Recent content by camaro21

Checked out the Haus Ale, looks great! Think Ill give it a try

Yes +5% is what Im looking for

So Ive got my first all grain brew coming up and I was looking for a simple pale ale recipe that I could do a few times in order to get my bearings on the brewing technique. I would however enjoy something with a decently high ABV. Basically Ive just brewed 3 pretty heavy extracts in a row and...

Thanks for the comments. It was my understanding that u can use the wyeast smack packs quite successfully without starters. I guess I phrased it wrong, but with the equipment I would be washing and reusing yeast. I guess its whether people prefer to reuse crappy yeast or if buying new yeast for...

This might be naive but isnt yeast yeast regardless of packaging/marketing/whatever people want to try and sell? I'm wondering cause I'm getting ready for my yearly HB upgrades from various Christmas $ gifts and was wondering whether I should just go with the "smack pack" and not use starters or...

Is throwing one element on a separate (new or existing) breaker not an option? I dont know how much of a pain that would be to run wiring to wherever you are brewing though