Recent content by mwmclelland15

Awesome! Thanks very much that's an excellent resource!

Hmm I'm gonna give it another look over closed to brew day. Thanks for your input!

I will maybe try all that for my Winter Ale. Thanks for the reply!

I did spray the pan before roasting the pumpkin. Made it easy to clean.

I agree with the three week rule. Haven't had an issue yet with the first three brews.

Well everything seemed to go well. I usually just throw my US-05 right on top of the wort however for this brew I re-hydrated it. I seemed to do that fine (first time re-hydrating). My estimated OG was 1.057 and I got 1.055. So pretty close to what I was aiming. Smelt amazing during the boil and...

That sounds amazing. How much did you add? I have a Christmas Spiced Ale recipe all made up and I may just have to add that!

Will do. Brewing this on Saturday!

Hi all, Previously posted on the forums to grab an input on my Autumn/Pumpkin Ale I plan on brewing next week. However my focus up until then is to start throwing together a Spiced Christmas Ale and I feel as though I may be close. Below I will show the ingredients, instructions and a...

Interested for those that followed and altered this recipe how long total fermentation was? I usually only use a primary however I feel that if fermentation will be longer than 4 weeks I will use a secondary. Also what yeast?

Alright everyone! Hopefully this is the last edit I make however I wanted to run it by you all that have been helping me. There are a few changes that you can see below: - dropped the finishing hops and am only using Hallertau GER at 60 mins (however do have some cascade I may add if I feel) -...

Thanks for your help John! Now it's time to find some cheap prices online to order this stuff from as the LHBS carries very little for beer.

Excellent information here. Thank you very much for putting all the time in to write this post. Once I get home later tomorrow I will go look over the NB recipe. Thanks again!

Thanks John. So other than the spice amount the recipe should hold up well?

I think I am going to steep/mash for this first time; however, I will adjust the spices down slightly. Say I did it the way I plan to, and I taste it but it isn't to my liking could I also add some spices during primary fermentation?