Recent content by phlawrence

I just cracked open the Kiwit that I brewed about 5 weeks back and it is AWESOME! I am not afraid of Wit beer anymore :)... Nor am I afraid I fruit... getting a grapefruit IPA underway now. I added a little bit of oat flakes to the Kiwit when I brewed, just threw it in with my steeping grains...

Also, Papago Brewing company sometimes has it on tap, and you can purchase Redstone Meadery in the bottle there.

I will not fear the peel! I am super excited.... More than likely I'll tweak one of my past IPA recipes to use some of the more grapefruity hops and then add some peel to the wort... at flameout? Or should I be adding it with one of my hop additions?

I have read some things saying never to make a grapefruit beer... but what about the peel? I want that bitter citrusy flavor without the stomach acid taste that I hear accompanies grapefruit in your fermentation. Should I try peel or just abandon the grapefruit IPA idea?

WOW! I just encountered this thread and happen to have gotten a chest freezer FOR FREE, from someone who was using it to cool water. It has 2 holes in it that a tube ran through for the previous setup. After filling the holes with spray foam insulation, and then drilling some sheet metal to the...

I hear you on the note about crushing them, I actually did.... but maybe I need to get some kind of grinder or something to get the full flavor out of my coriander. I am going to give the kiwit recipe a try and we will see how that goes. Ill keep you posted! Thanks again:)

I cant find the kiwit recipe. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks for the help guys. I have been brewing recipes I have found either from my brew shop, or from The Brewmaster's Bible and have not had much success with those. I also use liquid yeast only. I will try a different strain and to use one of the recipes mentioned above. Again, thanks for the...

Unfortunately for me, I am unable to ferment below about 70 due to the air conditioning situation. (I have a chest freezer which I have retrofitted with a temperature regulator for lager but it is being used as a freezer atm). I brew either all extract or partial mash depending on the beer I am...

So, I have been brewing for about 2 years now and have had some amazing successes... but thats not what this post is about. I cant seem to make a good wheat bear. My first attempt was a dunkelweiss, it came out too sweet and bland. There is no better way to describe it... it was lacking...