Recent content by asg816

I’ve had similar experiences with ginger. The ginger aroma/flavor was gone in less than a month with this beer even at warm serving temps. It faded in about 3 months in a mead I had been aging. Not sure what to make of that and worried that adding much more to recipes will create ginger bombs. A...

So…. I brewed a holiday ale this season & I bottled quite a bit more than I can drink in a reasonable time. I’ve read some mixed things about the shelf life of ales, so I’m wondering if anyone has had any (good and/or bad) experience aging their ales for longer than say…. 4 to 12 months. Mine is...

This is really interesting. The reduced price point is one among many reasons I've been interested in slowly moving towards all-grain brewing (probably BIAB to start b/c i can't afford all the awesome equipment yet), as well as the benefits of greater efficiency and control. It costs about $5...

Wow! This is incredibly helpful, thank you. I was debating the 30 min hop addition based on what I read, especially with a lower AA mosaic. I prefer a drier beer myself, so I’ll definitely consider adding the sugar instead of the extra 0.9 lbs of extract. I wasn’t sure how to adjust the recipe...

NOTE: I live at an altitude of 5,511 ft. so I factored in longer boil times & more hops for better hop utilization. What I didn’t consider was greater boil off... 🤔 All H20 is distilled/RO. All hops are pellets. 1). Steep 1 lb caramel/crystal malt 10L & 4 oz. caramel crystal 40L for 30 mins at...

Ok.... So, this is the second beer I’ve brewed on my own (extract - 5 gal partial boil using distilled H20) & I keep overshooting the OG by 0.012/0.013 pts. I took to using the brewsmith 3 pgrm to help with calculations while I become more familiar with them & despite adjusting for virtually...

Absolutely! Couldn’t agree more: I’ve bought “How to Brew,” as well as the elements series. HTB has been incredibly informative so far and I’m almost all the way through (I admit that, as a noob to home brewing, much of the lingo just doesn’t have the same meaning without the experience and -...

I haven’t, yet, no. Honestly, I’ve seen that option and figured it might help, but I haven’t figured out how to do that exactly. I’ll def explore that option a bit more. I have the equipment for a full boil (7.5 gal turkey boiler on propane, chiller, etc), but I’m assuming the calculations may...

That def makes sense, VilkeMan, thanks! Using distilled water in this case, so I'm not sure alkalinity will be as big of a factor, but something I will absolutely explore.

Thanks for the suggestions and insight everyone! The two strips I used were helpful in averaging out the temps over the course of fermentation (in my Ale Pale bucket), but I checked it with a sanitized thermometer at dry hop, as well as a few days later and the strips were spot on. Update...

Hello, I recently did my first solo homebrew - my second ever - with a recipe I found online and tweaked to my liking. It's wrapping up it's second week of bottle conditioning and I'm getting ready to put in the chiller: if it tastes as good as it did after one week this is gonna be an awesome...

I appreciate the advice/info, y’all! My biggest concern was the yeast going dormant just as it should be ramping up, particularly since I’m not familiar with the process of re-pitching yeast yet. I was also worried about the temp varying too much within the ideal temp range, which also sounds...

Hey everyone! I’m really new to home brewing: I’ve brewed twice with others and I just set my first solo batch in the basement to ferment 3 days ago. Two more days til I add the dry hops! I want to start by acknowledging the mistakes I made when I was left responsible for the other batches and...