Recent content by runt23

Hey guys. I am looking to make a honey brown ale. I am working on putting together a recipe. I am wondering when I should add the honey and how much? Should I replace the sugar with the honey or maybe cut back the sugar and add less honey? I'm not looking for a real strong honey flavour...

Wow what a wealth of knowledge! I love it. I am going to be making an amber ale. I am going for something that is not too hoppy or malty, but a nice mix between the two. I already have some crystal 40 and 80 (maybe 120, I cant remember off the top of my head), US-05 yeast 3 different types of...

So I wouldn't need any dextrose because I will be kegging it? Thanks for your help! I appreciate it. EDIT: I really am just wondering if it will effect the taste or ABV. I am considering picking up some DME instead, but the price is 5.75/LB compared to 2.85/LB.

Thanks for your reply. The place I purchase it from has it listed as "Pale Diastatic Liquid Malt Extract". Do you think this would be the case? They only have 3 extracts listed. The other two are light dry malt extract and dry wheat extract. From what I read from your post, I feel like I just...

Feeling really new right now. I am used to making beer with beer kits (i.e. coopers) and the directions would say to mix the extract with fermentable sugars yada yada yada.. I have recently purchases some pale diastatic LME, some grains, hops, and yeast. I am wondering - do I still need to...

Hello, I am looking to make an amber ale. Something that is easy drinking, not too hoppy, but I would also like to used a pale ale LME. Would I be able to get something red from a pale ale extract and adding grains like a 20-30 crystal and maybe roasted barley? I have been researching...

I'm not trying to hijack the thread, but what about if a keezer has a 3 wall box around it (back open)? Would it still need the same amount of space? And if the frame is built with 2x4s as an example, so there wouldnt be as much wood touching the freezer, do you still need those inches between...

I hate sanitizing bottles. Which is why I recently bought a keg! I will probably still do some bottles soon, but I am working on ketting the keg set up and running with that.

Looks good though! I wasn't trying to be a dick, but now you know. I am looking to build one real soon. I was looking at stuff yesterday. Looks good!

wheres the coffin?

That looks real solid! I'm hoping to start mine today, but hoping it doesnt cost as much ;)

haha it was 3am and I just couldnt get brewing off of my mind

Great input guys! Thanks. I'm not about to stop because I will probably spend more on equipment. I think it's nice to know that I COULD save money if I were to stop buying equipment. If I am running low on money, its nice to know I could spend less than a case of beer and be set for a few weeks...

I recently started brewing my own beer. I am currently only working with extract kits, but am looking forward to customizing recipes and experimenting with ingredients etc. So I was wondering, do you find yourself to be saving money or spending more money? I've only done a couple batches, but...

I must say, I am pretty excited - I'm going to be making a keezer in the next week or so! I am new to brewing and only have made a couple of batches of extract and bottled it, but I am already ready to step it up and buy a keg and make a keezer. I was looking at this online and it seems to...