Recent content by DblTrbl500

Planning my brewing schedule to be ready for Homebrew Alley in early February (New York City).

June update I bottled my Bananas Foster ale this past Sunday, after it had spent two weeks in the primary and another three in the secondary. The normal trub layer at the bottom of the carboy was about four inches tall, compared with about an inch or so with a regular secondary fermentation...

Bananas Foster Brewing Update: I saw this recipe thought it looked great. I made the wort by following the recipe close to the description. I varied the ingredients slightly according to what was available, with two row Canadian barley, and 15L caramel malt. I used the Saaz hops, adding...

The points about adding the hops later and the crystal malt competing with hops are both helpful. Would you recommend reducing the crystal to 1 pound and adding another pound of something like Carastan or another grain? Thanks again for everybody's comments. Cheers!

I was planning to use a California yeast, either White Labs 001 or Wyeast 1056, to get a clean, crisp taste with a balance between the malt and hop flavors. I also have recovered and washed Wyeast 1338 European ale and Wyeast 1335 British ale sitting in my refrigerator. These both emphasize...

I have not used Crystal hops before, but a friend gave me 4 ounces of them. I could not find a recipe that would bring out their character, so I did a little reading and came up with one: 8 pounds of American two-row 2 pounds of Crystal 75L (to add caramel roasted flavor) 1 pound of...

If I have a recipe with 12 pounds of grains, that would be 3.75 gallons for the mash. But then 1.2 gallon per pound for the sparge would add another 6 gallons, totaling nearly 10 gallons for the boil. It is supposed to be a 5 gallon batch. Where am I going wrong? Thanks!

Twobrain said it - Brooklyn Brew Shop sells kits through Whole Foods. I know three people who got them as gifts from their wives and all three had problems making the beer. BBS has one gallon kits that leave little room for error and are marketed more as novelties than serious brewing...

Has anybody found a false bottom that will fit this pot?