Recent content by Joe_Re

Hey all, I'm jumping into the all grain thing in the near future and my LHBS has a bulk grain buy program. Buy a 50# bag and grab what you need when you need it. Whereas I'm buying 50# of grain and not an actual bag I don't have to store it myself and I always get fresh grain. Seems to make...

This was the first brew whereas I came up with the recipe on my own. Stove-top Twoish Gallon Boil Specialty Grains 1.5 lbs Crystal 70 1 lb Special B .75 lbs Chocolate Malt Malt Extract 6.6 lbs of dark LME 3.3 lbs of amber LME Hops 1.5 oz Nugget 12.7% Whole Leaf - Initial 1 oz...

Andrhamm - I still have a case and a half of it. You don't live that far away...

I'm sorry, it was brewed on September 10th 2005 and racked to a secondary on September 20th 2005. I dug up my notebook. I brewed this three months before I met my wife.

I just kept making excuses. I didn't have bottles around. I couldn't get to the brew shop for priming sugar. I ski/snowboard, climb, race bicycles, etc so there was always something going on. I've moved three or four times with it, always taking care not to disturb it and trying to keep...

Damn near. I just finished another one. It's not great... it's not even "really good" but it's not "bad" either. It's just really sweet, high alcohol beer. If it had some hop presence it would be better.

Heh nice... well, not really, but you know what I mean. Pretty sure I never let the airlock dry out, and I eventually plugged it, as it didn't seem to be doing anything. Nor was I. Anybody here live in Worcester? While I'm not giving away the whole batch, I wouldn't be opposed to doling out...

I tried one last night and was surprised at the difference two days made. It carbonated a bit more and and that seemed to hide the syrupyness (is that a word?) just a bit. I've got two cases so I'll keep trying one every few days. For anyone who wants to know, and make fun of me a bit, the...

Sad, it didn't really carbonate much. I was hoping that it would and that it would hide some of the sweetness. What it came out like.... ....have you ever had Triple Bock from Sam Adams? I pretty much made that. It's like drinking molasses with a crapload of alcohol in it. And it comes...

1.030 when I bottled it. Surprisingly it tasted pretty decent. Nothing funky, but a smooth and very present alcohol "burn" in the throat I figured at 12 lbs of DME I would start around 1.110 and end about 1.020, but the brew didn't hardly move after racking to the secondary and didn't do much...

Okay, I got some yeast the other day, put it in the carboy and it still appears to be beer in there. After tearing my house apart I found my notes from the original day of brewing. Apparently I forgot to measure the gravity until I racked it to the secondary. At that point it was 1.040ish...

I have done a bunch of brews and I just haven't been this stupid yet, so... I brewed up a big batch (12? lbs extract, 4-6 oz whole leaf hops, WL 007 yeast, 5 gal) and racked it to a secondary fermenter after about two or three weeks. I then proceeded to set it and forget it. I'll give...