Recent content by Saunassa

Just got back from the Cities. Stopped off at Minnesota Home brew. Nice selection of hops, yeast and grain. It was so nice to smell and sample a few grains. Ended up buying more then I expected but that tends to happen. Being able to talk with someone knowledgeable was so dang nice. I am...

I use dry yeast most of the time for brewing due to weather and fitting into my schedule. I love Munich Classic fermented at 68f and have used it for years. This year I tried the W-68 dry yeast. It came out really well but am not sure which i prefer. For a change I used Imperial Stefon last...

How long has your Amber been in the fermenter? If only a few weeks you are just fine. I have two pale ales to keg and bottle. Been in there 3 weeks so will xfer sometime this week.

How big of a batch do you brew? My club does a big brew/wort day where we all bring home 8-24 gallons. This years was a pale ale/IPA recipe. I like splitting mine into 2 batches. I use a different yeast in each to see what it and a different 5 minute boil hop addition brings to the table...

That's how mine are. I thought about jars but decided that pouring out into a jar exposed them to much more oxygen then just snipping a corner and pouring out what I need. I removed 4-6 ounces and sealed and back in freezer. Then I seal up what is not for current brew day into smaller...

I have a Cashmere hopped pale ale in the fermenter. Due to it and mosaic it smells like lemon berry nice and bright and that is from the airlock. I think Sparkalater would be a good name.

At next weeks Harvest Moon Brewfest one of my beers is a hefeweisen that I call Wobble Pop. Yep name inspired by Derick at vice grip garage.

I always have at least a gallon of headroom in the fermenter to give the krausen somewhere to expand. On my 6.5 gal BMB I will fill it to 5.25 gal.

There are plenty of pond pumps listed on english language Amazon. Just don't get a 2000gph one. You want it slower to give the water time to transfer the heat into the water.

If I remember correctly, you don't really want to give them high nitrogen fertilizer after beginning of June. Otherwise they keep growing longer and not producing the arms and cones. I stir in slow release organic fertilizer granules in May and then a few times with liquid fertilizer May. June...

Well I will probably dig up the Willamette next spring and move it to family farm. Since I am in northern minnesota I need a hardy one. What would be good choice as replacement? Chinook or Cascade?

Go over to the North Central Homebrew forum if you want to get free wort without all the mashing. So much better then extract as it is freshly made from grain.

We cancelled the one earlier this month so rescheduled to the 23rd. This is in Aitkin MN north of the Twin Cities. The Glacial Lake Brewers will hold its annual group brew day on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Block North Brew Pub. This event is FREE to anyone interested in free wort to take home...

My Willamette does not grow well so next spring it gets dug up and moved to the farm. See if the change in scenery makes a difference. Nugget hops on the other side, stand back because they are monsters. The one I have ignored is probably 14' with leaves as big as my hand.

Second pint of my American brown ale. So good after being in the keg since fall. Think it is better then when it was a month old. I am not counting the pint I poured for my wife to make honey beer bread this morning. Is it my fault that when she said she needed 2 cups I thought she said 2...