Recent content by relicdog

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ditch the BIAB and build a cheap mash tun.

use a really long spoon

Well I just tried my batch and its darn tasty!!!!. I used eldorado, mosaic and Amarillo. 20oz of hops was just enough. I made a beer that is way tastier than I can buy from the store, success!!!

I just bottled an ipa a few days ago. I used 8bs of maris and 2lbs of wheat 2lbs of 2 row, 150g of carapils 150 acidulated malt. I really like the color of the finished product, its a dark red :))). I used 20 oz of hops and it tastes great, dont be afraid to add more hops, just remember you will...

make sure you do a diacetyl rest. MO SMASH all the way!!!

I just made an ipa and used about 20 oz of hops. I used a combination of Amarillo and Mosaic. I did a FWH addition of ~2 oz and the rest was dumped at 15 min to flame out and then another addition at 145-150 degrees. I would definitely say I made an IPA and I am happy with the hop bitterness and...

This yeast produces a lot of banana aroma during fermentation at ~70 degrees. I had a blow out even with 1 gallon headspace and no yeast starter. I used it in a blonde ale and it turned out fine. It is definitely a work horse top cropping yeast and I will definitely use it again.

marris otter ~70% and wheat 20-30% of the grain bill is what i would recommend. I would drop your Warrior bittering addition as your late addition hops will add plenty of bitterness to it and crystal has no business in an ipa so i would cut that out completely. More hops more hops more hops...

Yeah what you are tasting is yeast characteristics, prob should have left it in the fridge a little longer to finish flocculation.

You will know if you have an infection, it will look disgusting and taste awful. I always taste my decanted starter wort just to make sure it tastes ok and it usually does. Don't use such a vigorous boil, you only need to bring the flask to a boil and boil it for ~15 min. If you add a little...

google definition of a trivet is an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on. The tin foil should be tightly on the flask when you are dunking it in a pot full of water. You won't be able to tightly cap the flask near the end of the boil, too much pressure will...

You want to use 10g of DME to 100ml of water. You should make a trivet and you can boil your starter right in your flask. If you bought a quality pyrex flask then I would say you can safely boil it in there. You can cool the wort (assuming you are using your flask as the vessel) in ~10 minutes...

First, wash the bottles in the dishwasher as normal but remove the labels and washer.I like to fill my bottles with hot water and let them sit for 5 minutes on brew day. Fill ~10-15litres of water in a home depot pail and mix it with star san, Use the bottles immediately after dumping all the...

The yeast will settle out to the bottom when its fully done. You will have a clearish beer when it is time to bottle. It is usually good practice to let the yeast sit a minimum 2 weeks in the primary so that they have enough time to clean up after themselves., especially when you did not use a...