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Probably a long shot, but did you ever try this? Im interested in adding blue cheese to a beer and was thinking in the secondary after baking and freezing to kill the mold... but admittidely im completely guessing here...

Thanks for the input guys, I'm going to get a couple impartial taste testers to let me know how smokey they think it is, but I'm really leaning towards the smoke category at this point.

Hi all, I originally posted this in the ingredients forum and didn't get any hits, thought I would try here.... If an admin has a more appropriate place in mind, please move this thread. Just looking for some advice on how to enter a strong scotch ale in a local competition. It was the first...

Hi all, Just looking for some advice on how to enter a strong scotch ale in a local competition. It was the first runnings I did in a partigyle brew, part of my grain bill was some 2 row that I smoked with hickory. The smoke flavor is far less present in the strong ale as compared to the...

2nd this. i've done it before with no ill effects. Also, if you read this: Homebrew Chef: 120 Minute IPA Clone Recipe you'll see that he continually adds fermentables throughout fermentation so as not to overwhelm the yeast.

Yeah, I've been meaning to get a tee and just havnt got around to it... no good excuse I guess. It'll put me one step closer to just setting up another tap too ;) I'm sure the wife will love that one..... Thanks for the responses. relax, have a home brew.

So, I've had a kegerator for years and just started homebrewing this year. In years past i would buy a keg, hook up the CO2, set @ 12-14 psi, drink the beer, disconnect, buy new keg, start over.... Now that I am homebrewing, I've still only got the one tap with a CO2 tank & regulator with...

There seems to be some confusing info going on here. Im new to all grain, but from what ive read, mashing in the 145-150 range will produce a more attenuative beer. My first all grain only got up to around 148 and my efficiency while not the best, was still somewhere in the 60-70% range. So i...

Id take another stab @ it before complaining about grain crush to your supplier. I may have missed it, but you did stir really well when you added the grain at the start of the mash, correct? relax, have a home brew.

My lhbs actually uses a carona mill to crush their grain, obviously motorized. It doesn't seem to take obnoxiously long for them to crush 10 lbs for me, maybe 8 to 10 min. Talking to the store owners son, they actually recommend them over roller mills. Not 100% sure why though, so I will not...

Thanks again for everyone's help on this, I popped one of these beers (prolly prematurely) last night, 6 full days after bottling & it already had good carbonation & tasted great! Great success for my first time bottling I think, it wasnt as labor intensive as I had thought it would be & will...

thanks for the reassurance & insight yooper & revvy, ill make an assumption on 1.75 gallons...... and blame you if it turns out wrong ;)

thanks for the advice, unfortunately its already been in the fridge 3-4 days. Ill keep this in mind as an option for next time. Also, this particular batch i may be handing out to a few people, i prefer there NOT to be too much sediment in there in the event they pour the whole thing into a...

Will there be enough yeast in suspension after cold crashing to carb? SHould i be careful not to disturb the cake as previously suggested? Therein lies my problem, i cant rack on top of the priming sugar because I am unsure how much I will need until after I've racked the beer & measured the...

Hi all, Ive been kegging my beer since I started home brewing, but am about take a foray into bottling with a small 2 gallon batch of black ipa. Being that this is my first time bottling I of course have a couple of newb questions. Here's the situation: I have the beer cold crashing in...

wow, nice find. thanks for sharing. I could see a lot of practical uses in my own setup for brewing like that......

to answer your first question, yes, its a full boil by nature because of the amount of water required to obtain a good efficiency on your mash. That said; due to constraints i have with my brewpot & electric stove, ive been splitting my mash into two separate boils i hop/boil for 60min, then...

Nothing preventing you from racking to a keg, give it a shot of c02 to seal and then age the same way you would a bottle. When you area ready put it on the c02 fulltime to carbonate.... Edit: btw, I'm in that group that just racks, hooks up to c02 & starts drinking when carbed, you can...

Yeah, there are conversion kits, its too incredibly easy to warrant giving up 2 kegs for 1. Unless they are the shorter fatter kegs & don't work with your setup id say just convert them. relax, have a home brew.

well, after MUCH deliberation i will be purchasing the menards kit. Based on everything im reading here it should be more than adequate for my operation. I appreciate all of the input., everyone has been really helpful/insightful... will post back if have troubles overriding that safety switch...