Recent content by garethliam

Where is the best alternate to Brewtoad that (1) I can import the xml files to and (2) I don’t need to pay a subscription? Also, grateful for the pen and paper brewing logbook I keep. They won’t be taking that away from me!

Great feedback, exactly what I was looking for! I will explore the white stout / Irish Stout combo, I have a WS recipe that is on my to do list!

Looking at optimizing my brew day by splitting one BIAB boil into two beer styles. Has anyone tried this and had success or stories to tell, which styles did you create? I am looking to split the wort post-boil, not the pre-boil sort as I can only do one boil at a time. My plan would be to...

@TxBrew I heard you like beer!

Hi, So, here is a puzzle. I'm aging a hard cider in two secondaries but they look completely different even though they started out in the same fermenting vessel. I started out with 2.5G of farm-fresh apple cider (no preservatives added) fermenting in a 3G glass carboy, and after 3 weeks...

Vote for Pedro!

So, I tasted this 'bockfest' the other day - it came out great! the breadiness from the munich definitely hits you but it has a nice clean taste as it goes down. I was pleasently surprised that this came out so clear and crisp. I have the bottles carbed up and chilling out at around 45-50F in...

What the Bock! http://brewtoad.com/recipes/what-the-bock-1 This is my recipe in place, we shall see if turns out tasty in a few weeks time! I plan on brewing it up Monday, and will try out the decoction step during the mash.

I like the Bock and decoction reasoning... will have to look into this. With my setup I'm doing the BIAB technique.. thanks

Hi, What will this grain bill give me: 60% Pilsner 40% Munich-Light Hops: Saaz Yeast: Dry Saflager-23 Fermenting at 55F My LHBS guy gave me more Munich malt than I had asked for (was originally going for a koelsh-style ale 95%/5%). Of course it's all milled and mixed up so I...

+1 bottom of the barrel in Oneida. Nice little store, got a wide selection of grains, yeasts, kits and equipment. They have odd hours and are a little out of the way but I recommend them. Check out their Facebook page, they are really good at answering Q's on there.

http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/schnoodle-von-weizenbock-biab 1 gallon BIAB Weizenbock

Thanks, i will check these out - do you have any particular favorites that worked out well? I'm brewing my second 1gBIAB batch tomorrow using one of my recipes here http://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/schnoodle-von-weizenbock-biab This one is adapted from Jamil's Weizenbock, but I had to tweak it...

Thanks for the feedback... So looks like I have a couple of choices 1. Pitch the yeast I want to save in a little bit of wort - let it ferment out, cold crash, store yeast cake.. Make starter next time 2. don't pitch this yeast, store and make starter next time. My thoughts .. What if I...

I'm using a wyeast smack pack for the first time and wondered if there is an easy way to store unused yeast from the pack. I will be using about 1/3 of the pack for a Small batch. I don't want to pit h the whole pack, nor do I want to waste what is left. Can I store the activated yeast in the...