Recent content by chris_

Lots of great stuff in this thread. I don't want to make an Guiness clone exactly, but definitely something in that style. It sounds like it's probably best to not use any crystal malt at all. I think I'll leave it out and just experiment with the different yeasts, hops, and roasted barely I...

Lol I haven't heard of red-x before. I'll have to check that out. What's crystal malt normally good for then?

Yea for sure, the one I made last time didn't have any and I liked it a lot. I've already bought the crystal so I figure I'll give it a try anyway. Maybe I should use some of it for the base of a red ale instead.

I want to start developing my own dry irish stout extract recipe. I've made one before from a kit that I really liked. I have a few different kinds of yeast (wyeast irish ale & nottingham), hops (east Kent Goulding & fuggled), and specialty grains to try experimenting with. My question is...

I've also made an extract stout that came out really good. I used a recipe kit that was 6lb breiss golden liquid malt extract, 1 pound of specialty grains (it didn't actually say what kind but I think it was all roast barely), 2oz bittering hops addition (I forget what kind), and a liquid Irish...

Hey everyone - I'm a new brewer in Los Angeles. I've made four extract batches using Northern Brewer recipe kits and am going to start working on my own recipe this weekend. Looking forward to chatting and hopefully learning a thing or two from y'all. My favorite beer type is dry Irish stout.

你好我高兴认识你 Dragon fruit mead and logan mead sounds really good. Five spice mead sounds interesting. Definitely interested to hear how those turn out. What're the homebrewing laws like in China? Could you sell if you wanted to?