Recent content by brewfisch

Oh man, George Fix's Principles of Brewing Science friggin' rocks. It's only about 150 pages, but it's chock full of heavy chemistry. If you don't come from a chemistry background, it acts as a good sleep aid. Seriously- ten pages and I'm out like a light.

I'll start this off by saying two things- I already know what happened, and I also know I should have gone with my gut on this, but I didn't. I was brewing a Belgian Golden Strong this past weekend, and was using my trusty Beer Alchemy software on my iPhone. It's always been pretty handy, but...

Hey guys. So I started kegging my brews last Spring, and ever since then, I've been brewing far more frequently, and with far better quality I'm pleased to say. I even stepped into allgrain around the same time, and will never look back. Here's the problem: Aside from the occasional...

Here's an idea- I'd say try it twofold: Additives like food coloring aren't enough, and can stain equipment and kegs. Cranberries work, but you have to watch it on those since it's easy to cross the line on them in the boil (maybe 8 oz./5 gal @ 20min, max). I'd recommend fooling around...

Thanks Yooper- Yeah I could tell this was a really good healthy culture and the strain I've used for an ESB before, pretty aggressive stuff. I racked it regardless into a secondary. I'll give it some time to condition, but I feel really good about this batch. I also have an empty keg that's...

Hey guys- I've got a very interesting scenario for this bitter I did on Thursday around lunchtime. I don't need to bore everyone with the grain bill, but it's a pretty standard AG Ordinary Bitter recipe using mainly Marris Otter as a base. Mash in was quick, took a while to sparge since it...

So do mine- although I was a little concerned about my AG bitter I brewed this afternoon, but the OG was perfect. I expect it to clear in the next eight or nine days.