Recent content by RobbieRedBeard

Hey guys, I am brewing an all grain IPA tomorrow and I can't tell if this is correct or if I need to change something. I have it set for a 5.5 gallon batch with an estimated OG of 1.065. Here is the instructions: Total Water needed: 7.7 gal Mash in 16.64 qts at 163 and step at 148 for...

I'm in the middle of my mash right now and noticed the guy at my LHBS did not give me the columbus hops I needed. This is what I am brewing: 6 lbs 9.6 oz Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 58.00 % 3 lbs 12.0 oz Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM) Grain 32.95 % 12.0 oz Victory Malt...

That is the procedure I found the other day and was planning on using. Thank you for putting this together for me. I really appreciate it. I plan on going back to the store on Friday and brewing Saturday. I will let you know how it turns out.

Thank you devlishprune!! That is great. I am pretty much a noob still to brewing, so any tips on how to do the mash? This is my first partial. I don't have a secondary either. I usually just dry hop in the primary. Will that work with this batch? Lastly, I saw on Saccharomyces recipe that he...

I'm really just trying to find a partial grain DIPA recipe that won't break the bank. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I was planning on making the switch to all grain for my next batch but can't afford it at the moment. So I just saw a great thread on here about partial mashing and it looks really simple. I am going to try my hands at this first. I am looking for a Maharaja clone to try out. If anyone has a...

Hey folks, I thought I was going to make the leap to all grain for my next batch but just can't afford all the equipment at the moment, so I have decided to do one last batch of extract and I want to go out with a bang! I want to do a DIPA that is just super hoppy and also has a high ABV. I was...

I live in Mandarin. I got keeping the temps down now. I have it under an airconditioner vent and figured out exactly when and how much ice I need to add to the bath to keep it at a steady 67.

Thanks for all the help guys. I am just going to see if this one works out better. I tweeked the way I did some things so hopefully that changes the taste of my brew.

The extract was not in a can and came from Northern Brewer which I have found (and heard) to be very trusted. From what we are narrowing it down to right now, I feel like high fermentation temps may be the cause for the off flavors. If that is so, I have fixed that problem and have kept this new...

No aluminum spoon. It was a plastic spoon that I bought from a home brew shop. I got myself a stainless steel spoon that I used for my newest batch. So now that we figured out why I have these random gushers, what is this taste coming from? I know I say "mineral" but I don't think it has...

No, all of them taste "off". It just so happened that two of them gushed. I did not stir at all and let the siphoning beer do the mixing. I thought that would be efficient enough(as per Palmer's advice).

When I say gushers, I mean I opened the bottles and they basically shot out. The brew was a clone of Dead Guy Ale(extract). I did not use an aluminum pot, stainless steel. My water source was bought from the grocery store. I live in Florida and my water is disgusting. I bought filtered drinking...

I have been doing everything verbatim according to Palmer. My priming sugar was laid at the bottom of my bottling bucket(gently, without oxidizing it) and I siphoned it in gently(no oxidizing) and let it naturally mix itself up. The gushers are not exactly what I am so annoyed about. Someone...

2 out of 12 so far, but there is also a off flavor in the finish that is really bothering me. Are you saying that those 2 beers were affected by wild yeast and the whole batch is not infected? Keep in mind this was my first batch ever so I am still figuring everything out as best as I can.