Recent content by SullyHB

Well, I think some of the dryness is from the beer being a bit green. I'm having one now and it is EXCELLENT. Still going to try an English yeast for fun, but man it's good.

Kegged my first IPA over the weekend, and it's carbed up nice, a little green still, but that's okay. Had a few questions for you guys. . . I kind of threw together a hop profile with the stuff I had on hand as it was the first time I have tooled around with a crystal-less malt profile...

I find this discussion interesting. I know that homebrewing and commercial brewing are not directly comparable. At work we add hops at flame out, whirlpool 15 minutes, let stand 20 minutes. The kettle is generally in the 200ish range. I have no idea what actual isometrization is at that...

Hey All - I don't post here very often but I thought I'd put this up here to get picked a part. I have 1lb of Galaxy hops coming today. I'm not really sure what to do with them as I've never used them, nor have I had a beer where they were used. How well do they play with Simcoe/Citra? I...

It's definitely not the hops. I am probably not using accurate descriptions. The beer, malt, hops, overall flavor doesn't "wash" the palette. It is extremely strong forward flavor that just sort of "dies". I'm not really sure how if I'm using correct terms to correctly communicate the issue...

Hey All - Been lurking around here a good bit, but it's my first post. I thought I'd pick your brains about an issue I've been having with my homebrews, and it's driving me batty. I recently finished two beers. One was a pumpkin beer we were experimenting with, and one was an IPA we...