Recent content by BigSheffy

I have to say, I think my curiosity is beating down my rational judgement. I'm going to throw those chips into secondary and see what happens. I'll let you guys know what's up in a few months. Also, to answer Agate's question, only about 12 IBU, but strange IBUs because I also got bored during...

Hypothetical: What if I brewed a Flanders brown using French oak chips and Wyeast Roeselare blend, then took said oak chips, allowed them to dry, then used them in the secondary of a sweet stout? Would I end up with something interesting? I ask because I wanted to make something straightforward...

Just to follow up, I bottled this about a month ago and even though It was early I put it into my club's wood aged brew competition. It didn't win anything but a brewmaster from one of the more successful breweries in the area said it's well on it's way to being a very tasty Flanders. I guess my...

So I started a Flanders back in September using the Wyeast Roeselare blend. A decent pellicle formed among the oak chips a few months ago, then dropped out when the chips sunk about 3 weeks ago. I was scheduled to bottle today but when I took off the box I was using to keep the light off of the...

That's a fantastic idea! Wheat would probably compliment it very nicely and add some body and protein to build up the head. Keep in mind when I say it was hazy, I mean it was about halfway between a good hef and orange juice. Also, the Nottingham yeast I used might not be too suited to wheat...

So I tried something a bit off-the-wall and it actually worked out. I wanted to brew something for my wife, who hates beer and dry cider. She says "Well, in Harry Potter they're always drinking pumpkin juice, and Halloween is coming, so how about that?" The trick was, in order for her to...

So I brewed myself a Berliner Weisse the cheating way (lactic acid and vinegar, I was in a hurry) and it turned out ok. So you're supposed to use a little raspberry syrup in the glass when you serve it, but I got this bright idea. My Joint Juice is kinda raspberryish so why not? I'll be having a...

So, I had a notion a while back that I could probably brew something better than he-who-shall-not-be-named hard lemonade. My wife loves marachino cherries so I figured why not marachino lemonade. On my first one gallon test batch I figured the marachino has preservatives in it so I better add 10...