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Just curious, how did this turn out?

I got this kit for Christmas and was thinking about using Scotch instead of Bourbon. Anything wrong with that?

My bad, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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So my wife is crazy about making cakes (...kinda like my brewing habit). Recently, she made a chocolate cake with Guinness in it. I have to say, it is one of the best chocolate cakes I've ever had. It's moist, just slightly chocolaty and sweet, and the Guinness just gives it a little...

That settles, it then! I'll make it. How about "Bicentennial IIPA" -- from two big additions of Centennial (FWH and Dry Hop)?

Thanks for the recommendations. And thanks BierMuncher for sharing the hop schedule. My thinking was that by loading up on the FWH, it would be like doing a significant late addition to give a full hop flavor, but also provide a rounded-off bitterness. Dry hopping with a couple ounces is...

It's been on my mind to make an IIPA exclusively first wort hopped with Centennial. Good idea or bad idea? [3.5 oz of Cenntennial gives 102 IBUs (calculated as 60 min boil) or 60 IBUs (calculated as 20 min addition) -- depending on the school of thought you come from.]

Have you seen this? http://www.examiner.com/craft-beer-in-dallas/real-texans-drink-pink-beer I came across it when I was looking for ways to turn a beer pink. If you can get that color out of your beer -- congrats -- that looks really cool! Definitely do not freeze as a method of sanitizing...

More on this topic -- I found this link: http://www.brew-dudes.com/diastatic-power/630 showing that honey malt does have a bit of diastatic power (a little less than Munich, but more than Crystal Malt, which has none)

I guess my question is -- even if it does contribute some fermentables -- why is that such a bad thing? I mean people add fruit purees, etc, in secondary which have some fermentables. Is there something bad with a little bit of restarted fermentation in secondary? My recipe had just 1 lb of...

So I have just made a "Honey Moon" for a buddy's wedding. Basically a Blue Moon clone but with 1 lb. of honey added. It just finished up primary and is tasty -- but it doesn't have as much honey flavor as I'd like Can I steep ~ 1/4 lb. of honey malt for 15 mins, bring to a boil, cool and...

My wife gets them at Michael's. Like I said, they're in gel-form and supposedly more concentrated than just the liquid colorings. She uses them for cakes, etc. The brand is called Wilton's: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3e30b2d9-475a-bac0-5d5c3db846dfd354 I tried just...

Thanks for the offer -- I'm going back to Arizona in a couple months. I might try to pick some up while I'm there. I'm thinking it could be really good in some mead :-)

I got the same reactions from people -- but I said screw it and made the grapefruit beer anyways. I transferred it into secondary this weekend. My expectations have been surpassed! The aroma was pineapple, mango, and tropical fruit. For having no late additions (FWH and 60 min boil only) I...

So, to be a truly grapefruity, I wanted this beer to be pink. Magic Hat says they use beet juice it to color their Wacko beer pink. In my case, I added just the liquid from canned beets. However, I added it too early in the boil and it seemed to just stain the lupulin glands. It didn't...

Yep, here's a link: http://hopville.com/recipe/349560/american-ipa-recipes/grapefruit-ipa It's all grain but can be easily converted by substituting the pale two-row with DME (7 lbs DME assuming 42 ppg). Let me know if you end up brewing it -- would love to hear how another's turns out.

Yeah, last night tried these gel food colorings that SWMBO uses for cakes: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000VMA16/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 A tiny bit on the tip of a toothpick turned 1 oz very pink. I'll dissolve some in vodka before adding at bottling. I think it will work well.

That looks like a nice recipe. It seems like the perception with Citra is that it's best for flavor and aroma rather than bittering. Since Simcoe has a reasonably low cohumulone content, it makes sense to use that as your primary boiling hop. I'll have to keep something like that in mind...