Recent content by jschweiss

I've used whole beans in secondary multiple times and had great results. All I did was test the beer after 24-36 hours and then every so often after that until I was happy with the balance and then bottled. I cold-brew coffee pretty regularly (when work stress causes stomach issues) and...

I've used a cast iron griddle (small one-burner size from Ikea) with that dough and it has turned out nearly identical to when I used a stone. In fact, when our oven blew up and we went without a full-sized oven for a while, we were still able to make bread in the toaster oven using the...

+5.5G IPA +5.5G Wheat 5596 + 11 = 5607

I go between 6-8% usually. If I aim much higher my efficiency drops like a rock :mad:

After I got my corona mill I noticed that was getting a lot of husk in my wort and fermenter and that hadn't been a problem with grain milled at my LHBS. It didn't seem to matter if I used a paint strainer or a nylon grain bag. I doubled bagged my last batch (14 lbs of grain) using one of each...

I really need to try more recipes so I can't pick three (I'd probably add Lil'Sparky's Nut Brown if I hadn't made about every possible mistake from grain bill to bottling day so it's not even fair to say that I've really tried it), but the wife and I both enjoyed these - All-Grain - Loon Lake...

I used oak chips (medium French oak) but only left the beer on it for two weeks. I really only pulled the beer because I wanted to give it time in bottles to get nice and ready for Christmas. From what I've read since brewing my batch is that oak chips will give up most of their flavor in two...

What yeast are you using? As long as your attenuation rate is around 75% you should be fine. Good luck on your brew day!

+5.5 gal Arrogant Bastard clone 2002

I have had great luck pairing Columbus with Cascade and Chinook in separate IPAs. I need to remake the Chinook/Columbus mix and rack it onto some bourbon and oak, like Founders Hand of Doom. As mentioned previously by others in the thread, I also use Columbus to bitter just about every style...

If you are willing to travel an hour or two (maybe less, depending on where you are staying) you can easily get to either the Great Crescent Brewery in Aurora, IN, or go to one of the BBC locations in Louisville, KY. Great Crescent has a retail store for beer buying and is also available at...

5G of Maris Otter/Cascade SMaSH = 1159

Probably Graceland Imperial Stout out of Bardo Rodeo in Arlington, VA. It was delicious, I got really drunk, and stumbled to a movie directly afterward with a few friends (I remember the friends, don't remember the movie). Bell's Oberon helped seal the deal, too.

I just used one of these for my last two batches. It does seem to toss the milled grains in random directions but so far my efficiency has greatly improved so I think the thing for me to do is learn to live with it. The best way I've found to contain the mess is to mill directly into a big bag...

6 gallons of Imperial Moose Drool and 4 gallons of Vienna/Cascade SMaSH 95.5+10 = 105.5