Recent content by PoconoParadiso

I went with the S-23 out of curiousity. Pitched at 56 and at after 8 hours was bubbling away at 60. After it gets down to 1.010 I'm going to pitch the AE, leave for another couple of days at 60 and then move to my garage where I believe it will settle in the low 40's and take it from there...

Getting ready to brew this one. I have both Safale US-05 and Saflager s-23 on hand, as well as the AE. I can ferment in the high 50's... is there any benefit to using the s-23 or should I just take the tried and true route of the US-05? I would prefer a quicker turn around on this to bring to...

I went ahead assertively with 6 pounds of cherry wood smoked malt. I feel with all the other flavors going on here, it will need this much to get a good smokey, bacon vibe. The "full breakfast experience" is what I am going for! I 'll report back how it comes out.

I'm going to try this later today but am going to sub in a few pounds of smoked malt in attempt to give it a smokey and hopefully a bit of bacon aroma/flavor. Gonna look around and pontificate for a bit on how much smoked malt to add, and would certainly be interested in what folks here think...

I'm hoping to get more flavor than aroma. I am going to dry hop as well, which I was thinking will give more aroma.

That's what I was hoping. I definitely like my IPAs to be on the mild side of moderate bitterness, plus I'm featuring Mosaic and really want to optimize the flavor and aroma. I'll sleep a little better tonight, thanks!

Hi all! Do whirlpool hop additions add IBUs? I would like to know for general purposes when creating recipes, but also because I had an unusually long wort chill time for a brew last night. I brewed a higher volume of wort then usual and ran out of ice during the ice bath. I added an...

This beer sounds fantastic! Saved the recipe for future ventures ... but I recently came interested in Galaxy hops in search of a recipe for a fruity, tropical cocktail-like, hefeweizen. How do you guys think this hop schedule would taste in a hefe? Not sure I've ever had a hopped up hefe...

A friend of mine asked me to brew a banana beer for the summer. She requested that it be fruity and I know she likes wheat beers. However, I have several fruited beers in progress including an ambrosia saison (pineapple, coconut, cherries and Amarillo), a peach cream ale, and a watermelon...

Looking for a little input on how to proceed with my Heady Topper inspired brew. I was looking for a big DIPA with a dank tropical fruit profile for a rum barrel IPA experiment. I have a 5 gallon oak barrel that I cured with a few bottles of Appleton Estate rum. I brewed a partial mash...

Same here. 2 lbs for 5 gallons (.5 to the mash, .5 to the boil, 1 in secondary) yields a very subtle coconut flavor. What it did accomplish wonderfully, is what I'm describing as a coconut milk mouthfeel to the beer - a very full, fluffy texture. I will definitely brew this one again and...

Well, I just did a 5 gallon partial mash of a version of this beer yesterday. I tweaked it a bit to make it an imperial porter, and have/will add additional ingredients, but here's what I brewed: 8 lbs Pale Liquid Malt Extract 1.5 lb Munich Malt 1lb Chocolate Malt 9oz Caramel/Crystal...

Thanks for the responses guys. I did some more research and eventually went ahead and added it to the mash and boil and lo and behold less than 24 hours in the fermentor there is significant airlock activity. I will indeed be picking up some organic coconut for the secondary.

This may be a silly question, but I'm a bit nervous. I am doing a coconut porter and plan to add toasted coconut to the mash, boil, and secondary. I am getting ready to toast the coconut and see my wife bought sweetened coconut with preservatives as opposed to the unsweetened, organic coconut I...

Yep .... into the secondary. Okay, my wife just corrected me. She actually did the zesting. She reminded it was difficult to zest clementines, so she had to actually peel them and then cut off the white part, which she says was a pain in the a**. But it was indeed quite fresh and tasty!!