Recent content by benl560

ok, so how important is getting a hot break with your extract? more info: ive been doing partial mash's with a partial boil. ive also been adding all of the extract i need at the very end. ok, now is it necessary/advised/helpful to let my wort return to a boil after adding the extract...

does that mean you live an hour from chicago? chicago has tones of good beer and brewpubs. 3 floyds brewpub in indiana has got to be close and goose island is in chicago. i cant complain here in ohio. the drive thru's here stock sierra nevada, great lakes, and dogfishhead. i went on...

hay, at least you were not boiling it on swmbo's stove. things would really be catastrophic then.

ive made my wheat recipe twice now mashing 2# 6 row pale 2# pale wheat malt 1# flaked wheat. 3.3# wheat lme ive not had any problems with it being over the to wheaty. i think that the extract is a lower percentage wheat. something like 35-40 maybe. as far as the red/pale/carmel comparison? i...

you know, i have thought of an "Ode to Oxy-clean" thread before. the stuff seriously cleans great. good for delabeling bottles with hot water too. in a couple hours, most of the labels are off and floating.

yea, thanks. i hope it is. watermelon wheat....mmmm.....

sorry about that, i wasnt mad or offended or anything, just saying... but i did forget to tell you that it really dosnt taste any different that any other beer warm, flat, and green. i was just wondering if this will get worse in the bottle and start eating other compounds, making my bottles...

dude, its infected. an opaque white film with a few half inch or so round bubbles. since i started using btf, ive had 2 batches with sporadic gushers and now this.

well i could put all of the bottles in the basement (about 60 degrees) and back the sugar off slightly. ill give it a shot but what are the chances that this will actually taste good. on my first brew i ran out of bottles and used a captain morgans bottle for the last of it. needless to say...

oh yea...its infected. i added some watermellon in the secondary, and then forgot about it for 3 weeks. i guess thats what ill do, i just dont want to hear "pop....pop...pop" coming from my closet at 3am.

if i know i have an infected brew, should i still bottle it?

no way guys....dogfish head aprihop lots of hops, a little apricot= delicious

my first batch i ran out of sanitized bottles due to severe under planning. looked in the fridge and saw swmbo's half bottle of parrot bay. well parrot bay is not nearly as good as beer so down the sink it went. about 5 days later i checked on my closet and glass/beer everywhere. the...

i know one of you all has the smarts for this....

your good, probably just a bit of a leak around your lid or something