Recent content by Pattidrum

I know what you mean with the hops sediment. I always felt it made a lot of my brews hoppier than expected too because I could never quite filter the desired amount off of the boil. Always wanted to try the grain bags for my hop additions and will definitely be using one on my next batch. Post...

Just curious as to how this came out. Did u bottle/keg yet? Or at least sample? Or aging it? Lol a little anxious cuz I was thinking bout trying something similar. Not any time soon, but would be nice to keep this as some brewing notes. Ill probably do that anyway. Primary: Nothing...

Great! Everyone's big on the centennial so I guess I should get on brewing some up. As for flavor I'm not sure what I'd like because I'm not familiar with that style. Was wondering if anyone could recommend some breweries with good blondes. Thanks for the tips! Primary: Nothing Secondary...

The warm weather is upon us and that means warm weather beers! I usually like to drink my beers according to season so I did some research and found that Blonde Ales (among others), are great spring/summer time beers. My only problem is which ones? My most recent exploration was Badass I...

Im def gonna dry hop too. Im exited to see how it comes out. :) Primary: Nothing Secondary: Nothing Bottled: California Orange Ale

Wowzers so many great tips! I'm glad I mentioned the Hopped LME. I def won't boil that. Looked up some methods on controlling ferm temp. Seems a little tricky without some type of refrigeration. Ive fermented my last two in my basement with no probs with off flavors or anything. However, do...

Yes i concur, adding hops in is fun. Hell, the whole thing is fun lol! I had seen other people talking about adding DME later in the boil and always wondered why. Now I know, thank you for the tip. Ill look around at recipes to get a more specific run down of the boil before I start. One last...

Thank you tootal will keep those in mind ALWAYS. Pieman the recipe calls for: 1 can of Muntons hopped light extract 2lbs light DME 6oz crystal malt grain Cascade hops at 30 min boil it seem One packet dry Muntons ale yeast The recipe it came with isn't very precise so I was wondering when a...

Hi Everyone! This is my first post on this forum and I am excited to be here. After finally building up the courage I made an account, so here is my first post. I have a Pale Ale 5 gal kit to be used for my next brew. This will be my 6th batch ever and was wondering if anyone had any...