Recent content by Silhou3tt3

So, I meant to update this a while ago but the days got away from me. By now I'm a few weeks in the keg and this beer turned out pretty damn good. I was shooting for a brown ale with the original recipe and after much tinkering and much help (thanks again!!) it turned out...a little closer to a...

Alright, thanks man. I think I may have just kegged too early.

I feel the same but I just kegged two batches (Patersbier and Carribou Slobber, both NB kits) and had a taste and they both seem a little off. Has it ever effected the taste for you?

Have any of you used Fermcap-S in the boil before?

I think I must be entering the readings wrong. I took the gravity reading from the kettle after I cooled it but before I transferred and I was able to get 5 gallons into the fermenter. Actually had to leave some behind in the kettle (roughly a couple of bottles worth). As for the trub I didn't...

Thanks! I rinsed with water I heated to about 152 (I couldn't remember what temp to go with so I went with this one hoping for no harm/no foul). I rinsed with enough to get me up to 6 gallons for the boil. I would've squeezed but I was already having trouble controlling that malt monster. Lol...

That does make a lot of sense. Just as with taking good notes and the like. I'm still trying to get the hang of properly using a hydrometer (8 out of 9 batches and I finally remembered to take a reading prior to putting it in the carboy). I punched it into brewersfriend.com and it looks like...

Brew day is done! I deviated only a little from the last recipe that you posted (Amarillo at 10 min as opposed to flame-out) but tried to make sure everything else was the same. Not sure why but my OG is 1.060...but I can live with that. Hopefully the brew gods are with me and it ferments out...

Is there typically more trub with a BIAB than an extract with steeping grains? I've got my extract brewing methods dialed in to where I haven't had to leave any wort behind for a few batches now. Is that something that I can expect to have change with the increase in grains? As for the 2 step...

Sweet! Thanks for doing that, man. I appreciate it. I will likely be near my LHBS some time this week so I can snag the rest of the grains for the 5 gallon batch.

I will probably try something like this next time. I started with a recipe but ended up having to guess (and apparently wrong) what grains to use.

All I had in mind at this point is "brown ale"; I'm up for trying just about anything. Hopefully something with some hop presence but nothing crazy. Ideally I'd end up with a nice mouth feel that is a bit malty, a tiny bit sweet and ending with a chocolatey/toffee note. Not sure what that falls...

Yeah, sorry, it is a 5 gallon batch.

Yeah, sorry, forgot to mention that. It will be a 5 gallon batch.

Alright, so I'm going to be doing my first BIAB soon. At first it started with a recipe but my LHBS didn't have the exact grains so I ballparked it. The ingredients are as follows: Crisp Marris Otter 5lbs Briess Caramel 120L .5lbs Muntons Crystal 60L 1lb Briess Chocolate Malt 1.025lbs My...