Recent content by gtbpaintballer

quick update on the brew!!! Something went terribly wrong with the brew. It ended up turning up into a pale ale(pale, not black what so-ever!)!!!!!!!!! I bottled it last friday, and I'm trying it right now because I can. It's drinkable, but obviously it's not how I wanted it to turn out...

thanks Bill, I originally wanted to go with a lower AA boiling hop, but for some reason I saw summit hops and decided on that(AA of 16%). The beer has an IBU of around 84. I'm thinking of just letting it sit in the primary for 3 weeks, and if the bitterness hasn't mellowed out just rack it...

Hey community! I brewed my first all-grain batch today, O.G. is at 1.055. I boiled 1 ounce of summit hops for an 70 minutes 1 of cascade ounce for 20 minutes and I wanted to add 1 ounce cascade(aroma hops) at flame off, let it sit for 15 minutes before cooling the wort. For some...

Quick update on the brew... I ended up using half a pound of oatmeal, smoked it for 2 hours, i didnt plan on smoking for that long but the first 30 minutes i couldnt get a good smoke with the temp under 200. The oatmeal itself im very happy with, however the brew didnt turn out as dark as id...

thanks for all the input guys. I just racked my honey porter into the secondary so now I have a bucket for primary. I'm picking up the ingredients friday at my local brew store, so I'll ask them about their thoughts and ideas about the amount of added oatmeal. I have an electric smoker that I...

Hello community! Super excited to be here, I've brewed a couple batches of beer, some hard cider, now I want to experiment with my creations(I use extract kits though). My next beer that I want to brew is an oatmeal stout, I know the kit comes with oatmeal flakes, but I'm thinking of adding...