Recent content by jvarnau

but, every beer is different! good luck!

my first brew experience sounds similar. the taste of mine was astringent. reading the boards, i found that i boiled the specialty grain "tea bag" at too high of a temperature and sparged the grain bag (another no no) which both released tannins and caused a very dry bitter (and horrible...

Hi all, I wanted to introduce myself....I've been watching over the site for a few months now, but haven't said too much. I started brewing at the beginning of the year, and will be starting my fifth and sixth batches this weekend. A blueberry blonde and a fat tire clone....mmm. I'll be...

just made this beer using v1...after a taste during bottling, i think it will be the best i've ever brewed. the vanilla is a strong flavor, but it should mesh with the other flavors during conditioning. thank you all on this thread for the help!