Recent content by BarleyThief37

Looking to brew a 8-10%abv farmhouse in the next week. Basement temp is around 72deg. I've heard this yeast enjoys temps up to as high as 95 degrees. So my question is, am I able to pitch a large yeast starter into the wort around 95 degrees, aerate, and then insulate with a blanket and...

Going for a BIG brew in the upcoming week to prepare for holidays/winter months, and this is more of a style question. Looking to use my farmhouse ale yeast to produce a deep-red colored strong heavy hop-balanced brew. 10gal batch, shooting for ~8%abv. Will probably use around 1 lb of...

Hello, I'm aiming for a hoppy/steam beer - pitched onto a yeast cake of 2112 (Cali-common lager/steam beer yeast) last night. Wort was around 72 degrees. Checked it this morning and the fermentation was raging! The thermometer was reading around 78 degrees. For reference the basement is...

My brew buddy came over with his mill. It's been calibrated, and the grain was pretty well crushed up; lots of flowery chalky material and busted up husks. The brew was no-chill, and OG was taken at ambient basement ~65degF (perfect for fermentation I might add) And next time for sure...

First stab at partial mash/Brew-in-bag last Saturday. Recipe as follows: (fermentables) 6.75lb 2-row 1.25lb Caramel 40L 3.3lb LME - Amber 8oz dextrose 8oz maltodextrin I used a throw-away mesh grain bag from LHBS for the 8lbs of grain - nearly maxed the capacity of that bag. Did the...

Grains were milled up pretty good - same cut as would be used for 'mashing', from the guy at my local store. I steeped both types of grains together in the same bag. And basically, steeped the grain bag in the kettle as the temp increased from hot sink water up to 155. Thirty minutes later...

Greetings Beer Folk. I'm concerned with a recent brew that I made (currently at 1wk in fermenter). Basically, I used the "Steeping technique" for a high-grav (1.087) extract brew using 1lb Caramel 10L, and 1lb Bonlander Munich 10L That is, steeping up to 155-165degF in about ~3.5gal of...