Recent content by aaronlawson

I don't know, as far as I can too no one has made it and lived to tell... I think it will cause you to gain weight before it kills you, though. FYI, Lord Fatbottom was the Fourth Earl of Skankwald -it's said his line ended went he asphyxiated himself on his own flatulence after drinking...

Changed the mash bill slightly, because I'm a chicken, now using .5 lb of Brown and .5 lb of Amber with 1 lb of dark crystal. Mashing as we speak... smells good so far! -Aaron

Thank you Sparky. I'll let you know how it comes out. -Aaron

I can assure you they are not apocryphal: http://www.northernbrewer.com/grainmalts.html I just started all grain and wanted to delve in to some "out of the ordinary" grains!

Anyone ever use Amber or Brown malt? Just want to make sure these are appropriate in the quantities I have here. Thanks, -Aaron

First AG went well and already tastes great! Here's my 2nd attempt that I'm planning on doing this weekend: Scottish 70/- (all grain) Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines 9B-Scottish And Irish Ale-Scottish Heavy 70/- Min OG: 1.035 SG Max OG: 1.040 SG Min FG: 1.010 SG Max FG...

Seefresh, Just for clarification: why is it best to get all my wort from the sparge? Based on Papazian and others I've read, doesn't this risk over sparging and extracting bitter, husky flavors when I'm using only 7 lbs of grains? My information may be old, or the authors' worries may be due...

Good news!! Checked post sparge collected wort and SG was 1.040. Added 1 gallon of water to get volume of 6 gals for boil and SG was 1.034 (both adjusted for temp). This is above my target preboil garvity of 1.031. Very strange, like my last batch I am getting higher efficiency than I...

Cool, I like malty! How will I know if conversion didn't happen? I'm draining the mash tun now and it's definitely sweet (AND STICKY)! -Aaron

Brewing this, my first AG today... This isn't going so well -I screwed up because it's my first time with this set up (it has a huge false bottom that caused considerable adjustments). My mash hit 162 at one point, I don't have any iodine to see if conversion occurred or not. Some advice...

According to Beer Alchemy I should get around 17 IBUs from the Fuggles. Thanks for the feedback, I'll let you guys know how the brew day goes... I'm a bit leary of the Ringwood yeast. My best friend's brewery used it (as did many others) and it could produce some crazy beers (Buffalo...

Hey, Getting ready to do my first all grain this Saturday. I was thinking of just doing an all grain version of the last beer I brewed so I could compare, but when I got to the LHBS I was overwhelmed by the possibilities and ended up going with two specialty grains I had never used before...

Hey Guys, I have been planning to start all grain brewing for a long time and I am in the process of doing a PM. My mash went better than expected, with a efficiency of 83%. I was quite surprised at this since my set up was designed to do whole grain batches and I had to use a grain bag...

Stupid question: I bought some generic Muntons pale malt at the LHBS -is this generally MO? Or does Muntons sell "generic" and "MO" pale malt. Just curious. -Aaron

Thanks David, in that case I'll reduce the strike water to 1 gallon to shoot for 152F. Anyone else have any input on this recipe? Much appreciated. -Aaron