Brewing up a white IPA. Was wondering when I should add the lemon grass and juniper berries to the boil? Trying something a little different with this batch. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers!
So question. If I have Krausen present. Can/should I swirl the starter? I currently do not have a stir plate. Hope to hear something soon as I have starter going now for a brew day tomorrow.
Yeah the Krausen hadn't dropped. But just keged this up last night and all is well and the beer tasted just fine. Sometimes I just got to relax and enjoy some more homebrew.
Has anyone had any issues with brewing with lactose. When I opened my fermenter for the first time to pitch in the cocoa nips it looked liked the yeast cake hadn't dropped. Wasn't sue if this was something related to the lactose. The sample tasted outstanding. No off flavors or aromas. So I...
The recipe I used said to throw it in at the start of the boil. I used Wyeast #1332 Northwest Ale and brewed on 11/16. But like I said nothing bad as a taste or smell. I wish I would've taken a picture. When I threw in the nibs I gave in a super gentle stir.
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Has anyone had any issues with brewing with lactose. When I opened my fermenter for the first time to pitch in the cocoa nips it looked liked the yeast cake hadn't dropped. Wasn't sue if this was something related to the lactose. The sample tasted outstanding. No off flavors or aromas. So I...
Quick question, anyone know the max grain bill would be for one of those 5 gallon paint strainer bags from menards be? Can it hold 10 plus pounds? Thanks for all your input!
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So I was cold crashing in my fermentation chamber that can only hold one carboy. Had to take it out to put a batch that is fermenting because the temp got way to high. Any issues with letting the cold crash batch come up to room temp before kegging? I wouldn't think so but was wondering...
Here is what I did: let some pressure out of the keg, set co2 to about 3psi filled the growlers with a bottle filler. Worked great and beer seemed perfect to me. Thanks for the input and gonna check out that link.
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Hey everyone. Gonna fill a couple of growlers from a picnic tap. Any tips or suggestions to make this work? Cheers!!
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