Recent content by HoppyT

You can bottle while still cold OR wait for it to come back to room temp. I would say bottling while still cold is preferable because it allows you to siphon while the trub is out of suspension due to the above reasons. However, be careful with your priming sugar calculation as this is...

I personally love both of those hops and think they will compliment each other nicely. I'd consider cutting the 60L or decreasing to 1/4 lbs. The only thing I would do differently is instead of steeping those grains I would do a "mini-mash" of all of the grain you've listed and throw in a pound...

I'm not entirely sure I would try to combine those two beers based on what you say you're looking for in your finished product. I think that 'Lagunitas Sucks' is what I would consider to be a malty IPA-esque beer whereas Pliny is clearly a hop-forward double IPA. Both are great on their own for...

For color I would say to avoid using anything but light or ultralight extracts and instead achieve your desired color through use of grains (preferably through mashing and sparging). This will prevent any darker, roasty colors and more importantly will make your beer more fermentable while...

I think some additional information needs to be provided here to help understand what the problem is exactly... Is this an all-extract recipe? partial mash? all-grain? What kind of DME is it? What kind of grains are you steeping/mashing? Did you use a whirlfloc tablet or irish moss? And did you...

While cleaning/ sanitizing... dropped my 8 gallon SS potlid off the counter and onto my bare foot (edge first).... cracked nail in half and wouldn't stop bleeding 12 hours later... 4 stitches and a removed toenail later... (I just removed a band-aid before taking this pic... haha sorry it looks...

I'll look into the crystal malt a little more, but as far as the partial mash I think that's a little bit over my head. I'm relatively new to brewing and the most complicated I've gotten is just steeping pre-crushed grains and adding to wort. So you're losing me a bit when you start talking...

Okay, awesome. Thanks guys. I plan to brew this in about a month or so.... Right after the black IPA I've got on deck. Will post results

Okay yeah I agree. Going a little overboard in the hop department. :drunk: Here's what I'm thinking instead (est. 110 ibu): 6 lbs Briess Gold Unhopped LME 3 lbs Munton & Fison (UK) Light DME 1 lb Dextrose 1 lb Caramel 20L (Briess) Steep grains 30 mins at 170 Add 3 lbs DME, bring to...

Hi everyone, First post here. I've brewed a few extract recipe and am attempting to create my first recipe. I'm a huge hop-head (see username), and love Stone's Enjoy By series, Stone Ruination, and Ballast Point Sculpin just to name a few. I'm attempting to sort of blend a Ruination clone...

As far as filtering, I WOULD NOT use a hop bag. Less hop utilization and pretty ineffective. I would either not dry hop in the secondary, leave the hops in for longer until they drop out of the solution, or simply be more careful when siphoning. Make sure you're keeping the siphon a couple...