Recent content by chad1776

So I took the thermostat off again to check it and there was a wire disconnected. Plugged it back in and now she's running like a champ! This was super simple and I'm not mechanically inclined at all. Thanks for all the great instructions and pictures.

Did everything as shown for a single tower mod. I didn't need to but out the interior shelf supports because only one keg. Mine also was able to unscrew the door shelving without having to cut it. I bent my freezer shelf carefully and slowly. Did everything as shown and now my fridge doesn't...

Thanks Sweed! Bad calculations on my part. I think I will let her mellow in the bottle until Labor Day and see where we are at. I appreciate you sharing your experience!

Bottled today after what seemed like forever in the carboy. Final gravity was 1.020, giving it a 7.7% ABV. The 12 oz of Bourbon up the ABV by a %, so it's close to 9% - which is about where I wanted it. What I will say is that I think I used WAY too much blackstrap molasses. I was looking...

IMO, and from everything I've read, you don't want to go more than a lb in a 5 gal batch. I don't know this for sure with molasses, but when I've added honey to my brews I dilute with warm water first, it gets mixed in much easier. You aren't looking for help with the thickness the molasses...

Racked to secondary after 2 weeks in primary. Added oak chips that had been soaking in the vanilla beans and bourbon. The beer smelled amazing! Talked with a friend who owns a brewery and he said that blackstrap molasses takes a long time to mellow, so I'm going to give this a good 2-3 weeks...

Bottling a 2 Hearted clone and brewing a Red Rye IPA. New recipe, 1st crack at it.

Had to set up a blow off tube there was so much action going on! I'll ditch the vanilla beans - it's to flavor the bourbon with vanilla. The chips in the secondary will give it a toastiness and if they are saturated with bourbon the flavor will permeate out. Then at bottling time I will add...

Took me a while but I brewed up this kit as-is last week. It was actually my second brew and I did my third (a Russian Imperial Stout with bourbon vanilla molasses and brown sugar) yesterday. I'll update when the Black IPA is finished. Just dry hopped it yesterday after a week in the primary...

I brewed yesterday - it was the Jasper's Ghosts of Bardstown Bourbon Vanilla Stout. Boiled 1 lb of Blackstrap Molasses in addition for the full 60 min and added 1 lb of brown sugar with 5 minutes to go. Also added in an oz of Magnum for 30 minutes. This is my first stout, but 3rd brew. Active...

I brewed yesterday - it was the Jasper's Ghosts of Bardstown Bourbon Vanilla Stout. Boiled 1 lb of Blackstrap Molasses for the full 60 min and added 1 lb of brown sugar with 5 minutes to go. This is my first stout, but 3rd brew. Active fermentation started about 10 hours in and I woke up this...

Brewed a Bell's Two-Hearted Ale clone yesterday. Based off Northern Brewer's Dead Ringer kit - but purchased my own ingredients. Upped the hop schedule to be an oz at 60/40/20/10 and at flame out. Will dry hop with an oz in secondary too. Also added a 1/2 tsp of Paradise Seeds (ground) with 15...

BrewerinBR - I appreciate your help and experience. I definitely will go with the molasses in the boil. The recipe calls for 4 oz of priming (corn) sugar. Would you still prime with equal amount of brown sugar?

I'm getting ready to brew a Vanilla Bourbon Russian Imperial Stout and want to get that molasses/brown sugar taste as well as up the ABV. I've seen recipes with either or in it, but never one with both. Is it overkill to do a cup of each in the boil? Will it be too sweet? Hope to hear...

I'm brewing this in 3 weeks and wanting feedback before I brew please and thank you! This is my second brew and my first crack and modifying a kit. The basic kit is the Jasper's Ghosts of Bardstown Bourbon Vanilla Stout. I like the recipe, but would like it a little "bigger" and darker...