Recent content by gramatton

Thanks for all the good info guys. I do believe next time I'll try to factor in that water loss. That's a damned lot of hops, 21.5 oz of whole ones? And I thought my 12oz was alot. Way to make me feel inadequate:cross: .

Yeah, I think splitting into two pots might have been part of it. I took a gravity reading after cooling, 1.080 when I was shooting for 1.070. I added enough water to get me to 1.070. Yes that was alot of hops. Came out to about 110IBUs in beersmith. The entire house smelled like hops. The...

I had a total of 12oz of hops by flameout. 6oz in each kettle. I wouldn't think they could suck up that much wort, but what do I know. live and learn.

So I just brewed my first all grain batch last night, a hop bursted rye ipa. After realizing my 5g kettle wouldn't hold the 7 gallons of wort coming out of the mashtun I split it between that and my other 5 gallon pot, no problem. Boil went fine, along with the 30 mins of 5min 2oz hop...

I did the exact same thing, although I didn't crush it, kinda just circumcised the top of the bottle. I think I just pushed down too far with my capper. I do plan on trying again(with empty bottles so as not to waste precious homebrew), because I do love them bottles.

Just got a temp controller for the upright freezer in the garage. It's a god send. Currently waiting on delivery of a 2nd to put on the fridge right next to it. With those two we can have 2 carboys in the fridge and 4 in the freezer(once the shelf has been reinforced.)

This would be my second recipe I've made. I want to make something big, malty, and a little smoky. I'm going to wait awhile before I brew it up because I would like to get a few more batches and a bit more experience first.(Also need to rig up a 10g Igloo MLT) I love big, black, strong malty...

Thanks for the replies. I see your point about the cascade, I'll probably replace them with Saaz. And after their reaction to our not so bitter pale ale I'll tone down the Centennial too. I figured 2 packs just to be safe, I've never used Nottingham before, but from your comments I see...

Me and my brewing buddy want to brew a blonde ale for the guys at work(who are BMC only drinkers). So I came up with what I thought was a basic easy drinking Blonde Ale. Any critiques or ideas on what the flavor would be like would be a great help. Type: Extract Batch Size: 6.00 gal Boil...

Thanks for the information. That link was really helpful and answered almost all of my questions.

This is my first time posting on here, even though I've been lurking around and reading the forums for help. I've got two meads(both tasted the way bandaids smell, so i guess they got infected or something), a beer to be bottled on Super Bowl Sunday, and then these two 1 gal jugs of cider that...