Recent content by bonesmalone

come on man, you gotta show us the pictures! thats the best part!

I had it in primary for 8 days. The fermentation slowed significantly and my FG was at 1.009. I just really want the beer to clear out as much as possible so Im doing a 2 week secondary and a 2 week tertiary then bottle for at least 3 weeks. If the spices are at the bottom of the trub, i dont...

Today i racked to secondary. I only got about 2.5 gallons due to trub loss and all the spices from the boil sank to the bottom, thus leaving my pumpkin spice ale SPICELESS. Should I make a tea and add it to tertiary? Should i throw in raw spices? Maybe a cinnamon stick? I know the beer is...

All my beer has turned out great and i always buy from AHS.

I have my first pumpkin ale in primary right now but i think i can still give a few pointers. You dont really taste or smell the pumpkin so i would advise that you mash with the pumpkin instead of boiling it. All you really get from it is a great dark orange color and a bit of body in the...

Bump. If noone knows anything ill just do it anyway. Nothing wrong with a little experimentation.

Im going to make my first pumpkin beer in a few days and had some crazy ideas/ questions for you guys. We've all added hops at different times during the boil.... But what about Pumpkin? Most recipes online say to add one pumpkin addition at the start of the boil. But I'm wondering if some of...

yea ill be mashing.

yea thats what i was worrying about. its a lot more balanced than my original recipe.

I want a really complex tasting stout with vanilla, chocolate, and bourbon notes. Im shooting for 7-9% alcohol (before the bourbon). Heres what I got so far (its based off my friends simple recipe except with more specialty grains) 3 lbs liquid dark extract 4 lbs 2 row 1 lb munich malt 1...

ok thanks guys, i wasnt freaking out or anything but i was getting there. i guess if beer was THAT hard and delicate to make, none of us would even bother.

When i was syphoning my beer to secondary, the connection between the hose and the autosyphon developed a small crack and started putting air bubbles into the beer. I noticed the problem a few seconds after it started so there was some oxygen going into the beer. Is this a huge problem? I was so...

4 lbs. American 2-row 1 lbs. Crystal Malt 10°L 0.5 lbs. Belgian Cara-Pils .3 lbs. American Victory 3 lbs. Liquid Amber Extract .7 oz. Centennial (Pellets, 10.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. 0.40 oz. Cascade (Pellets, 5.50 %AA) boiled 1 min. info Im also thinking about doing the late extract addition.

This is my first partial mash I am planning on making 5 gallons but i only have a 4 gallon pot so I will have to do a partial boil. Im just wondering how much water to boil, how much to sparge with, and how much to add to the carboy to fill it.

Hey guys, this is my first post. As many other first time posts by beginners this one involves a simple act of stupidity. After sanitizing my bottles in diluted bleach water and removing the labels from the outside, I decided to give the bottles a good rinse in the dishwasher to remove all...