Recent content by Mr-Bert

You see, like I said earlier I'm not always correct nor do I know everything about beer but it's good that someone here does. :)

Hello Again The most common hop of the day was probably a cascade. The yeast? well that's anyone's guess. I think just plain old yeast was probably used the most as there were probably no sophisticated suppliers of yeast in those days. I could be wrong as I sometimes am but if I wanted to make...

I call the recipe (THE GENERAL)

Oh and every time I drink a bottle I thank god for George Washington the first president commander and chief and this awesome country he liberated from tyranny

Remember to top the batch up to three gallons after you start cooling it using fresh water it helps cool the wert and it takes the edge of the brew as well. I use dry coopers ale yeast it ferments in about 24 to 48 hours i let it set for 4 or 5 days and rack it over to set another 4 or 5 for a...

As the mighty George recipe states"Hops to taste" to get the taste that I like I use just 1 oz in the 2.5 gallon recipe and I brew like they would have then using just one type of hops lets say cascade use 1/2 oz at start of boil and the other 1/2 oz at the last 15 mins of the boil.

I brewed a batch figuring what you would need in Molasses and made a small batch of the very extra stout ale and it rocked my world!!! 1 Quart Black strap 5 lbs 6 row Briess Single mash 6 row at 155 deg F for 60 minutes. Sparge off mash to 2.5 gallons of wert add 1 quart black strap...