Recent content by gfullam

Home brewers are petitioning the White House to release the recipe of their Honey Ale. http://wh.gov/4y9b The official petition puts it this way... WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Release the recipe for the Honey Ale home brewed at the White House. Following in the footsteps...

KuntzBrewing, I only did a partial mash, as it was a Brewer's Best kit: I steeped the grains in 2.5 gal of clean water between 150-165 F for 20 min. Brought to boil and added LME, DME and Maltodextrin. Added bittering hops; boiled 40 min. Added aroma hops and chipotle powder; boiled for 20...

I apologize to all who replied for not getting back quickly. I didn't even wait for a response before I went to plan B, which was: 1 sachet Lalvin EC-1118 Dry Champagne yeast I mixed up a starter, pitched it and agitated by rocking the fermenter. I saw little to no airlock activity since...

This happened to me three weeks ago to my Imperial Stout. My lid came right off too, which is amazing considering I have trouble removing it by hand it's on so tight.

I am brewing the Brewer's Best Russian Imperial Stout 5 gallon kit and it has been stuck at the same SG for two weeks now. I should mention that primary fermentation was explosive – literally, with CO2 and foam forming so vigorously that my fermentation bucket lid blew right off about 12...

I am doing this as my first 5 gallon batch. It took to fermentation within hours and blew its top (literally) within 12 hours. I had an incredible amount of foam and CO2 production. I have some great video and photos that I can post here later for everyone's enjoyment. I should have used a...

Revvy, Thanks for the links. I watched the episode and it was highly educational and inspirational. I think what I'll do is create a Frankincense tea (though not with the scientific eloquence of Heston) and a Myrrh tea. I'll just have to be extremely careful with the Myrrh and use very little...

I have an idea for a Christmas mead, but can't find any existing resources on it. I want to make a 1 gallon metheglin/melomel (methomel?) using frankincense and myrrh. This is my first mead attempt, but I am extremely adventurous. Has anyone ever tried this? Which form of these ingredients...