Recent content by mlutha

How'd this go...I've got those hops in my freezer and am not finding too many recipes...lemme know - thx

Still learning the iPhone app here...

There's a chocolate espresso stout thread that's helpful. That recipe adds 8 oz unsweetened cocoa powder at start of boil...I'm doing it as we speak

I just brewed a batch this weekend and my pre-boil measured 10 pts low. However, my post-boil 'recovered' back to where I was expecting. After some helpful responses on the board, I think I figured that my mistake was taking my pre-boil sample from the top of the kettle, without mixing it. I...

I'm about 5 batches into all grain brewing and still working out the kinks. I'm finally remembering to pull samples to measure gravity pre- and post-boil. In my batch today, I pulled my pre-boil sample off the top of my kettle when I was done lautering. Cooled it down, measured and it was...

Thanks guys - south holland sounds like a winner!

damn, why didn't i think of that. brilliant

Anybody in the NW burbs of Chicago have any advice on where the best LHBS (cheapest) to buy grain is? I'm in Lake Zurich, just making the switch to bulk; I've bought individual batch quantities at Perfect Brewing, Brew and Grow & Crystal Lake Health Foods - none have been exactly cheap... I...

I brewed it about 8 weeks ago....I had the 2.5-lbs of raspberries in secondary for about 2 weeks....when I tasted it before bottling, there was quite a bit of raspberry aroma, but the taste was certainly on the bitter site. That's why I added the entire 4 oz of raspberry extract, which I...

I brewed the Raspberry Wheat extract recipe kit from Midwest; it's been in the bottle for 3 weeks. The kit comes with 4 oz of raspberry extract, which I added to the bottling bucket. I also added about 2.5-lbs of raspberries from my garden to secondary, which I froze & thawed before adding...

thanks for the quick responses. I rdwhahb'd and bottled. Tasted pretty damn fine...

I've checked through past threads on dangers of oxygenating when racking, and found many helpful posts about rdw on minor oxygenation during transfer, and it taking several months to cause damage, but I'm pretty sure I crossed the line... with my 3rd batch (hophead double ipa kit), I did my...

thanks all for the replies. I'll keep a close eye on things and take some precautions against potential bottle bombs, but hope for the best.

I just bottled my first batch this weekend and my unbridled enthusiasm is now quite tempered after connecting some dots. I brewed a True Brew IPA recipe kit. It came with Muntons Ale Yeast (dry). All went well at first, I cooked it up and got it into my fermenter bucket, and brought it down...

I've already found a ton of useful information here. I wish I would've read it before my first batch though! I've got my inaugural batch in my primary now - a recipe Kit from True Brew - an IPA. I've been on a complete IPA jones for about the last 6 months and have a taste for nothing...