Recent content by IIWolfpakII

Any word on how these turned out? I actually just split a 5 gallon batch into 3 separate batches last night. I forgot to up the amount of water to compensate for the increased boil off... Oops. I just added some water at the end until I hit the gravity I was aiming for. Hopefully it...

I am trying to get some new equipment to improve my beer. What piece of equipment do you feel has improved your beer the most? What do you feel has made the largest impact on taking your beer from good to great?

Love the pivoting mash tun, that is awesome! Thanks for the welcome!

Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum. I've been brewing now for just over a year. My first two batches were from extract. I found it fairly boring, so I jumped head first into all grain brewing. I've done about 40 batches over the last year of AGB. I've definitely gotten a bunch of...

Is there no need to pasteurize the honey just because commercial honey is already pasteurized or just because the anti-bacteria properties of honey? Are there any difficulties due to possible wild yeast present in honey? I'm definitely not trying to disagree at all; I'm just trying to figure...

I actually posted about honey earlier today and have been reading up on it quite a bit lately. From what I've read, you should pasteurize the honey if your adding it into the fermentor so that you don't get any bacteria or anything that can impart off flavors. I used honey malt instead of...

Awesome, thanks for the quick replies!! Just out of curiosity, but what are the benefits of using honey? Also what would adding honey to the mash do?

I'm brewing a clone of Rogue's hazelnut nectar and am looking to add a little bit of honey flavor. From all I've read so far, brewing with honey and trying to get the honey flavor seems like a pain. From what I've read, adding to the boil gets almost no honey flavor but bumps up the alcohol...

This is an awesome idea. I will definitely be trying this shortly!

This is my first post and i first off want to say that this forum is awesome and a wealth of information! Now to the point of my post. I've been all grain brewing for over a year now. I am currently brewing five gallon batches on my stove. I'm looking to purchase a brew stand and all the...