Recent content by jruffatto

What about adding the candy sugar and changing the yeast?

I made a pretty good American IPA or American Pale Ale type beer and I'd like to marry that with a Belgian. The only Belgian I've ever brewer was from a Brewer's Best kit and it left a lot to be desired. The pale ale was my own recipe and featured Simcoe for 60, then Cascade for 20 and...

B/c you're a Bears fan I'm trying this one out

I guess this would be an American Pale Ale with a more reddish tint or an Amber Ale with a more reddish tint. I'm an extract brewer still, boiling usually 3 gallons and then adding 2 to make 5.

Thanks, and go Chiefs

I'm just about to start brewing and I'm using centennial, cascade and simcoe hops during the boil and was planning on using more Cascade to dry hop. Should I dry hop when I put the wort into the fermenter or should I dry hop towards the end of secondary fermentation?

Cool, thanks

There is no reason...like I said, I'm looking for any kind of suggestions about what to change. Just tooling around with the Beersmith software I just got. I will take your suggestion though

Upped the hops, I'm at 51 IBUs...otherwise how does it look, extract and grain-wise? I know it's pretty basic

What should I do to up the IBUs? The starting OG is...1.056

Looking for critiques and suggestions, just giving an ingredient list for American IPA 2.5 gallon boil, 5 gallon yield Steeping 1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L Boil ingredients 6.6 lbs Pale liquid 1 lb Amber liquid Hops Cascade 1 oz 60 min Centennial 1 oz 10 min Simcoe 1 oz 5 min...

The Belgian will be my third batch...I'm drinking the IPA right now and the Kolsch is about a week and a half from being ready to drink, hopefully. But thanks for the tip, it's a good thing I can pass on to any first-time brewers I might run across in the future.

cool, thanks

Thanks for the info all...I'm going to make one more Brewer's Best recipe, a Belgian and then try a Steam recipe that was made for me by someone at my local brew store...after that I think I'm diving into the book

Also, a brew store employee was telling me about a mac/pc computer program for beer recipes, is that something that would convert recipes?