Recent content by JBrew1989

I am making one currently. I roasted 3/4 lb hazelnuts in a pan until browned and then tried to remove skins as best I could before finely chopping them. I added these to a mason jar and poured Sobieski vodka over the top of them. You could definitely use a finer vodka and I have even heard of...

I am making a hazelnut extract with vodka. I'll let you all know how it turns out in a few weeks. Roast the nuts, remove skins as much as possible, grind or chop nuts and add to mason jar with vodka level about an inch above the level of the nuts.

Thanks for the advice, guys. After two weeks it is about 3/4 carbonated and bubbles pretty good, although there's still a bit of residual sweetness from priming sugar. I guess I've just got to be patient. It's hard when you're first starting out and you don't have a homebrew reserve to drink from.

It is already bottled and I did not re-pitch. There was a significant amount of yeast still in suspension and stirred up during transfer, so I expected that would be enough. I will know re-pitch at bottling from now on. I've had bottles that were well carbonated before without re-pitching yeast...

Hey, I was attempting to make a 5 gal IPA and instead ended up with a 4 gal nearly Barleywine. This is only my second batch and I haven't been taking gravity readings (like I will next time) but using an online calculator I figure this beer is sitting at 9%. I have already tried this beer after...