Recent content by sgtusmc_nc

thanksim going to use real fruit this time last time i used extract and it was very blackberry'ish LOL.

Im formulating a tripple berry wheat and im wondering what everyone thinks would be a good ratio of berries? I was thinking 1.5lbs of strawberry, blackberry and rasberry any opnions ? thanks guys

thanks everyone, the last one is a bit confusing? LOL I await any further recipies and again thanks

I just read a really cool articld " http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beers/ninkasi.htm" and was wondering if anyone had any historic recipies for beer or where I could find some. the older the better LOL. I thinking of brewing some historic brews mabe from the 1800's and if I could find a...

that was pretty close to my own personal rec. ive been working so now im trying to tweak it a bit and give it some more flavor.

anyone LOL bump it

I also have the 6.5 gallon mini brew but I still use glass secondaries. mainly because I brew so much and havent finished my brew setup yet. I have all of these glass carboys laying around so I primary in the minibrew and then transfer the sanitized lines into the carboy. my setup actually works...

what do you guys think about this recipe. 1. 3.3 lbs mutons wheat 2. 3.0 lbs mutons light # 3 a. .5 american carmel b. .5 crystal malt c. 1lb flaked wheat hops=1.5 centennial for 60min and 1.0 hallertauer for 15min at end of boil american wheat yeast 3 or 4 lbs of...

hey thanks man, i did a little search and the info was overwelming and most didnt apply to what I was asking so i figured I would take the cheap way out sorry LOL. how do you wash the yeast?

OK question is , I have harvested two small sanitized mason jars worth of the yeast cake out of my last batch and covered with sanitized plastic wrap. they have been in the fridge for about a day and there is a small layer of beer on top of the yeast. 1. my question is did I do this right...

IMO I have almost perfected my tripple berry wheat beer I orig. made it for my GF because she likes stuff like that, but when I first tased it WOW im hooked, my cherry stout was a kit and it was pretty good. im still working on my own stout recipe and an ale recipe I would like to keep about 3...

do you just dumb the boiled fruit in the secondary with the boiled water? ive been using extract with good results but I am always looking for a better way of doing things

I just finished ageing a cherry stout, and it turned out great. my fav. beers to make are english or scottish ales. I would like to eventially make some laggers but I just dont have the equiepment yet to cold age. All grain is also in the future, currently im compiling parts and supplies for a...

ive been to 2 so far, but always trying to get to more... nice to meet you man.

Hello everyone from High POint NC, ive been brewing extract and extract kits for about 2 years now. if anyone is close to me drop me a line its always great to have brew brothers around.