Recent content by mpjardim

Right, So I just took my "oktoberfest" lager which I brewed/fermented back in ~April 2011 out of the fridge which has been ~30s. I bulk fermented 6 gall from then till now, knowing about the possiblilty of the off horrible off flavours from dead and dying yeasties (mostly cause I was busy and...

Yeah, I brew w pre-crushed months old grains all the time. Beers turn out great. Perhaps if your worried do a 'session' type brew.

While doing a BIAB on my stovetop I over shot my intended target and was 154F ish. I then turned off the stove top and over the next hour let the temp drift down into sub 150F territory where I initially wanted it to be at the start. It is some much work to raise the temp. So just a...

BIAB rules! I use it for beers requiring around 10 lbs or less. Place a 2x3ft bag (bigger than I need) and clip it to the sides of my 22qt stock pot. In goes all the grains x 60min. Then place a standard metal colander over stock pot,bag with grains on top, and sparge as normal. Did a pilsner...

just smell and taste it...if it really smells and TASTES overwhelmingly like horseS&*#& you may want to dump it... otherwise if it tastes like flat warm beer that has a slightly funky odor I would bottle it and see, you can always dump it later but the odors might mellow out a great deal

Brewed this one 3 1/2 mns ago, flavors really started to come together along with carbonation over the last 2 weeks. http://***********/component/resource/article/1773-classic-belgian-tripel used dry yeast, added sweet orange, and made my own candi sugar

maybe I'll give my spent grains to my fiance for her birds, cut down on her bird seed expense...amazingy how fast those birds go through her bagS of seeds I did just brew a witbier w wheat berries (unmalted wheat), soaked wheat berries and then boiled for another thirty minutes...tasted good...

I too brewed a tripel extract about 3 mns ago as my very first brew. After about a month of tasting one here and there and worrying about some strong flavours I tasted it yesterday in a proper glass....a wonderful symphony for my mouth. Only complaint is lack of head and lower carbonation than...

nice label simple...smooth...like your beer looks...tasty, now I want a stout...alas i am at work MJ

no problem... more details for those interested... OG: 1.46 FG: 1.14 used 0.5oz of sweet orange peel at 15min left, and I never took the coriander out since it is ground (in at 1min left) I had read warnings about using ground vs crushed so only used 1 tsp maybe 2 tsp... Poured all wort...

This is my second beer I have ever done. First was a extract Tripel done in 1/10. Relatively pleased with it but having trouble waiting the appropiate 3-6 mns before consuming. Anyways, I figured I should probably brew a extract witbier for the summer and all and this one looked good...