Recent content by Rouxster

you can take a cue from Pliny and add a half to a pound of corn sugar to boost your final gravity and dry the beer out a little bit by increasing attenuation. I brewed a couple DIPA's to 1.07 and I always used a pound of sugar to good effect. I also like hop bursting when I make these...

I planned a 6 gallon sticke alt and decided to split the batches to compare the performance of two yeasts. There were a few interesting things to note. I used a starter for both yeasts (1 liter) and aerated with pure o2 for a little under a minute. The beers fermented on the low end of the...

I pitched two packs in a two quart starter for a 1.064 American style IPA and the ferment is an absolute monster. Blow off after one day of about two quarts with fierce gas (in a good way) Dumped the blow off, smells like red apples. Will report back on attenuation.