Recent content by stazon

I'm dry hopping in three payloads day 1: 1.5 oz of simcoe, 1.5 oz nelson, 1.5 oz galaxy day 4: 1.5 oz of simcoe, 1.5 oz nelson, 1.5 oz galaxy day 7: 1.5 oz of simcoe, 1.5 oz nelson, 1.5 oz galaxy day 10: kegorate and celebrate Because of the huge dry hop cost, I'm trying to figure out when it...

I'm going for lower and lower IBUs lately. I think this one is sitting around 35-40. To clarify, it might be off style, but I'm looking for huge aromatics and less bitterness. The plan for dry hopping is Galaxy/Nelson/Simcoe and probably something like 1.5oz of each every three days for 9 days...

I'm a big fan of gigantic hop aromatics in my IPAs. My typical approach is to hop at the very end of the boil, but not much before (other than for bittering) and then wait a week before kegging to heavily dry hop. Yesterday, while brewing, I completely neglected to add any hops after the initial...

OK cool, thanks for the feedback. For anyone googling this in the future, the water report in question is EBMUD for 2012, serving the SF east bay, San Leandro in particular.

I'm using the EZ Water Calculator spreadsheet to try to adjust my water. I'm trying to determine what my Alkalinity (CaCO3 ppm) is, but my water report lists out two different CaCO3 varieties: Alkalinity, bicarbonate as CaCO3: 140 PPM Alkalinity, carbonate as CaCO3: 6.5 PPM Which one should...

Watched the Colorado episode where they tried to brew using only the sun as a heat source. In the mash they resorted to blasting rocks with focused sunlight until they got really hot and then they threw the rocks into the mash. This and a lot of effort miraculously got the mash up to temp for...

I'm curious about this. I've often wondered what the real value in harvesting dregs from your favorite beers is. If the flavors you enjoy are products of lacto, pedio, brett, etc and you harvest the dregs, in a 1.040 starter, wouldn't the balance of those bugs in concert be thrown off because...

I don't want to let it sit too long, but I'm using a farmhouse ale yeast that I believe has brett. Doesn't that take a bit longer to do its job?

Given this is a clone of 'Merica, I did a little more research on their process/recipe. The Shelton Bros website mentions they add 3 lbs of Nelson Sauvin per bbl. Scaled down to a 5.5 gallon batch, that's about 6 oz for the dry hop. Seems like a lot, but it is a pretty hop forward beer. I only...

this is just the beginning. Soon we'll have gordon ramsey in hell's brewery, screaming at the contestants while they screw up their decoctions.

I bottle based on style. I don't mind pouring pale ales and IPAs from my tap, but I prefer my belgian beers bottle conditioned and corked.

I guess you might call this a clone...trying for a kiwi hoppy farmhouse ale featuring nelson sauvin. The main inspiration is Prairie Ales 'Merica. Boil Size: 7.75 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Bottling Volume: 5.10 gal Estimated OG: 1.048 SG Estimated Color...

I brew alone or with my dog staring at me from the porch. I put on some music around 10:00 AM after the wife takes off and start heating up water. When friends come over the consumption seems to crank up which leads to getting drunker than I should while working. Solo, I sip on a sessionable...