Recent content by jasonbwell

Edie, blood orange hefe??

Im looking for a simple Scotch Ale recipe. I'm new and I have only your basic equipment. Also, what are we talking about when i see things like Al GRAIN, EXTRACT, and PARTIAL after recipes. I assume extract is the syrup and all grain is, well, all grain? J

I want to try to brew this beer http://www.tastybrew.com/newrcp/detail/181 but i need a little assistance. I'm wondering if I can follow the timelines that I have used with previous beer kits as to when to add each ingredient? im new at all this and have brewed only two kits...

thanks passedpawn for the excellent definitions!

so, just so i'm clear, regardless of whether you are brewing and ale, lager, stout or what have you, once it's bottled it stay unrefrigerated for a few weeks so that it can carbonate, correct? I get confused with the lagers and lagering..... thanks and apologies for the ignorance! j

I'm not sure what kind of yeast it is. This is only my second brew, it's from a kit and the packet just said "yeast"! Regardless, now I'd like to ask this: I'll be bottling this week, and, since this was fermented warmer like an ale (see the messages in this post), I'm wondering if I should go...

Hi guys, I've done 2 prepackaged kits thus far, and altho I have enjoyed them quite a bit, I think that I will be happier with creating my own. I'm leaning either to a weizen with fruit puree or a fruity ale of some sort. And as we get closer to october, I will be attempting a pumpkin spice...

thanks guys for the quick responses. If I'm doing a starter kit (the 5 gallon variety) how much honey do we need to add?

Is honey usable as something to add into - say - a brown ale? I'm really knew to all of this, just wondering a few things... does it need to be sanitized and how will the yeast and sugars increase the alcohol content when if at all should it be added. j

Hey guys, so the yeast and the instructions that came with my Munich Helles kit said that I can brew it as an Ale. Being that I dont have the means to get it down to the temps neccessary for lagering, I've gone ahead and just followed the instructions. The beer went well thru the first...

Hi gang, I've just about completed my first brew (a weizen) and I purchased my second one yesterday. I am going to do a Munich Helles, but I didn't realize - in my infantile knowledge of brewing - that it needs to be fermented at a lower temperature. In fact, it says to lower the temp 1-3...

Hi guys, I just discovered that there is a place near my work that sells all the supplies needed to get into home brewing. I'd been kicking the idea around for a while. Anywho, anybody have any thoughts on this as a beginners kit?? the first one on the top of that link is then one I was...