Recent content by MatthewMeredith

064D43DB-6801-4972-B662-CC2421CEF872 by MatthewMeredith posted Aug 21, 2019 at 11:38 AMAnother maiden voyage, and my first ever all-grain brew!

Ohhhh no. I should have checked my thermometer before starting. I tested it in ice water just now and it is reading 39*. Poopy. I’m boiling right now but that means my strike water was only 158 instead of 165 and my mash in was only 151 instead of 158. My pre-boil gravity is 1.036 and I had...

I thought it was a bit off topic :D sounds good though!

Rye IPA sounds tasty - what's the recipe?

Ingredients should be arriving today! I don't think they got my message to change the quantities so I think I'll be getting 6lbs each of the pale ale and dark munich. Is there anything I can add to help counter the malt-bomb I have coming for me? :P Like I said, I love malty beers but I don't...

Thanks for the edit - even if they ship me 50/50 I’m stoked to try it out. There are very few beers I don’t like so it’ll be a happy little experiment either way!

Thanks guys! Nope I haven’t brewed it yet, just ordered the ingredients but it was on Friday and hasn’t been put together yet so I can probably change it. Might try a 75/25 split instead. I appreciate the input!

Yeah it is Gambrinus. I just plugged in different ratios to get the right abc and colour according to the Brew Log app - I hadn’t seen the 30% recommended max! Well, I like malty beers so hopefully it’s not TOO malty :D

Hey everyone! Greetings from the great white north. Well, Vancouver Island so more green than white. I’ve done numerous wine kits and beer extract kits and I’m VERY excited to try my hand at all-grain brewing. I’ve done a ton of research and, as a minimalist type person, am going to do a BIAB...