Recent content by blittle

I'm going to brew a Lagunitas IPA extract clone. My LHBS had everthing except the summit hops. The gave me Warrior as a replacement. There's only .1 oz in my 5 gallon recipe, but not sure if i should just use Warrior or find Summit somewhere else. Also, for the dry hopping (centennial and...

So I kegged my Belgian Wheat beer and it tastes fine. It's only been in a keg for a couple weeks. Here's my question. Can I open up the keg and add a raspberry flavoring to make a raspberry wheat? I see that you typically add to the secondary, but would assume there's no reason I can' add to...

Perfect. Thanks. I'll let this one go and chalk it up to a learning experience.

It's a 5 gallon batch. I'm a newbie, and didn't realize I needed to make a starter. My LHBS dude said I just needed to dump it in, but I could have misunderstood. Next time I'll make a starter. It's fermenting - maybe 1/2 inch of krausen after about 24 hours. So should I let it go, or pitch...

Making a SNPA clone and pitched my yeast last night. It was the liquid yeast. I left it out maybe 4 hours on the counter and then shook it pretty good. When I opened the container to pitch it, it was under pressure like a soft drink bottle when you shake and I'd guess half of it spilled out...

I'm a newbie and brewed my second batch which is a belgian wit. Fermentation in the primary was quite vigerous for over a week and eventually slowed down to what what I thought was completion. I didn't see any visible signs (no bubble movement in the air lock). I unfortunately broke my...