Recent content by centralme

I originally thought it was over carbonation, but I started wondering how that could happen in every few bottles. I thought originally it might be a "chunk" of yeast that might have been siphoned off, but that didn't make sense to me. Hard to describe, but I took a course once on how to...

A quick background. I got into partial mash brewing in the early 90's and then had the opportunity to work as an assistant brewer at a small (7 barrel) brewery in the later 90's for a year. I never brewed again as I promised myslef I wouldn't get back into it unless I made the commitment to a...

Made a Kolsch last spring and perhaps the best all grain I have ever made. I did tons of research for a very authentic version. Here is what I did: 9.25 Pilsner .5 Vienna 1.5oz Hersbrucher (60min) .5 Hersbrucker (15 min) White Labs WLP029 Heat 15 qts to 165 degrees. Mash in @ 149-150...

I just got back into brewing after many years hiatus. My first batch was a milk stout as I love it so much. I was very pleased on how it came out as this was my first attempt at an all-grain brew. I am at work (shhhh!) so I don't have the recipe in front of me. However, I did use 1lb. of lactose...