Recent content by bigdinosaur1337

Pro brewer here in Michigan. I actually live about 15min from the Hang Em High fields and know the owners well. Highly recommend their stuff. Best beer I’ve brewed was an Emerald Spire Dry Hopped Lager. 100% Wyermann Pilsner, Amalyze enzyme to dry it out, 2 boil additions Emerald Spire at 10...

At my brewery here in Michigan I use Huell Melon in one of our NE IPA's along with El Dorado and Mosaic. Huell Melon smells super pungent in the packaging but I don't feel like it translates to flavor/aroma as I'd like. Recipe below: 67.5% 2-Row 14.7% White Wheat .2% Crystal 10 8.6% Flaked...

I wrote this recipe while working for a brewery here, went over well with everyone - super simple. 5gal Batch 10.5lbs Pilsner Malt 1.25lbs Vienna Malt .5oz Magnum @ 60min - 22.4IBU .5oz Hallertau @ 5min - 1.8IBU 1.056OG 5.7% ABV 24.2IBU Mash at 152 for 60min - you can mash lower if you want...

East side of the state, don't want to give too much away :D

I use Calypso in my Kolsch up at the brewery to supplement the lack of Apple/Pear I get from White Labs 029 to help align it more with the style/flavor I look for. Pretty strong flavor profile, leans more towards green apple in my experience.

I've brewed a few batches of an 'East Coast' style IPA - one recently for the brewery I own - turned out to be our best seller for the season. I combed through the numerous forum posts here on HBT and honestly the amount of research put into the style was a huge help - definitely worth reading...

Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 6.74 gal Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Vol: 6.24 gal Final Bottling Vol: 5.00 gal Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage 7 lbs 8.0 oz Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 1 75.0 % 2 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 25.0 % 1.00 oz Tettnang...

I brewed a Honey Lavender beer last summer that turned out really good. I've been brewing a lot lately with lavender and love what it adds to a beer. Recipe below: 3.5lbs Belgian Pilsner 3.5lbs Belgian Wheat Malt 1lb Honey Malt .5lb Flaked wheat .5lb Flaked Oats .5lb Rice Hulls 1oz...

So I've done 2 lavender beers now - a wheat and an ale, the latter I currently have on tap. The first beer was based on a beer by Black Rocks Brewery in Marquette, MI called Honey Lav, and the latter based on a beer my buddy wanted to brew. My buddy wanted to do a Lavender, Honey (malt), and...

Agreed - awesome beer, actually drinking one now! I've had good luck recently emailing Shorts about a Superfluid clone attempt I wanted to take a shot at, and they were really helpful - I sent them a recipe and they gave suggestions to correct the recipe! Description from the website...

So I decided to dabble with some Midnight Wheat in my recent Black IPA recipe recently and am completely satisfied with the results. Living in Michigan, I have the luxury of traveling to Founders quite often and I recently fell in love with their All Night IPA - a Session Black IPA utilizing...

After having a bottle of Master of Disguise and trying a local Michigan beer by Bravo Zulu called Sumatra Gold, I wanted to try my hand at creating something similar. Here's the recipe I came up with - please keep in mind, this was in no way meant to be a clone of Master of Disguise. 5 Gallon...

Anyone brew this yet? Curious if there's some feedback! I'm getting a case of Red Oak in a few days for comparison!

Just kegged my latest batch - here's a few shots of it and my new brew rig I've been working on!

I just do a single infusion mash.