Recent content by HelpfulBoxer

I was already starting to get into slightly more happy beers, then I tried a Jai Alai from cigar city. Mind. Blown. After that, I started trying all the IPAs I could find. I'm definitely more a fan of the East coast style I've found. More juicy flavor, less overwhelming bitter flavor.

I have this, also ordered from Amazon. The upper burner is used for my HLT, and I keep the kettle on my old burner. The lower burner has a very direct flame on it, and I haven't used it for brewing yet. Overall I like it a lot, and am glad I picked it up.

I was in this exact boat a month ago, right down to the oatmeal stout and Porter. I used the the London ale yeast, and was pretty happy with the results.

You sir, are doing it right. We have found that 2 turbos in the family makes for a happy marriage. I just wish I could do some work on the outback xt. Would love to bring it up to my Wrx's level.

The wife does joke about that with the outback. Not so much the wrx

We're a subaru household, and have an 08 wrx and 05 outback xt. They aren't the cheapest cars to run, but they are a lot of fun.

My hope is to kind of straddle the line between brown and robust porters...as for late hops, it's a possibility. I was hoping to nail down my grains before I figured out the hops. I have a few ounces of ekg, fuggles and northern brewer on hand to work with.

That was my initial thought with the brown malt, just needed some guidance from someone who has worked with it before. Since you have done so much leg work with porters what kind of grain bill would you recommend?

Thanks for the advice. In all honesty I would really like to play up the brown malt as much as possible. Why? No clue really, possibly historical precedent. I was wavering on the victory, so I might just drop that entirely. As for the chocolate and crystal additions what would be a good amount...

Getting ready to brew a Porter this weekend, will be my fourth all grain batch, and hopefully the first I use my own recipe for. Here's what I have so far, any advice is much appreciated... 9.5# (65.5%) Maris otter 1.5# (10.3%) brown malt 1.5# (10.3%) victory 1# (6.9%) crystal 40 .75#...