Recent content by Bakes77

If you are looking for a sweeter end result your best bet is to stop your fermentation at a higher gravity. If you don't want to sacrifice any alchohol content you will need to boost your malt bill accordingly. If you don't use brew software already you might want to consider trying some. It can...

X2 I use Designing Great Beers and Beersmith. Once you get Beersmith tuned in for your equipment it really makes putting together a new recipe easy. It can really help you adjust someone else's recipe to hit your targets on your equipment too. You should have a solid basic understanding of the...

Well after my last two "experimental" batches didn't turn out so great I think I'll fall back on a known good recipe. My Cascade Pale Ale with homegrown Cascade hops.

I picked up some Ninkasi Helles Belles last night and tried it for the first time. It's a tasty light lager. I am trying to convince myself that summer is here.

I currently use a right angle brush to clean my carboy. I hate that when I pull the wet brush out of the small mouth of the carboy it sprays water everywhere. I can try to cover it with a towel but that's just one more thing to try to juggle with an already wet and slippery carboy. The Carboy...