Recent content by Brew_Nerd

Considering I only bottled yesterday, I haven't attempted this yet. However, if the sweetness doesn't subside considerably, I'm afraid I will be forced to blend in order to render this concoction acceptable. :mad:

Honestly, the lactose was an afterthought, hence the late addition. The OG was 1.062 with a FG of 1.020. I can't tell you the IBUs. This is my first experimentation with lactose so I'm largely ignorant where it is concerned. And indeed, if I could turn back time I would have definitely...

So I added 1lb of lactose to my recently brewed stout before bottling. After filling the last bottle I tasted the dregs at the bottom of the bottling bucket and found that my beer is far too sweet after the lactose addition. I realize now that I probably should have used more hops to balance...

In his book "Brew Like a Pro", Dave Miller (formerly of Blackstone Brewery in Nashville) states that "beer is not like wine: it does not improve in the bottle, and is best drunk young.". This is contradictory to many posts I have seen in this forum. I just thought I would send this out to the...

Oh noes! Beer yeast?! Why?!?! WHY?!

Hey guys! First time poster, (relatively) long time reader. I brewed up a batch of BB Weizenbier last Thursday (6th day in primary). When the krausen finally settled, I noticed quite a few orange-colored oddities floating around the surface of my beer. I'm not freaking out about it but I...

They sell traditional IPAs. And? As mentioned above, this isn't cheap or even misleading. I immediately assume I'm ordering an English IPA unless it's otherwise specified on the menu or bottle. I suppose you would expect a proper brewpub to specify American, English, or Imperial. . . But this...