Recent content by ahouse86

Hello All, I did a quick google/forum search and couldn't find too much about it. When making hard cider does anyone have experience adding raisins to? I've heard it can increase body and possibly add tannins from the grape. Just wondering if people have had luck doing it. Thanks in advance.

Hello All, First attempt at a RIS. I'm brewing this to use some specialty and dark grains that I,ve collected over time and that is why some of the quantities are weird. Let me know what you think. Thanks. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: RIS Brewer: Asst Brewer...

Thanks for the reply. All pours are literally the same. I've never had this problem before. ut have also never made a beer this carbed before. I thought about coiling the lines around the keg wben though it would be below the out post it would be a uniform route for the beer to travel. In the...

So update. Added a fan to the kegerator and added 6 more ft of line. Stiiillllll foaming bad. No bubbles seen while pouring the beer in kegerator. Gonna try a perlick flow control faucet and if that doesn't work gonna chalk it up to the fact it's high carbed and is just gonna foam. If anyone has...

Its bevlex 200. I didnt see many bubbles until i started messing with the pressure. But I also think the line may have warmed cause I turned the fridge off to clean it out. What I'm wondering is if the line placement is what causing issues. I coiled the line and placed on top of the keg. I just...

Soooooo brewed a brut ipa. Came ok pretty good definitely a learning curve. Anyway cannot get this beast to pour at all. I have a 2 tap kegerator made out of a 50s era Westinghouse fridge. Perlick faucets, all stainless shank and other parts. I have it carbed at 30 psi (4 vol CO2) sitting at...

Yeah that would go over like a fart in church

Yeah and its a great hobby its amazing that when u buy in bulk and semi know what you're doing you can make a great beer for a fraction of the cost of buy a similar beer

Thanks for all the replies guys I wanna enter some beer into a competition but I don't wanna hear the wife complain about me buying more stuff for beer. She says I'm obsessed.

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Hello all Just a quick question.....do you think that a decent kolsch can be made with american tettang vs the German variety. I have a pound of the US and don't really wanna but more hops. Thanks

yeah the beer is super hoppy the only thing that I would change would be use 2 dry hopping additions to get that hop blast in the glass

hello all resurrecting an old thread!! here is the final recipe for this IIPA. it turned out really good hoppy as hell and at 10.2% you could probably clean paint with it. haha. let me know what you think BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Devils Necter Brewer...

Yeah the red purplish color is what I'm going for kinda plays into the name

hello all wiser than I, Here a recipe that I've been wanting to try. Let me know what you think of the ingredients. Wanna make sure this isn't going to be over the top. I also BIAB. thanks :mug: BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Devils Necter Brewer...