Recent content by RDoughty

So when a recipe calls for a bit of additional DME to be added immediately prior to bottling (to carbonate) - do I skip this if I am going to keg? My first kegging brew is a Belgian Strong Dark that calls for 30+ days of aging after secondary - my plan is just to rack it into a keg and let it...

So I brewed (first time) a Golden Draak (Belgian Strong Dark) clone yesterday and all went very well. When I wrapped up - I checked my OG reading and it was 1.102 (its a big beer). I thought that was right in line with my target so I pitched my yeast and closed her up... Today, looking back...

The only kit/ingredients that were old were for the whit - the dubbel was all fresh and newly purchased. I don't remember the exact LME but I think it was light malt extract. I tasted the beer straight out of the fermenter and it is OK - not great but OK. There is a slight sour off-taste but...

First a bit of background on me... I homebrewed for about 2 years in 2009 - directly to bottles. I hated the extra work and time that bottles required so I vowed to take a break from brewing until I set myself up to keg... enter 2014! My innaugural run with my old (limited) experience and...