Hey I was thinking about making a belgian style amber ale. Using a high lovibond crystal malt and belgian style yeast. Im basically looking to make a beer that tastes like bananas and caramel. Any suggestions?
How long is it okay to leave an ipa in the secondary fermenter. Mine has been in for about 17 days and im extremely low on cash and dont have any bottles yet...
What is the difference between a stout and a porter???
I thought by definition stouts were made with roasted barley instead of malt but I see in recipes for stouts that call for malt?
Also what is the process in which you malt barley?
I brewed a chocolate milk stout and its been in the bottle for about 18 days and its got a great flavor but it has a dry and unpleasant finish. Is something wrong?
Does anyone like any saint arnold beers? I find them all to be very generic and watered down. I live in houston so I like to support local beer but saint arnold continues to dissapoint me. Any thoughts?
I'm a fan of ipa's with big aromas. I was thinking of double dry hopping my ipa. I dry hopped at the beginning of the primary and I just racked to the secondary.
I was thinking about getting a kegging system in my apt. So I can keg and bottle my beer. The only thing is that I have no idea what that entails... Do I need a mini fridge for the keg, the keg itself, and a co2 tank?? Also how much would this cost?
Im about to start a chocolate milk stout and wasnt sure what type of chocolate to use , if I should use chocolate malt instead, or use both? I'm not sure what effects the different types of chocolates will have. Any suggestions?
I spent the summer backpacking around europe and while in dublin I fell in love with guiness. Anyone know of a place in houston that has guiness as good as it is in dublin?
P.s. While In dublin I never came across a pub who serves the guiness warm. And I went to the brewery and they serve it...