Recent content by drykill8

1 lb of cocoa nibs turns out to be a bit much or maybe ten days was too long to let it soak into the beer.....very bitter and unpleasant like eating bakers chocolate. For some reason my girlfriend said she liked it though.

Thank you that is very helpful.

I'm currently in second fermentation of a local home brew store owners chocolate porter recipe that I guess he got a few awards for...his sister said. I'm using 16 Oz of nibs dry for 10 days five gallon batch. I'll let you know how it turns out. Better be good, equals out to $25 a twelve pack.

Only thing I can add is to maybe add only 3/4 of the hallerteu at 50 minutes vs 60min to cut back on some more bittering and add the remaining 1/4 hallerteu at 5 min for more aroma. Unless you meant that you were adding at 40 min of boil.....them my idea makes no sense.

Maybe you should give the original ipa style a try. The british originated it so it could make the long trip to India for the troops they had over there. Try Mayflower ipa it's the English style with a good mix of malt and earthy spice dank hops.

Hi, My name is Jesse, been homebrewing for about a year. started with the Mr.beer kit....made 3 beers that aggravated me with the taste. Moved up to mini mash 5 gallon and made a few not to share with friends, one awesome clone of Punk IPA by Brewdogs a few other decent hefeweizens. I now...