Recent content by dwigbrew

simple question can you age for to long? I have had a batch in the secondary going on 3 months. been real busy with work to find time to bottle :( can this beer go bad?

Thnx for the advice I'll take it! Into consideration..

Oh and ya we have boulivard.. I didn't know the finished with oak?

American.. I gotta lb of chips I'm thinking using 1/4 lb.. The first week dry hop the second week and adding 2 oz of chips the last week.. Will this be to much

So I brewed the my first ipa on Monday. I'm gonna use the oak chips in the secondary. This was my highest og ever at 1.06.. I'm already ready to try it, but I'm gonna push my patience on this one. I hopped with 2 oz warrior and 2 oz cascade alternating at 60, 50, 40, 20. And aroma hopped with...

Do I need to put my starter in a dark place?

So a lil update, I'm on 3 weeks today. Last satuday I checked the gravity and it was at 1.01.. I decided to give it another week in the secondary. My only concern is priming. Here's my thoughts "more yeast eating = more carbonation .. = possible explosions of beer = a sad brewer

4 days in the bottling

So I bottled my first beer the other day. Really stoked to see what the results will be of all my time an money invested Into this new hobby.. I do see some what looks like trub in the bottom of the bottles.. Small amount. I had a final gravity of 1.008.. Do I drink this?

Them barrels ain't cheep. I think I'm thinking of using the American oak chips from Midwest. How long does them barrels give off flavor? Is there a difference in wine oak chip compared to beer chips?

I have seen dogfish before, but I live just moved from Denver to Kansas where good beer is a little hard to come by. So know I brew! I'm sure your right about the linning. But I think chicks will dig the story ;) where did u get your oak casks? How do u sterilize em?

I'm in the process of designing a British ipa. I got the idea when ready the history of ipa where it states British troops brought over beer to india in oak casks. I'm sure the use of oak chips have been tried. Just wanted to hear what everyone thinks. Also a hop bill suggestions would be cool...

What kinda dog? And what color?

Ok I hope I don't got problems. I went to brew this weekend and was using American ale smack pack wyeast. Well it didn't well so I dropped a muntons packet I had for back up. I decided to open the wyeast and seen that it was because that stupid bubble didn't pop.. In frustration I poorer the...

I'm having the same issue, I have one in a primary for 1 week today, and one in a seconday 1 week today. My brew in my primary has stopped bubbling completely, and my brew in the secondary bubbles once in a while. I used wyeast midwest on the one in the secondary, and wyeast denny's fav 50 on...