goose...

Just wondering. the last few brews we did we simply tossed the hops in at their respective time.. say 45 mins and 15 mins... should I bag em' I understand that utilization will be best if the're tossed in but it seems that it'll throw the expected ibu off. Our last honey-b clone is a bit...

3# lbs light dme 3# wheat dme 1.5 oz wilamette at 45 mins .5 wilamette at 15 mins dry ale yeast primary 1 - 2 weeks add 2 cans oregon blackberry or straberry to primary 1-2 weeks secondary for clearing Anything seem bad here? I'm not so certain about the hop selection or...

How many batches need I brew before I'm not a beginner anymore... I know .... not an objective metric ... but food for thought...

Do I brewed a true brew 5 gal kit of red ale... 3.3lbs muntons hopped malt extract 3.3lbs muntons light malt extract 4oz melanoidin malt grain 1oz hop pellets (don't recall what type mt hood maybe?) 1 pack muntons ale yeast Anyway after it's been in primary for a week fermentation...

Can you take the sediment from 5 or so home-brews and pitch that to a 5 gal batch? Just wondering... tag.. if so we can confiscate the yeast form snpa and others...

Brewing a red ale.. I just wanted to confess..I NEVER use a hydrometer.... NEVER... I just let everything go for a month primary minimum... Geesh, Glad to have that out of my system.........

I was awake until 2:00 de-labeling and one-stepping 100 bottles so i could bottle my pils 5gal and honey-brown 5 gal.. one onehundred freaking bottles,,, I planned to cover the top of the bottles with plastic wrap and bottle 7:00 AM when the wife set off for work.. Then!! the wife fell ill with...

I'd like to cold clear my primary and bottle. I bottle condition... will I have enough active yeast?

I need to go get my caper from my pals..... but I'd like to put this ale in a pail... can I leave it there for a few hours with the sugar? before I bottle? thaks timg

I just realized that I brewed a 2.6 abv beer. can I add more fermentables? in secondary? or should I leave it.. man I've screwed this one upo from the start. I used a older (still in date) coopers ipa kit without any additions other than 1 oz cascade for aroma. I was going to (GOING TO) only...

Why is it not advisable to re-pitch yeast? Just curious. I brewed a batch and could not find the yeast meant for it. I had to use a 6 gram muntons ale packet. I have since found the yeast that was meant to be.... It's been 4.5 days and fermentation has slowed. It was never releasing tons of...

I'm not certain what step infected my brew last time. I simply don't want to reenact the whole thing. So.... I have a few questions. 1 should I throw out the bottles? 2 can I use the auto siphon (at the point of bottling) or get a new one? 3 should I re-use the fermenter? or use a...

After 2 weeks my bottles have a layer of slime in the neck. It's not due to bottle fermentation as it's been there for a week solid. It has some "tiny chunks" and seems to have a high viscosity. I'll crack one later today and smell it. Is it safe to sip? Geesh this is my first batch that I'll...

I got a 1 gallon brewers jug from a friend. Can I condition/ carbonate in this? it as a con on the bottom side of the cap.. I have 2 of them. I'll take photos when able. timg

What yeast would be best for coopers pre-hopped ipa ? I lost the original yeast... I'm going to steep with crystal and dry hop in primary with 1 oz cascade. I'd like it to be a clear beer with the most detail a lme would provide... thanks \timg:fro: