Recent content by cbren723

I will look into the oak chips and whiskey. Have you seen or read anything about adding coffee or spices?

So I am going to make a wee heavy scotch ale. I am thinking of doing a 5 gal batch, but I have two 2.5 gal fermenters and was thinking of doing half of the batch with an additive or variant. Has anyone experimented with a Wee Heavy scotch ale before? I am open to any ideas. Vanilla? Coffee...

I am making a Honey Cream Ale for late summer. I do not want a super dry beer so I wondering if anyone has any experience with using corn maize and/or honey with a cream ale? For now I am using both honey and corn maize but because they both tend to dry out the beer I wasn't sure if mix well...

Was wondering if anyone has steeped any honey malt in their recipie? Im thinking it might add a little sweetness to the beer, possibly enhance a sweet strawberry taste. Thoughts or suggestions?

So this recipe looks great, and I am going to try it tonight but an extract version. The boil time says 90 min, is that just standard time for an all grain recipe? Can I just do a standard 60 min boil for an extract version? Whats the pros and cons of a 90 min boil? -Also I have some Edinburgh...

So I bought two yeast tube for my scotch ale (thinking I would need two becasue of the high starting gravity, 1.089). This time around though I want to do a yeast starter, so can I use both yeast tubes in my yeast starter or just stick with just using just one yeast tube?? I realize its kinda...

This is my second time making a strong scotch ale. The first time I added in a lot of chocolate grains, but this time I want it to be less sweet so I am using Roasted Barley instead, but I still want to have a little sweetness (hence the honey I put in). This recipe is costing me some money so I...

The standard for boiling time is 60 min. But occasionally I see people with 90 min and 120 min boils. Whats the difference/ benefits of a longer boiling times?

i cant find a striaght answer, so i decided just to ask. I want to clean my beer bottles, will my method work. I always rinse my bottles out after pouring, can I just rinse them in a bucket of cold water with a little bleach, and then run them through the dishwasher the next day (without...

Thanks for help. Greatly appreciated

Just brewed this last night for the first time (my first stout). everything looks good so far. I forgot to talk an intial OG measurement, but I just took one about 18 hrs later and its at 1.040. Does anyone know if that sounds about right?

Hey I am new to brewing but want to try this one next. What do you think aobut adding briess victory to the recipe? Good idea or disaster? Whats your recommendation on yeast strain since i cant seem to find Dennys favorite wyeast?

Thanks. Can the temp change really cause a big problem?? Should I be worried?? I left it a little high becasue I thought it would activate the yeast a little more. and then i lowered it thinking it wouldnt be an issue. I was still getting bubbles after I lowered it. The other reason I...

I made the recipe: steeped- 12 oz crystal malt 60L, 2.4 oz english chocalate, 4 oz Roasted Barley 4 lbs ultralight LME @60 min 1 oz Williamette hops @ 60 min 6 lbs maris otter LME @25 min .3 oz kent goldings @30min 3.2 oz brown sugar @ 15 min .3 oz kent goldings at flame out I used two...

Its been fermenting three weeks but the gravity has been at 1.030 for a week now. It tastes like pure alcohol and doesnt taste too good yet ( obviously not what I was going for but its beer), so im trying to decide to bottle over the weekend or let it sit for another week in the fermenter?? Its...