Recent content by BrewyLouie

Thanks! There's not much I can do to alter it, and it's far from perfect I realize but I think I captured the essence of craft here. Realistically without starting from scratch on the carving the only alteration I could make would be color. Here I was going for a old scratched leather look.

I made this the old fashioned way by carving my design into linoleum then applying ink and pressing. I water proofed with a liquid plastic spray.

I have an IPA going into its 4th week of primary on Sunday. Does anyone have any suggestions on whether I should bottle it now or wait? I've been reading on a lot of other posts that I should be patient and the recipe called for 2 weeks. Sorry Im Not informative about specific gravity I didn't...

Yea it was similar too a light beer but really it had nice body it didn't seem watered down I already drank the first batch and after a few in a sitting I had a nice buzz. And was pleasantly satisfied with by the taste. The second batch is still in primary and it's going well. Thanks for the...

The first batch. I followed instructions to mash the grain

1 1/2 lbs. 2row 8 oz. CaraHell 8oz cara Viennese Colombus hops for bittering Cascade for aroma Safale us-05 Batch 1- no malt extract Batch two extra light liquid malt extract

I'm new to the brewing community and I have a question for you my fellow brewers. I recently brewed a 5 gallon batch of "American IPA" And I have a three gallon batch of the same beer in primary fermentation right now. I have made one major adjustment to the recipe in this second batch...