Recent content by robertmeyer

Sounds interesting. I would be willing to try it out.

Sounds interesting. I would be willing to try it out.

Bottled today and tried a sample, and it taste like pineapple, vanilla, which is very tasty. Couldn't really taste the cinnamon or oak right now, but this is very promising. Cannot wait to taste it during the holiday times of Christmas. Thanks for the recipe!

Thanks for the advice pwortiz! I definitely will let it age out. Adding mango sounds like a great idea as well. After this current brew is completed, I will probably consider another fruit. Did you add the mango with the pineapple? If not, that also sounds like it would be a great flavor

So I am trying to make sure this is prepared for Christmas, so after about a week and a half of sitting in the fermenter, I decided to add the wood chips and vanilla bean. I also tasted a sample, and it taste pretty good. Tasted the pineapple, but not really the cinnamon. Maybe the strong...

Finally gathered all the ingredients to make this batch, and am excited to see how this comes out. From the experiences people posted on here, I am expecting a great beer. My efficiency did not come out well, I ended up around 1.070+, so I decided to add some cane sugar to raise the OG to the...

What about mashing it out? Such as performing the same method as you wood (pun intended) with extracting the fermentables from the grains, and making sure you do not go over the 170 degree mark so you do not extract the tannins. From my understanding, I believe you would extract tannins from the...

I am somewhat of a dilettante in the the brewing game, but has anyone ever put the wood chips in the boil to extract the smokiness? Would it work? Is is safe to do it that way (just thinking it would extract something unwanted)? Thanks for any facts and opinions!

I did not know that lactose was not a fermentable. Thanks for the clarification! I guess my efficiency was not as good with the BIAB method. I did test the PH test, and (I think) the water measured above 5.4. Again Thanks!

Full disclosure:I am new at brewing AG, and for some reason the final gravity set at 1.024. I believe this happened because I was trying to cool down the temperature during fermentation from 74 degrees to 66 degrees, and caused a temperature shock, which made the yeast dormant. Since the the FG...

I was just posting the original recipe from beersmith.com to give credit to the person who constructed the recipe. Because I used a BIAB method, I did omit the rice hulls. If any one wanted to use the recipe, I wanted everyone to have the original recipe.

That sounds awesome! I am planning on brewing your recipe this weekend, and I wish I could brew more than one as well. I just started out about 6 months ago, so I am currently gathering things here and there. One day I will be able to knock out that many brews, and as well use it for a camping...

Thanks I appreciate the help! The reason why I wanted the brown sugar is because I made a PM batch of dangerbrew's "drunken lullaby" (Hopefully, I have the names right) recipe that used brown sugar, but I think I may keep your recipe as the original. I researched the grains that you used, and I...

I plan on creating this recipe, I wanted to add the taste of brown sugar, do you know what is a great substitute for brown sugar in a grain form? I figured the honey and brown sugar would taste great together. Thanks!

I have copied this recipe from oteixeira's Milk O'Stout http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/10856/milk-ostout, so first of all I would like to give him credit for posting it on beersmith.com. This is my first AG recipe, and I performed in a Brew In A Bag (BIAB) Method. Multi-Mash Method: 115...