Recent content by beardlybrewer

So my buddy who is a homebrewer gave me his recipe for a Watermelon Wheat that got great reviews from his friends and family. I want to brew this beer as well but his recipe uses DME but I want to make it all-grain. He uses 4 lbs of Muntons dry malt light and 3 lbs of Muntons dry malt...

Well I think you have convinced me! Sounds like the recipe is straight forward enough and if you made it before and liked it, then I'm sold. I'll probably look into getting my ingredients together this week and start the process this weekend. I assume that based on your notes above, that...

Hello all! I've been all-grain brewing for a while, but I came across my first mead at a store recently and after having a particularly tasty experience, I have been thinking about brewing (fermenting?) mead. Seems like the basic procedure shouldn't be too difficult. But due to the fact that...

I love hoppy beers. IPAs, Double IPAs, etc. So it sounds like a muslin bag might keep my sediment/trub down but might not release ALL the flavors. Racking on top of the hop pellets might cause some extra trub but impart more flavors. But mostly, it seems like using leaf hops is the best way...

My recipe calls for dry hopping the secondary fermentation. My assumption was that I just add my 1 oz. of Centennial pellets to the secondary fermentation bucket. Rack my beer on top. Close it up. Wait 2 weeks. Rack into fermentation bucket and be careful not to disturb the trub. Did...

Being a younger generation brewer (I'm only 24.) I googled every question that even popped into my head. 9 times out of 10 I was sent here and not only got answers but I got a range of answers and discussion that helped me learn even more than what I was searching for. Love this site!

I'll stick with stirring it into the water then. The foam was going everywhere before I could get the water volume up to 2.5 gallons. What brew activities does everyone having going on this weekend? Personally I'm bottling an American Brown Ale (Moose Drool clone) tomorrow and then...

Where in Mass? I'm not originally from New England. I was born and raised in SC and have only lived in Maine for 1.5 years. I had a good friend in Boston who helped me get started with all-grain brewing. Great brew stores in Boston! We would figure out our recipe and then go to the store...

Wow! Thanks for the feedback! I've got another question for you though. When I'm mixing up my StarSan, I fill a bucket up with 2.5 gallons and add 1 TBSP of the StarSan. Then I use my big metal spoon and stir the heck out of it. I get a little bit of foam on top but nothing to write home...

Thanks! I like to think that I can always improve! In the end that just means tastier beer!

I get weirded out by seeing the StarSan bubbles inside my racking tubes. I've read that it won't hurt anything but if you've read the label, it sounds scary. I sanitized my racking tubing with StarSan and allowed to air dry for several hours. I know that plenty of people will use StarSan and...

I'm new to the website! I've always got questions! I firmly believe that I can continuously adjust my brew process to make my beer that much more tasty! Therefore, I will reach out for the support from the more experienced brew community!