Recent content by shay1989

I'm confused on the protein rest what is that? is that after your done sparging bringing the wart down to 122 for 20 minutes before starting your boil?

Hi I'm looking at the original recipe and I'm a little confused am I understanding it right that its 1oz chinook at last 20min, the .5oz of chinook at last 15min, then 1oz saaz at last 5 min? Also what did you get best results with on the cocoa? adding it at beginning of boil or mixing with 2...

I have a question for someone with a little more homebrew experience. So I made a pumpkin ale a little over 3 weeks ago with an original gravity of 1.071. after 9 days I racked it to secondary and the gravity was at 1.023. Now after being in secondary for 2 weeks its down 1.015 and I think...

I read that to carbonate you need to prime and bottle then pasteurize. If I started with pasteurized juice do I still need to pasteurize them or can I just prime and bottle them then drink?

I have a question that Im sure there is an easy answer for that I just don't know so if someone wouldn't mind steering me the right direction on this recipe I am attempting I would really appreciate it. I'm going to make an Arrogant Bastard clone and I want to end up with about (7 gal) of wart...

I am new to making cider, (just got my first batch going 11 days ago), and I am a little confused and was wondering if someone could dumb it down and tell me what steps to take to get a good cider. I used pasturized cider and added about a pound of golden brown sugar to each of my two, one...