Recent content by Rustrose

Anyone else with advice here? I'm wondering whether the first wort hops make sense, and whether the late additions look good. My goal here is to get a nice Saaz spicy focus, kind of supplemented with a moderate amount of Amarillo citrus. Will they both be detectable, and in some kind of balance?

Whoops, my bad. For some reason instead of dextrose I was thinking of malto-dextrine, which wouldn't make sense. Dextrose totally makes sense for drying it out. Sorry about the confusion.

I'm trying to understand why you would add dextrose. I think you should drop that. With a lbs of crystal and a lbs of dextrose I think you're looking at a seriously overweight FG for an IPA. Many IPAs don't even have any crystal-- just pale. I don't think I've ever seen an IPA with dextrose...

Thanks for the feedback. I agree that I don't want the hops (particularly bitterness) to overpower this beer. I really like Houblon Chouffe because of it's great sense of balance, and the same goes with Le Freak. I have not especially enjoyed the beers where people just took an IPA recipe and...

I'm brewing up a Belgian IPA along the lines of Houblon Chouffe or Green Flash Le Freak: start with a nice Tripel (mine is based on Westmalle) and then hop it up with a blend of noble and Pacific NW citrusy hops. My goal is to get a light, fluffy beer with a great balance of floral/citrusy hops...

Hello all, a quest for beautiful beer brings me to my first post here. I'm looking to come up with a brew similar in style to a New Holland Brewing (Holland, MI) specialty called Raspberry Black Ale. It was a beautifully dark, roasty and malty beer with an assertive but well-balanced...