Recent content by LordHumungus

Man, it took awhile. My first couple batches were catastrophic, barely drinkable, but I settled in on the 3rd or 4th. It was a little demoralizing, and I can't tell you what I started doing differently, but I started making good beer after awhile. Software like Beersmith really helps too. Just...

Did you do a starter? You might want to add some more yeast. I've had that problem a few times before with high gravity beers, sometimes I've been able to fix it, others I've just had very sweet beer.

Doing a 2 gallon batch. OG started out at 1.10 (!) Day 7: Down to 1.026 (9.71% ABV!). Tastes pretty good. Very yellow. Day 28: Bottled. Smells fantastic. Waiting 2 weeks and I'm popping some bottles!

Not sure how many of you are from the Dallas area, but if you are you've no doubt gone here. Great group of guys,do their best not to roll their eyes at my stupid questions. Anyone order from them online?

Still in the low 1.020 range, but it tastes freaking delicious!!

Corrected: I used Trappist yeast.

Oops I lied. I used the Trappist Yeast.

It was the Chimay, and I only started with one vial but added a second. I went to the local homebrew place (again) and we identified the bitter taste as acetaldehyde, which will go away with time.

Ugh, I was thinking the same thing. It's down to 1.020, which is encouraging. The flavor is evolving, but it has a bitter bite to it. Frustrating because of the long conditioning time may yield cap, but you have to take bold steps sometimes to get better!

Have a 1.026. Local Homebrew Shop told me to apply more started yeast.

What was your final gravity?

Just got my batch into the primary fermenter last night, with a OG 1.076. Had to use Karos syrup, and used White Labs Trappist yeast. Can't wait! Day 4 - Still bubbling at a healthy level but definitely slowing. Added another 16 oz of Karos (total 32) per brew shops advice. Day 7 - Stopped...

Any thoughts on a clone recipe?