Recent content by m1356guy

Beer is good by the way. I'm no BJCP judge and haven't tried too many RIS's but it's smoother than it was a week ago after thawing out. At 12.3% it's not too bad.

Didn't mean to start a heated debate there guys. I appreciate the feedback and don't take offense to any comments above. Here's the link to my recipe and notes: http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/254002/12-russian-imperial-stout-2

Yeah it's pretty bizarre. I thought it would stay around 1.028 in secondary. Mashed at 152 and fell to 149 over the 90 min mash. So low, but not crazy low. Fermented with 3 vials of wlp002 with a quick starter (used wort from the mash to make ~5 hour starter before I pitched). Fermented...

I brewed this back in July, kept in primary for a month it went from 1.106 to 1.028. Then i transferred to secondary for 3 months and it got down to 1.013. I kegged it last week and stuck it in my fridge that malfunctioned and froze the whole keg solid. I'm just now thawing it out and it...

So I brewed this 3 weeks ago and screwed it up pretty bad. Started with 1.25/qt per gallon of filtered San Jose tap water and mashed for 60 minutes at 151F. pH during the mash was 5.7, surprisingly high for the amount of roasted grains. Preboil OG was 1.060, post boil OG was only 1.078 after a...

I've got Pliny bottled on 4/27 as well as their STS pils bottled on 4/28. They never bottle the pils. Trade for Heady Topper?