Recent content by arp

That's what I'm saying - I think it was done, then I added a bag covered in Star San and it kicked the yeast into gear again. t should definitely be done by now. I'm just hoping it doesn't impart any off flavors!

So I brewed a Pliny the Elder clone, and when I added the hops (in a hop bag) to dry hop, it looks like fermentation happened again and a kruasen started building up on top of the beer. These are the facts: - Brewed on 1/24 with OG of 1.080 (target: 1.074) and pitched a single packet of...

Everyone has their own opinions! I'm thinking now that my grain bag was a little crowded, it's possible i didn't get full flavor extraction from everything. It was a nylon 8" x 14" (I think) grain bag for 3lbs of grain. This may be another variable that needs tweaking if a bigger bag would mean...

Well that was a fun brew night! Despite my brewing partner being MIA, not being able to find distilled water anywhere close to me (my tap water is borderline undrinkable), and sub-freezing temperatures outside, I decided to brew anyway. Some notes about how things went: - I used Poland Spring...

Brewing now, will update in a little while!

Thanks for the heads up about the roasted barley. I wasn't sure how to interpret my research - some say "just a little will do", others say "it's the backbone of a stout and should be used up to 10%". I think it will be all I have on hand tomorrow (unless my LHBS has Carafa on hand) so I'll...

Just joining this thread, but thought I'd contribute this - Nate posted a picture of the hops included in a recipe back in August: https://twitter.com/treehousenate/status/632184058710216705 People with better palates than me can try and figure out which beer that goes with, but something...

Thanks - sorry about that!

Hey everyone! This is my first post and my first recipe so I'm reaching out in case anyone thinks this is horrendous. I'm brewing it tomorrow so if I don't hear back we'll just see how it goes! I'm going for a full-bodied base stout that I can tweak in the future for more exotic recipes...