Recent content by brackbrew

Hi, my wife and I have a farm share through a CSA and they are offering amaranth. They have grown it fresh. Does anyone know how I could use this to make beer? Is it very different from using other adjuncts? How would I need to prepare it for mashing, etc? Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using...

Getting ready to bottle the Fuller's ESB clone from CloneBrews (first edition) but I misplaced my book. Does anybody have it and can you tell me how much corn sugar (NOT DME) for priming? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Congrats! A good friend is doing a label for me for the occasion. Hope to post it soon. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Duly noted, and thanks everyone! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

It's a Fuller's ESB clone, using corn sugar and will be in a dark cellar around 62f Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

How much longer on average? Bottling on Sunday, baby is due July 3... Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

On Sunday, I'm going to be bottling a special brew to commemorate the birth of our first child. I'm going to be using bombers (22oz bottles) for the first time. Do I need to be concerned with leaving additional headspace or should I use the bottling wand volume for headspace as usual? Thanks...

I usually ferment a week in the primary and two in the secondary. Anything more and I'll be cutting it close for the birth (with bottle conditioning in there too). Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Just finished my first all-grain batch and was feeling triumphant (nailed the target gravity, etc...) and realized after pitching the yeast and putting it to rest, I realized I forgot to use my Whirlfloc tab. Any ideas as to how hazy it might end up? I brewed this for the impending birth of my...

Hi all, My father-in-law just showed me this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009UWHGXS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I've always brewed in glass. Anyone know much about this?

Oh...total weight of the cranberry relish recipe is 5.5 lbs.

Just racked the following recipe: 6 lbs. Muntons Wheat DME (55/45) 1 oz Hallertau pellets (60 minutes) Safale US-05 over top of the following: 2.25 lbs fresh cranberries 3 oranges, seeded (with peels) 3 apples, seeded (with skin) 3 cups sugar (all put through the food processor)...

Rather than use an essence or flavoring, I think I'd like to rack the beer on top of my mom's Cranberry relish recipe--12oz. bag of cranberries, 1 apple, 1 orange (with peel) and 3/4 cup-to-1 cup of sugar. Just decided how much of the relish to make--double or triple batch? Thoughts anyone?!

When you split the DME up like that, are talking about the wheat DME that is 55/45 wheat/barley?

Looking for a good (or great) extract or partial mash cranberry ale recipe. The last recipe I tried was from "The Homebrewer's Recipe Guide" and was an ABSOLUTE DISASTER. I am having ALL the inlaws over for Thanksgiving this year and would like to show off my best... Thanks! ---...