I did taste it it tasted good for wort but I still feel like I'm not enough batches in to know what characteristics from the wort will carry over into the beer?
Also I think we are pretty local to each other I live in kirkland.
I would like to preface this with the fact that this is my first attempt at brewing with out a pre-built kit.
So I was going for an Irish red but I think there is two much roasted barley
6.6 lbs light lime
.5 lbs crystal 40
.5 lbs Crystal 120
.5 lbs roasted barley
.5 oz east Kent goldings...
Once you have enough mason jars The possibilities really are endless. Glass Fermentation weights are cheap and those little silicone airlocks they make for mason jars work well but I don't think there is a way to get the funky lactobacillus smell off of them I have tried everything...
For the last one I made I just used pre packaged Koji that you can order online or, if your lucky to have one, an Asian grocery store. They also sell the spores to inoculate you're own rice. ( I wonder if any one has ever used it the same way the acigilate malt)
If you have a a pressure cooker...
I first found this forum back in January when I was trying to find as much info on homemade root beer and sodas. I am a cook by trade and have always had some kind of fermentation going in a closet or cabinet kraut, kimchi, hot sauce, miso paste, and what ever else I can find. I think I...
I recently purchased a kit with 2 kegs and a triple body regulator, it also comes with picnic taps. I plan on kegging up a batch of root beer along with the beer I brewed a couple of weeks ago, once the last few things arrive and I make a trip to the lhbs to get co2
I...
I've tried browsing through old post and have found a lot of mixed answers.
I have a brown ale that I brewed 14 days ago the s.g. is stable over the last three days at 1.014.
I ordered all the stuff needed to start kegging and it is estimated to be delivered 6-2 and with shipping...