Recent content by blackshirtproud

I too am wanting to brew me up some pumpkin ale. I absolutely love Buffalo Bills version and would be tickled s#@tles if anything I produced was close. My question is, Does anybody think that a Belgian Blonde wound be a terrible base and then come up with a spice note? What made me think...

Welcome back, I too have been on a hiatus for about six months. A new position at work and had been saving a bunch of money for family vacation, but thats over now so its time to start the brewing again. I will say that while on vacation in the Black Hills that we went to an awesome brew pub...

Welcome. And of course GBR!

I am in the process now of mashing and today and to pre-heat my 10g RM mlt I instead of using hot water I used a hair dryer set on high and layed it in the mlt while the strike water has heating. Mucho quicker and allot more easy than the water method. Disclaimer=(Use common sense with...

I have changed it up a little, I hope this looks better. smoked IRA Irish Red Ale Type: All Grain Date: 12/27/2008 Batch Size: 5.50 gal Brewer: zac Boil Size: 6.62 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse...

Would Rauchmalt be a better fit? If so then how muchwould give a decent hint of smoke, I have never used either one. also thanks for the tip on the Roasted barley, I will have to take that into account. Any comments on the GoP?

So this is my first go at Beersmith and I was hopeing some of you more experienced guys could help out? I was hopeing to create something unique yet fairly easy to drink, I like smoked beers I have had so it became a smoked IRA and I added the Grains of paradise in for a peppery bite similar to...

thanks for pointing me in the right direction everyone, I'll have to study theese techs out a little more.:)

I want to do an Ommegang clone that involves a step mash. My question is if it possible to do in a simple 10 gal Igloo cooler. If so then how? I tried to use the search but it is way to broad of a question for it. TIA

I was 19 when I got married and the groomsmen and I were kind of upset that we were not gonna be able to get tanked at my reception. O' Contraire Monfraire, My best man came through for us as he showed up with one of these beauties iced down in the back of a 92' Berretta. Hooray, the night was...

I am far from an expert, But , I also did my first AG with BM three crops. Brew this one again w/ spring water and try to keep your fermenting temps on the low end say around the low 60's with Safale 05 yeast and I used just 2 oz of Williamette at 60 min. and it is dangerously tastee:ban...

Thanks, It has seemed to level off now. Damn stupid noob question.;)

This is my first attempt at kegging and have read as much as time allows. I have a new single keg regulator and a used Pepsi corny along with new hoses and fittings. My question is that I have my reg set to 30 psi for the last hrs and it will dip down a few psi after a few hours or so. I made...

I should of worded the question better, I did add the whirlfloc in 15 min left in the boil. I pre-heated the MLT also and made the strike water a little hotter than necesary but over the course of 90 min I lost about 5-7 degrees, I think I am gonna try a false lid next time. Thanks...

Thanks for the replies. I have done about 5 steeping grain kits before making the leap to AG. What can I say I am a control freak and the science of AG enthralls me. Overall the process went well, My homemade imersion chiller worked great I need to cut down the head space in the MLT (10...