Recent content by Ferde357

Going to experiment with cherry concentrate in an english ale. Plan is to bottle 1/2 of the ale after fermentation is complete and the other 1/2 add to a secondary fermenter with the cherry concentrate. It's a sour cherry concentrate made from Michigan cherries. How do I calculate the extent...

Sounds like a lot of work for a $4 yeast package

Vanilla Porters with heavy vanilla extract flavors.

Hey brewers, Let me know your thoughts on this IPA and also any suggestions on the extra hop material going into the primary. Boiled 2 oz Centennial for 60 mins then took kettle off heat and added 2oz Cascade and 2oz Citra for 30 mins. The 4oz bag must have ripped and the hops ended up in...

Although looks like a lot of hops the overall hops effect is very subtle. I find it very similar in style to Founders Dirty Bastard, which is labeled a Scottish Ale.

The toasted malt (1 lb caramel 45 baked @350/10min) was in the background as the beer has a big malt flavor. The hops compliment it well also. Not what I was going for but definitely not ruined. It's good! Hops used were: -60 min 1oz Centennial -30 min 1oz UK Kent Goldings -15 min 1oz US...

If you have a reading with your hydrometer before fermentation starts and after fermentation ends you can use the abv calculator. If you don't have those readings then try the extract-ogfg calculator to get an estimate. http://www.brewersfriend.com/extract-ogfg/...

After downloading beersmith2 and putting in the boil volume and late addition the malt extract I am within the parameters for an IPA in all areas. Not what I intended but I am not disappointed now.

Beer is doing well. I moved it to secondary fermentor a week ago and dry hopped with 2 oz Liberty hops. The beer looks and smells excellent. I'm going to leave the beer as it is and not mess with it anymore. Will update to close the thread once I have the finish product.

Yes, but iPad was not only a new product, it was a different paradigm in computing. With AB the only thing changing is the marketing approach. The product is unchanged so that's not a valid analogy.

You have to market to your segment. Craft beer is a different segment. Just like you wouldn't market an economy car to someone in the luxury car market. Not going to convince them no matter how much money you throw at it. That's referred to as strategic marketing.

AB should be focused on putting out a product that the consumer wants. Not trying to convince the consumer to drink a beer that's totally different than what they typically choose to drink. I don't buy the fact people wouldn't drink it because it's put out by AB. If it's a quality product it...

I am doing a dry hop for the first time so I racked the beer from my pail to the carboy then placed 2 oz hops (Liberty) in a hop bag. The hops are floating. I kind of expected them to sink. Is that OK?

Is there a particular abv that makes a beer considered big? At what gravity do you need to consider using additional techniques for fermentation like additional packets of yeast, etc.

Thanks everyone! I've decided to keep the beer as is at the est ebv 7%. If I understand correctly, more hops are needed with higher content beers so I will try dry hopping.