Recent content by madirish

First taste after a week in the bottle, turned out to be a really good beer. Next tweak, reduce minced orange peel by 1/4 oz and add another 1/2 oz of Citra either at 5 min, or dry hop for 5 days with an additional 1oz of either citra or amarillo.. I want the beer to be just a little less...

More of a tribute to Blue Moon than a clone, but it should be tasty, will post a side by side picture with a Blue Moon when it comes out of the bottle. Thanks everyone for the posts, I spent a LONG time reading the entire thread. Amt Name 5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US 5 lbs Red Wheat Malt 1...

LHBS has red wheat (winter wheat) not White Wheat. I am going to make a blue moon tribute combination of Nilos number 8 and Wayne's 2nd version with a small hit of citra at flameout. I can't find a difference between the 2 wheats in beersmith. Anyone know what difference it will make, is it...

Brewed my fav Irish Red last weekend, however store wss out of Maris Otter so I used US 2 row instead. How will the flavor profile change, assuming everything else is the same? 9lb 2 row (previous version was 9lb maris otter) 1lb Vienna 1/2 lb Melanoiden 1/4 lb Crystal 40 1/4 lb...

Never seen this happen. First AG (IPA) has been sitting in secondary -dry-hopping for 5 days. It has been calm since racking but developed a green film on top that I assume was from the hops. Took a peak tonight and some time in the last day some kind of re-activation has taken place. I...

First gravity reading on my first AG brew (IPA). Gravity down to 1.012 from 1.058 in 8 days. Drank the sample from the hydrometer tube and it tasted and smelled good, however a pretty dry finish. My question, as the beer continues to age (I will dry hop in primary in a week, and sit on hops...

I have not brewed this yet. Would like to get some opinions on the combination of Tettanng and Hallertauer. Also thoughts on WLP029 or to use WLP036. Trying to design an Oktoberfest style ale that has a very clean bright finish. Appreciate the input! Cheers!! Ingredients Amt Name Type #...

Hi guys, I'm ready to fire up my 2nd AG batch, can't wait for oktoberfest so lets drink it on St Patty's day. Looking to make an oktoberfest ale (dont have the eqip to lager) and wanted to get some thoughts on my Hop's combination of tettnang, and hallertuer and whether i should use wlp029 or...

Thanks very much!!

Ready to brew my first AG tomorrow morning, and have a mash tun question. I have a 10 gallon round igloo cooler and a domed stainless false bottom. Do I need to run a braided hose across the bottom of the cooler or just let the wort run out the ball valve? I was wondering if letting the wort...

Finally going to give AG a shot and designed my own recipe, any thoughts on if this will be any good? 5 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 76.9 % 1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 15.4 % 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.8 % 4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0...

I used wlp001 without a starter. What causes the beer to not have much body. Initial taste is ok but then it seems watery?

First pale ale extract tasting notes and my thoughts on why It is not very good. Beer is bottled in 22oz and has aged 3 weeks in bottles. First pour has nice head and is carbed ok second glass is kind of flat and does not produce or hold head very well. The beer has ok flavor and smell but...

Ambitious for my second batch. Wheat caramunich aromatic specialb and biscuit malts. Perle and Czech hops, parades seeds, coriander, orange peel and a little cinnamon spices. White labs wlp550 yeast. SG was 1.081 and ended with the dreaded 1.020 extract stoppage after 3weeks primary and 2 week...

Used WLP001, 70F for primary, secondary and bottle conditioning. It is an extract plus steeping specialty grains. From reading the forum i think i did everything pretty much correct except i underestimated how much time it took to cool the wort to 70F, it took me about 45 minutes. made a...