Recent content by marvso

I scoured the archives but have been unable to find a Truffle type ale. A friend of mine has trained his dogs to locate truffles. He is finding between 1 and 2 pounds per day. He suggested we try and brew a Truffle Ale of some sort to use them up. I was thinking a stout would make a great...

Lewis County here.

Sampled it yesterday before kegging and I think it's going to be great.it has a very very very slight sour taste that helps accentuate the pepper taste. Will give another report in a month.

Haven't sampled it yet. Figured I would just let it run it's course and taste on kegging day. I noticed it has turned a reddish color from a golden color. Interesting. Will keep you posted.

I made a grave error today. I was making a Jalepeno Ale and all was going well. I has roasted 6 jalepeno sand soaked them in vodka and tequila. I put 2 peppers into boil, 2 into primary, and added the last couple today, or so I thought. My wife had some pickled jalapeños in the fridge in a same...

I installed the Johnson Temp Controller on my fridge a few days ago and it works great at maintaining good beer serving temp. I did however notice there is a pool of water on the floor of the fridge inside, I assume from the ice compartment melting. Not sure if this will be ongoing problem.

I would like to can, but not at present costs. I prefer the tastes of imported beer in cans vs in bottles. Tastes fresher.

I recently acquired a couple of 2 1/2 gallon corny kegs (for free). I have been brewing 5 gallon batches. I would like to split a 5 gallon batch in two and use different yeasts in each batch. I have several 5 gallon glass carboys and don't really wish to purchase smaller carboys. Any problems...

I achieved a ph of 5.3 in Mash thanks to everyone's help. Thank you all so very much. I noticed that my wort was a different quality while boiling this time. Usually it tries to foam over when it first starts the boil but I noticed it was foaming off and on during the boil this time. OG was much...

I only use glass Carboys. Have a 6 1/2 gallon for primary and (five) 5 gallon glass carboys. I personally only leave in primary for 5 to 7 days and then move to secondary. I like the idea of racking while its still a few points from FG to ensure the carboy will be full of CO2 instead of Oxygen...

great advice on making a small grist ratio. Not sure I would have ever thought of that. Thanks everyone for all of their great insights.

I sure am appreciating all this help! I just ordered a PH meter that I think will do the trick. If I am to understand this correctly I would put my additives into the Mash that EZ water is estimating that I need. Check my mash after about 15 or twenty minutes into the mash for PH and adjust my...

Well said and makes sense. A ph meter it is. As long as I am going through the work and fun of brewing, I want it to be as great as possible

getting the hang of EZ WATER CALCULATOR. Pretty slick! Do you think one still needs to invest in a PH meter or are these calculations accurate enough?

Just brewed this recipe a few weeks ago and think it will be killer! Aging in the keg now waiting for space in the kegerator. Thanks for this one!