Recent content by ruppca26

The first couple batches I brewed I was extremely satisfied with the tast of the beer. However, the last few have been very bla tasting and not much aroma. This does not make sense to me as I have actually upped the IBU's of the brews I have made. Can anyone explain why this would be?

Thanks biermuncher, I went from 70 to 78% with this method and it was faster as well. This batch is your centennial blonde

I don't know, my Beersmith says it uses tinseth also and it is showing with a 5 gal. boil I get 12.2 IBU's from the fuggles and 8.2 IBU's from the Goldings. Did you adjust the AAU's for the differant hops because they are differant from the preset ones in the program. Yeah, I was supprised to...

I did a 5 gal. boil for 60 min. On beersmith it comes out to 20 IBU's total. It is the first recipe I created.

well that makes me feel better the other batch that i did was a australian ale and it was fully carbonated at 1 week. I knew it had to age more but i was worried. Thanks.

I recently brewed a irish red trying to make something similar to Killian's Irish Red. I tasted it after a week in the bottle and it is sweet up front and not to much flavor. The recipe is: 3lbs Light dry extract, 3.15lbs Light liquid extract, .5 lbs Caramel 40L, .5lb Carapils, .13lb roasted...

Is there a sutible yeast that I could brew a dark lager at and ale temp? I was thinking one of the california strains that tollerate the higher ale temps. I would like to brew a dark lager but do not have a lagering fridge yet. I can cold condition out in my garage but it isn't very consistant...

I would like to brew a batch of homebrew for my older neighbor. He is always looking out for me and looking after my house when I am gone. He is also interested in homebrew and I think it would be a nice thank you. He likes Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark. Does anyone have a suggestion of recipe or...