Recent content by RickyandJulian

Indeed, I tried another honey bee ale tonight (now three weeks in the bottle). It is definitely starting to mellow out. It seems time does heal all.

Both kits had specialty grains. I steeped both at 165 degrees for 30 min. I had my dial thermometer in the pot the whole time. Then I pulled the bag and started my boil.

I think you guys should be firefighters...The response time here is incredible. Thank you for the welcome and the quick responses! So to answer some of the posed questions: BeerBDrew: 2) I don't know the mineral content of my water but it has to be fairly high in iron since it will spot red in...

So I recently got into brewing (three weeks before xmas). My first beer, an irish red, has a very distinct bitter taste. I used tap water for the water I boiled (2.5 gal). But spring water to fill to five in my primary bucket. Could the tap water cause that sour bitter taste? Also I am using...