Recent content by Elweydoloco

Hi all I'm sorry I never posted this I've done probably 5 batches of this haven't had one sour. Remember to ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS blanche your fruit or nuts before adding to your recipe to remove any wild yeast strains. A definition of blanching is included in the resipe below. 5 Gallon...

Groner it looks damn good sir!!! I'm on my third batch of this stuff now. I've obviously fine tuned the recipe since the first time and have it pretty close IMO. I'll list my exact recipe and put up once this one is done.

Hey guys. I never replied but the clone of this I tried was ridiculously close and tasted amazing!!! Follow my directions and I blanched the pecans in vodka prior to adding to the primary to get off any oils and nasties. The pecans I think 80 grams were baked until almost smoking as well in...

Sorry all been way too long since I've been on here. The beer turned out amazing and everything was pretty much spot on! I added the raspberry from extract a tablespoon at a time until I got to the taste I wanted then added one more. It dies off a little in the fermentor in my opinion. It...

So here is my thought. I'm not going to secondary. I'm going to primary for a month and am using 24 oz of pecans. I'm blanching them in water and vodka to get the oils off. I will add the peach extract at bottling time a tbsp at a time til I get what I want then add one more maybe as it will die...

Awesome awesome! I picked up the supplies to do an all grain version from the LHBS I'll wait for your flavor notes perhaps if I can keep the person that wants it off me long enough to do so and then give it a whirl. If you determine anything in the interim, please let me know. I suppose you can...

I say run with it and see what happens! I've not had the stuff in years but it ressurected in my thoughts when a friend talked about it. She's big on the cheer and I've got in the bottle now 9 or 10 beers so it's time to brew one for someone else. Do you have any updates on the concept of...

I just saw this after I cruised for some Boddington's Clones as a buddy of mine loves it, and I won't lie I like it but I don't love it. Anyway here's what I came up with and I'm hoping it comes out decent. 4.5# Pale 6 Row 1# Toasted 6 Row (bake in oven for 30 minutes at 275 flip it...

No it was starsan and the yeast was growing significantly in the first hour in the starter. I'm willing to bet I got all my growth cycle with the starter and little more with the beer as there was little sugar left in the starter and the yeast got lazy. Anyway I pitched the S-04 and all is...

When your significant other starts complaining all you do is brew, or when you break a bottle and it feels like the loss of achild, then you know you're addicted. Congratulations. It's a life long hobby that you can immerse yourself in and become as extreme or as laid back as you want...

Yeah I've taken seperate gravity readings 3 days apart it's virtually unchanged. That and there is zero krausen when I popped the lid last night. I just don't see what would have done it is what's got me puzzled. I'm just gonna dump the S-04 and see what happens. If nothing off of that then...

I've done my last 3 batches cold when I bottled and had zero problems.

Hey guys, The dilemna is, I have zero activity showing yeast growth. No gravity change, no bubbling in air lock, no bucket lid bulging. It's completely odd as if you read below, I did everything correctly, and I didn't temp shock the yeast either. I brewed a porter the other night...

The only way you're gonna know for sure is taking a gravity reading. In other words take a gravity reading now if you'd like. Then take another one a few days from now. If it's dropping, then you know the yeast are eating the sugar peeing alcohol and farting C02. If this is the case, then...

There's about 4 things to use. Irish Moss and Whirlfloc do the same and coagulate proteins Cold Crashing drops everything out of suspension and gives you a tighter yeast cake Gelatin coagulates everything and drops it out to the bottom for a very clear beer I've done all but Whirlfloc...