Recent content by redhawknate

Hey all, I'm three extract brews in and one cider. All have turned out swimmingly! That said, all of my beer/cider has been around 5-6%, and I'm ready to make a panty dropper monster! Anyone have a good recommendation for an easy to drink 8-9%? Thanks!

Great! Thanks for the replies; I'll let it go until mid week and see where we're at! Ending around 1.010 or 1.0075 would be prefect I think.

This may be a n00b question, but I'm trying a recipe I found here as follows: 5 gal pasteurized apple juice (100%, no preservatives) 2 cans of apple juice concentrate Pitxhed 1 pack of wyeast sweet mead I wanted to see how things were coming along, it's been about a week so far... Took a...

I'm still new to the beer game, but I'm an old dog when it comes to coffee... I agree that if brewed coffee was used, your acidity could be coming from the coffee. That said, different geographic locations of coffee tend to produce different levels of acidity/body/etc. I would describe Kona as...

Hey all, I've been lurking for a bit here but wanted to say "Thanks" for all the great info I've read through so far! I just recently started my first brew (Friday), and I'm excited to see how it all turns out. I kept reading, and dammit, wouldn't ya know, I had bought another ale pail and...