Recent content by skunkmeister

SWMBO has asked if I could brew one of our favorite beers: Caldera IPA from Caldera Brewing in Ashland Oregon. On their site they list the ingredients as: Munich, Crystal, Simcoe, Centennial and Amarillo. SRM 10, IBU 94 and 6% ABV but give no specifics. Has anyone had any success or...

I'm very close to what JNye has. I've spent a total of $1022 on equipment, ingredients, books and whatnot. Have brewed around 46 Gallons of beer (in about three months) so I come out at around $2 a 12 oz bottle. I'll be very happy if I can get it down to $1 a bottle and achieve a high standard...

Bottled this last night. Ended up using 2.5 tsp of the faerie's hazelnut extract for 3.5 gallons of beer. Everything tasted spot on, though a little the thin side I felt. OG 1.051, FG 1.011. 4 weeks in primary and then bottled. Will try one in three weeks.

My "Knotty" is batch lot 1080961099V Exp 12 2011 and it's struggling to get going. It's been 18 hours at 64F and am getting minimal fermentation. I'm brewing a 1.033 SG Mild. I aerated well and re-hydrated the yeast per instructions. My only critique is that I pitched the 90F yeast directly into...

Just finished brewing this. It's in the fermenter and should be bubbling soon. I managed to keep my mash temp at 157F for the duration so was very happy with that. However, my OG turned out to be 1.033. Was aiming for 1.036 or better so I'm a little disappointed that the efficiency was only...

Wow. Did you add new yeast when you primed and bottled?

I am trying this recipe. I have it in the fermenter but still need to track down some hazelnut extract to use. As I'm not planning on using a secondary and as I don't know how much extract I will need to use, I am planning to add the extract, to taste, in the bottling bucket. Is this too...

I'm guessing because the trub/cold-break is not in solution then it should not affect the SG of the wort. Is that correct? If so, then does that mean that any proteins left in solution do contribute to the SG? Or are proteins so much lighter than sugars as to not be a factor? However, if...