Recent content by Rmerrill

My friend had Rock Bottom Brewery Molly's Titanic Brown Ale in Denver and was trying to see if I could make something similar. Apparently it is a mix of a porter and brown ale. I couldn't find any clones of it. Wondering if there were any other example of a blended beer like this? Thanks!

So i brewed up 5 gallons of a wheat beer that after fermentation I will put into a soda keg to carbonate with CO2. I have a few friends who want to try a blueberry or raspberry wheat beer...however I don't like fruit beer and not a huge fan of fruit extract as it tastes artificial to me. The...

I'm making the below recipe and wanted to know if I could sub Wyeast 3056 with safbrew 06: Berry Weizen 5 gallons, extract with adjuncts; OG = 1.044; FG = 1.013 Ingredients: 4 lbs. Premier wheat malt extract 1 lb. light dry malt powder 1 lb. wheat dry malt powder 1 lb. flaked...

I actually had the Gumball head wheat in mind and since I bought bulk of 2-row and wheat I was trying to figure out what else to make. I made 5 gallons of Gumball head and it was gone within a week so this time I'm doing ten gallons.

I'm looking to do a wheat beer and come up with a recipe based on some ingredients I have. I have: 50lb of 2-row malt and 50lb of white wheat malt along with us-04 and 05. Any thoughts of how I could use those as a base for a wheat beer and then add specialty grains as needed?

I am new to using dry yeast. I used the 05 for. 5% ABV beer. My question is in general, for a bigger 7+% ABV will one packet work or can I do a type of yeast starter (if so, how do I do that with dry yeast) or do I just need to use two packets? Thanks!

I am brewing a Double Bastard clone that should have a pretty high OG. I'm trying to figure out how to handle the yeast situation. The clone calls for a WLP California Ale V 051. Instead of just buying a new one and doing a yeast starter I was wondering about another option. I just brewed...

I'm looking to do a brew in a bag for a big beer 10%ABV. I've done this for basic beers with about 12lb grain bill for a finished product of five gallons but haven't tried the method with 20lbs of grain. My kettle is big enough but does anyone have any suggestions for brew in a bag with a big...

Or another alternative. I brewed a lighter ale last week with wyeast 1056 and am supposed to move to secondary fermentor. Can I pour dogfish 90 wort over the remaining yeast from the primary without doing a yeast starter?

How'd the beer turn out? Did mixing the two yeasts work?

It is the 90 minute IPA.

Just found out my yeast starter for my dogfish clone I was going to brew was ruined. I was going to use wlp002 but now am out. I have wyeast 1056 American ale and wyeast 1028 London ale. Would either of those work? I saw a post where someone actually blended the two but not sure if that...

I basically have a ton of 2-row malt and 10oz of Citra Hops and I was hoping to make a large Citra beer. I know Citra can be overwhelming and in a 5% beer you have to be careful. But in a 9% to 11% beer how many oz do you think I can get away with? Or my other thought is are there any...