Recent content by belgariontheking

I just brewed this today. Actually flipped the grainbill completely around: 3lb pilsner, 6lb Wheat malt, 1lb Flaked Wheat. LHBS only had flaked red wheat, so I went with that. This dummy decided it would be better to drink all night last night than to make his starter, so I've got (fingers...

Thanks, I will, and thanks for the recipe! Sent from my SCH-I435 using Home Brew mobile app

Thanks, I never heard that 1,2,3 thing before. I do 2 in primary, 2 in secondary, then however long it takes to condition. I can generally drink the first bottle after a week. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Home Brew mobile app

I'll try that. What you say could be true, and I could continue on this tangent, but I feel my original question is left unanswered. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Home Brew mobile app

I've had issues in the past with bottles not conditioning because all the yeast settled out in secondary. So now I protect against that by adding yeast to the bottling vessel. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Home Brew mobile app

Just bottled tonight. The sample tasted great! I'm really really excited about this beer. FG of 1.016, which I'm happy with. I generally like it a little lower but AFAIK this yeast does that. Only question is that I generally add (and this case was no different) dry yeast to the bottling...

This is going on my list. I make a smoked porter every year, and I think I'm going to step it up a notch next time with this recipe. So I guess what I'm saying is I'll report back in January 2015.

I love a smoked beer and was excited to make this when I saw it in the NB catalog. Then I found this thread and saw that it involved bacon extract and said nah. I'll go look for the Smoke Bomb recipe now. Listermann in Cincinnati makes a beer they call Friar Bacon. It's a smoked bock that...

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I'll be brewing this recipe this weekend. Using Jake's recipe (cuz it has tasting notes) with Bass's additional info like mash temp and dry hopping length. I've heard that doing dry hopping for too long can make it "vegetal." What would be the major difference between 10 days dry hopping...

I made a 5 gallon version of this and ended up with an OG of 1.048. Not terrible for only 9 pounds of grain, IMO. It'll be a 5% max and I'm comfortable with that. It was a brutal day for brewing (never got above freezing), but I survived, even though I had to thaw out my garden hose to use my...

Had to jump in and say I've been interested in this style of beer for some time now, but never tried making one. I made an extract kit that was close to this and really liked the result. This will be my next batch. I'm sure your technical merit exceeds mine, so the recipe will have to...