Recent content by discndyno

+1 There are several threads here that detail why carbonating in a growler is a bad idea. In short, the process of carbonating beer creates a lot of pressure (not holding carbonated beer, but holding beer that is carbonating), and the growlers cannot handle it like normal beer bottles can...

I've also had a bunch of New Belgium ones break on me. I don't use them anymore either.

I've done a similar hop schedule/recipe a number of times, except I do add about 33% of IBUs at 60 minutes (although one of these times I'm going to try without). It's turned out great every time. Plenty of hop flavor and aroma, clean bitterness. Haven't tried soriachi, but I love it with...

I'd check your boil volume. That can have a big effect on IBUs and is an easy thing to miss. 39 is very low (the original recipe shows 87.2 IBUs).

Thanks for the recipe! I impulse brewed this one yesterday but had to modify it quite a bit based on what I had on hand (a classic case of "I want to brew NOW and consequences be darned"). I used (in equivalent quantities/IBUs) carafa II instead of roasted barley, wheat malt instead of...

Thanks all for the input. That's the info I needed. I guess I'll just keep doing what I've been doing. Thanks!

Hi all, Just wondering if anybody has ever tried rehydrating whole leaf hops before using them to prevent them from robbing you of wort. I looked around the forum quite a bit but couldn't find anything. My thoughts on the idea: -It would probably be more useful for dry hopping than kettle...