Recent content by stubrew67

Actually I didn't use that recipe at all. I could tell it wouldn't be close to what I had in Germany. I'm glad you revived this thread as I forgot to add an update. Here's the extract recipe I used: 6 lbs NB pilsen malt syrup 0.5 lbs Briess pilsen DME (added at 30 minutes) 1 lbs...

Just a quick update: I racked the beer after about 14 days in primary, gravity was 1.021 at that point. Today I took a sample to force carbonate for a taste and the gravity was about the same, 1.020. I have to say that this beer is tasting great! I'd say its about ready to keg or bottle. I'm...

I brewed this a couple days ago, and it's going strong now in the primary. I was able to find some GF oats at Whole Foods; they didn't have them at my regular grocery store. I got the steel-cut kind and toasted them in the oven for 12 minutes at 350F, then steeped them prior to the boil when...

Thanks for your advice and input. I haven't used this exact hop combo before, but have something similar in the secondary right now. I'd have to wait for two weeks or so to try it, but I'm confident it will be good. This batch I have going actually is US-05, but I was going to try US-04 for...

Obviously it's subjective, so "too citrusy" for me may be perfect for others. I don't think I'd like a grapefruit juice beer, I'd like something that tastes more like regular beer. I actually have a Zombiedust clone in secondary right now (with citra hops) so I'll be able to make direct...

So I'm ready to take the GF plunge, and like others here I'd like to share my recipe and take any suggestions that people might have for improvements. I am planning it to be sorghum based and with citra hops. I have a fridge and can do true lagering, but for the first try at GF I thought I'd...

Does anyone know where I can get a malt extract that is more yellow in color? For this batch I used NB pilsner malt (6 lbs) along with some pilsner steeping grains. For hops I used Select Spalt, Hallertauer and Hersbrucker, a total of 4 oz and IBU's were calculated in iBrewMaster to be 35...

I kegged it last night and am happy to say that it turned out pretty good! I can taste the similarities to the original (due to the yeast) but certainly it's no copy. The original was more straw colored, more yellow, and mine is more orange. Although I chose the lightest pilsner malt I could...

I agree that you probably bottled too soon. You might still be able to salvage the situation, and since you have the stopper type bottles it makes it easier. Open each one to vent them and leave them open for some amount of time, like an hour or so. Then recap them and let them sit for a week...

The bottles are pretty nice. I bottled my christmas farmhouse ale in the surviving bottle. It's Shank not skank, but either way... I'm sure I wouldn't know anything about German strip clubs. :D I had quite a few bottles in there, so fortunately only one broke. I was surprised it broke...

I'm new here, but not to HB. I started brewing back in 1992 and stopped in 94 brewing 23 batches in that time. Last year I finally got started again when a friend of mine gave me all of his equipment, and now I'm on batch #31. On to the subject of this post, which is my kellerbier. I was...

I've finally started home brewing again after an 18 year hiatus! I started in July and did 8 batches in 2012, so that's 40 more gallons to add here: 40,288.75 + 40 = 40,328.75