Recent content by ryron01

I'm one of those lazy guys who hates bottling. I left my last Pale Ale in the primary for 11 months and it was horrid. It had an overly bitter after taste. Soapy hops is the best way I have found to describe it. I'm not sure if its the amount hop material left in the trub or what. I used it...

Why is beer so expensive to buy in Canada?

It is good to know for the next brew. :mug:

Boiling not only helps dissolve the sugar but it also kills any nasties from infecting your beer. Since there is nothing to do about it now, I would suggest waiting the 3weeks and testing one. Just make sure you smell first so you don't end up drinking some nasty infected swill.

you can put your pictures in flickr or some other photo hosting service and then insert the URL and it will show up in the post.

Yeah, I'm also curious. I didn't cold crash my beer, but I would consider doing it next time if I could achieve clearer, carbonated beer with less sediment in the bottle. I thought that was only possible from bottling forced carb'd beer from a keg. Also whats this about giving the bottles a...

I live all the way over in cali so I usually use morebeer.com. But I have been playing around on the Brewmasters Warehouse website and I have to say I am really impressed. Sure its pretty, but the recipe application built in, completely awesome. I will give this a try for my next batch.

This is a bit :off: but I trying to put together (or just find) an extract or partial mash recipe for another Russian River brew. They have a Belgian style blonde ale that is simply fantastic. They call it Redemption and I have fallen in love and need to clone. I plan to use White lab...

Yay! for this post! I just started brewing and I just bottled my 1st batch last night. I have been reading for weeks that bottling is this horrible chore. Every time I went to read a post to get ideas on how to make this a little bit less of a chore there is always a post (or several) that read...

Check the baby food section at the grocery store. Gerbers and Beech Nut both sell quart bottles of clear 100% pear juice. Not sure if they have preservatives or anything else. Probably not the cheapest stuff in the world, but it can't be as bad as some of the malt extracts I've seen for sell...

Yep, I came in via an internet search as well. I think I searched for "Is my beer ruined" ;)

Glad to find other riders in here. That bicycle is sweet! good work

Hello there, I just finished transferring my second batch so it'll be awhile before I have anything to drink, Thank jeebus I found this forum so I have something to read in the mean time. This is the beginning a realizing my dream of opening a micro brewery/ motorcycle repair shop...