Recent content by MrSpeed

I was in my LHBS and his said the current trend is to moving away from the secondary. He said he never uses a secondary. I'm on the fence. I never did any real "scientific" tests to compare the two. Just because we can make more work for ourselves doesn't mean it's better.

I was almost concerned when you mentioned real fizzy bubbles. That was always a character of my spoiled batches, but it seems like your batch will be fine. Don't knock dry yeast. Some of it is very good.

At AHS there doesn't seem to be a mention of roasted barley in the recipe. Some people recommend 1 oz. of roasted barley to get a nice red color. I probably should focus more on the flavor than color anyways.

Has anyone brewed the AHS American Red Ale or AHS Irish Red Ale ? I'm tossed between the AHS or Midwest kits.

Does anyone have experience with the Irish Red Ale Kits available from the various online sources ? I have been looking at Northern Brewer and MoreBeer

I think I started back in 1990 or so and had about 50 batches under my belt. I was doing all grain towards the end. I was even pondering opening a micor-brew pub. I stopped around 95 due to the kids reaching age 3...times were busy ! We moved too a new house in 2002 and I never unpacked my...

I used to homebrew quite a bit about 8 years ago. On a whim I stopped in at my LHBS to buy some ingredients for a pale ale. I was impressed with the variety and packaging of the hops since I last brewed. I couldn't remember a few details about recipes and hops so I overbought some stuff...

Cool. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll keeep my eye out for US-56 or Nottingham. They both sound like what I am looking for.

Hello, New to the forum. I haven't brewed for well over 6 years but I have close to 60 batches under my belt and had moved on to all grain brews. Anyways back in the day there weren't many good dry yeasts. Has that changed lately ? There seem to be a few brands I don't remember. I'm...