Recent content by lamb6411

It’s been a few years since I have been on this Forum. I am always looking to brew something different or out of the ordinary. I recently came across a brewery from my hometown that brewed a cotton candy ale. I love cotton candy and I love beer so why not put them together right? Just wondering...

This is a great thread I hope more information is attached in the next couple of days because I plan on making a Bourbon Barrel Ale this Friday. 1. Bourbon Barrel Ale 1-1. 5 gallons 2. Hungarian oak cubes, American light toast chips 3. JB Devils Cut 4. bourbon was just added to chips they...

the carbonation seems ok the beer doesn't taste flat but the flavor of the beer just doesn't seem to be there yet. They were bottled after 5 days in the secondary at 60 and then put in the fridge at 38 which is where they have been for 3 weeks now.

Hello all, I apologize for any ignorance in advance but I am curious about a beer I just bottled recently. I brewed my first fruit beer and I am used to using my kegs. However, in this case i had to resort to bottling my beer and have a question about bottling conditioning. Due to the fact I...

Ok I totally forgot about the length of the lines and i was suspecting a higher psi i just didnt want to go trying things and wasting beer. Thanks for all the input I will adjust the psi for a couple days and when i am able to make it to the local homebrew store saturday i will get some longer...

Ok so I have just recently within the past month starting kegging beer and I have an octoberfest and red IPA on tap that has been outstanding. Just recently I brewed a winter lager that I have to put in the same fridge I use for my kegs. With that being said the kegs got moved around a bit and...

Thanks for the input I will shorten the time in the secondary and bottle quicker and hopefully everything will turn out ok and I hope so because I think this has the potential to be a great tasting pumpkin ale and should come out to about 8.5%

Ok I will refrain from racking again. Now I normally leave in the secondary for about 21 days should and its been in there about a week should i shorten up the time sitting in the secondary or as you said if there is damage done it is already done?

I have read all over the place about different instances of fruit flies in and around their beer. I have just recently had an issue with some in my airlock on a red ale but nothing in the actual beer. I just racked a pumpkin ale into a secondary just the other day and now i see one of them...

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I am just getting into drinking a lot more IPA's than usual and I have to say I love the Sam Adams rebel IPA (enjoying a few right now). I am a Sam Adams fan anyways but this one has gotten me wanting to brew an IPA myself. I dont have a recipe for you but just wanted to say good luck and Ill be...

Ok so i opened the primary and took a reading and it looked like there was a small krausen being formed and the reading came out at 1.052 from a OG of 1.057 and this is at 72 hours. So i guess there is work being done and my inexperience with lagers and impatience just had me freaking out. I...

I will look when i go to take the reading. About 7 tonight will be 72 hours I will check it then and let you know. Thanks for your input I will let you know what I find

yeah I am still a rookie I guess I am so used to seeing the airlock go nuts with ales. I will take a reading later and see what the gravity is. Are you saying I may not see any air bubbles at all through the whole period?

So this is my second attempt at an all-grain oktoberfest. The first didn't go so well but I learned from my mistakes and tried again and the second time the process went much better. Color and everything looks good and beersmith called for a original gravity of 1.058 and I hit 1.057 so far so...