Recent content by mainebeerman

Well ive got a name and a crazy logo drawn up..just havent got it made into labels yet. its called the Elusive Maine Moostah brew...the logo is this crazy Moose/lobster hybrid....basically a moose body with lobster claws as antlers and the lobster tail as armor over the mooses back. It even...

well i used 6 oz net weight of honey mixed with 1.5 cups of boiled cooled water for a 5 gallon batch. The Ipa gives a great head 1 month after being bottled. it was drinkable in 2 weeks. It wont last to see how it ages over time:) steve

hey fellow mainer. Welcome to this forum...I'm new myself but i gotta say there is a lot of good info bouncing around in these pages steve

Happy New Year all! Well the strawberry-rhubarb ipa was/is a great success. Everybody is raving about it, I'm down to just 6 12oz bottles and 1 22 oz bottle. (and havent even started another batch:( Well as far as using honey as a primer--it worked great! i will be using it to prime from...

I think i will go with the honey as my primer as im hoping to have this beer as a holidays ale and i was scared off with the takes a longer time with dme statement. I started the beer on 24 oct, added the fruit slurry and honey the next day. Racked it to carboy after 2 weeks,strained it back...

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I'd like to get away from the processed white priming suger that ive used so far. I just make 5 gal batches and would like to use either malt or honey. Does any one have any experieince with this that will work without creating the infamous bottle rockets? thanks Steve

Hello all...great site here thats help me quite a bit so far. Still new at this hobby of mine, I have been doing the 5 gal thing since spring and have done a Honey porter, honey irish stout, coffee bock, honey octoberfest and in the bucket at this time a strawberry-rhubarb ipa. They have...