Recent content by oldalbion

Thanks to both of you. I'll have to do a boil test to check what my boil-off rate is. In regards to "the rule of thumb," I'll definitely keep that in mind when I'm preparing my brew day ingredient/instruction sheets. Thanks again!

I'm just starting AG brewing, and my first project is to brew six two-gallon batches. However, I'm worried that simply scaling down the amount of mash and sparge water will not work. So, my question is, if my desired batch size is 2 gallons, how much mash and sparge water should I have heated...

Definitely do a 1 gallon batch! I'm currently stuck with 5 gallons of strange tasting beer...

Here's the recipe I used: Gingerbread Brown Ale 7 lbs Pale Liquid Malt Extract .5 lb Brown Malt 1 lb Demerara Sugar 3/4 cup Fancy Molasses Boil 1 oz Willamette 60 min Finish .5 oz Willamette 1 tsp ground cloves 2 tsp nutmeg 2.5 oz fresh ground ginger O.G. 1.061 Final Gravity: 1.012 ABV...

My current brew, a Gingerbread Ale, finished primary fermentation a few days ago and is currently much more boozy than I would like. Would dry hopping the brew help mask the alcohol flavour? Also, what hops should I use? I only used 1 oz of Chinook in the boil, so there is plenty of room for...