Recent content by saynomore10

Here's a thought. Why not age the beer however long you feel is necessary, let's say two months or so, THEN dry hop as normal and keg or bottle. It seems to me that hop aroma and flavor dissipate with age much more quickly than bitterness anyway. So this way you could still get great aroma and...

Had a good laugh reading some of these. Keep them coming! My worst moment happened last fall. I had finished the boil on a pumpkin ale, put my wort chiller in my brew pot and hooked it up to a garden hose in my backward. I had just moved into a new house and I guess the water pressure was a lot...

So I checked the gravity last night, four days after pitching the Lavlin. Still at 1.008. :mad: I'm wondering now if my hydrometer is off. I checked it with regular tap water (didn't have any distilled in the house) and it also read 1.008. Might go pick some distilled up and make sure it's accurate.

Okay. Pitched a package of Lalvin EC-1118 today. I'll check the gravity in a few days or so to see if fermentation has resumed.

It tastes pretty sour and yeasty from 3068 right now, but i know it needs months of conditioning to drop those yeasts and smooth out the flavor. I plan on bottle carbing this, so I'd like to ferment it all out first before bottling to avoid those bombs!

Yep, I'll probably head to my LHBS this weekend and pick up some yeast. Thanks for the info!

I made my first hard cider about six weeks ago. Recipe was 4 Gal. apple juice, 1 Gal cran-blueberry juice and two cans of apple juice concentrate for some extra kick. Made sure there were no preservatives or weird additives in the juice. OG was 1.056. Fermented with Wyeast 3068 and added some...

I picked up the sampler pack a couple days ago and was pleasantly surprised. The Porter was was the best one of the bunch in my opinion, but all the beers were pretty solid. I've definitely had better examples of each style, but for the price it's definitely worth trying. I also thought all the...

Agreed. I just picked up Michelob's fall sampler pack (which included the porter) and all the beers were surprisingly good! Also came with a cool tasting sheet and some online links about the brews. Go Michelob?

Oh, don't get me wrong, Crown & Anchor is way better normally, but you certainty can't beat $2 draft Bigfoots (Bigfeet?).

Agreed. I did a pale ale last weekend with Notty. Also kept around 64 degrees and had no problems. Fermented out really quickly as well. I'll probably rack to the secondary tomorrow.

I used to live in Monterey, CA where there was a cool bar that had most of Sierra Nevada beers on tap, including Bigfoot when it was in season. They had $2 pint nights every Wednesday and Bigfoot was included. YES! You can get pretty toasty for under ten bucks when $2 Bigfoots are available...

So I've been brewing for around a year now and am starting to get some pretty good results. I'd love to enter a few of my beers into a home brew competition to get some constructive criticism. Anyone know of any good ones in the Los Angeles area?

Let's see.. 1129.5 + 15 from previous post = 1144.5 gal Now mine: +5 gal CranBlueberry Hard Cider +5 gal American Pale Ale = 1154.5 gal

Yeah that's what I've done in past cases too. I suppose they're pretty similiar.