Recent content by noladom

@douglasbarbin good read. Never thought of a pressurized bottle. Thanks for the tip.

I used this info from Midwest Supply to do a Blackberry IPA. It has a listing for mango too among other common fruits. Hope it helps. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/beer-fruit-amount.html Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

That's where I was going. I was gonna order a single 5gal keg system from NorthernBrewer and figured why not get used. It's nothing to me anyway because I'm gonna sanitize and if it didn't hold pressure they'll give an exchange within a long enough time for me to know whether it holds or not. I...

What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying reconditioned ball lock kegs rather than new? Besides the lesser price of course. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I just brewed an ale and added blackberry purée from blackberries I picked in my neighborhood. These are the specs I followed from Midwest Supplies' website. I followed "school two" of adding the pasteurized purée to the secondary (I put it in a muslin bag before racking from primary then racked...

So I brewed a nice ale and hit my target OG and FG then I pasteurized some blackberry purée and put it in a muslin bag at the bottom of the secondary, racked the beer on top and there it currently sits. I followed Midwest Supplies' recommendations seen here...

My only caution with Teflon is if you're keeping the wort in that pot to cool it after the boil. It shouldn't affect the wort at all but cooling Teflon rapidly with water will damage the Teflon coating and much like everything else in the world now days will "release cancer causing toxins" or...

I want the larger kettle just don't have the extra $75 in the budget just yet. Impatient so I didn't want to wait for the new kettle to brew this batch. I DO have a smaller pot so that's definitely an option. I believe I can manage 3.5 on the stove. It's a gas stove after all. I'm also looking...

I have a 5 gallon kettle that I bought when I first started brewing and haven't upgraded yet. I have an American IPA recipe ready to go but my brew store owner recommended a boil volume of 6g for this 5 gallon batch. I have 6lbs DME and 2lbs grains. What's the best way to split this? Should I...

I recently proposed the idea of Beer Photographer to my girlfriend as she's interested in photography and I in beer. All I have so far are iPhone pictures so I rely on place setting to (hopefully) captivate my audience. Here are a few taken with an iPhone 5. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I had some Abita Mardi Gras Bock, Anchor Porter, and a few miller lites for the less divers palates. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

A few things that have worked for me. I use a sampling device to suck the bubbles from the surface of my sample and also give the hydrometer a little spin like a top to knock off any bubbles sticking to it. You could probably use one of those baby nose sucking things (brand new and sanitized of...

I used about 3/4 maybe a bit more of a 5oz bag. Didn't weigh it but it was a brown ale kit and it came out fine. Haven't had any gushers or bottle bombs and honestly I think the carbonation is perfect. Would that last bit have made much difference though? Probably not. But I'll never know.

Sorry to reply without an answer but I've been interested in this as well. I never thought to make the malt with them though. I thought because of their bitterness to add them to the boil with hops. Guess I should take a deeper look if most have failed.

Just starting out myself. You raise a good point about trying to duplicate results before trying the more complex. I'll take that. Extract is just so darn convenient too. Especially with limited work space.