Recent content by tahmores

Any plans on selling the butterfly valve separately from the rest of the unit? Is it proprietary? Love the mason jar idea and might be a great addition to my current conical. J

Hey everyone. I'm brewing this weekend. Thought I'd give an update on the recipe I'm going to use and my plan for brew day. Here is my updated recipe... 5.5 Gallon All Grain batch / 90 min boil / Caramelize first running 8 lbs of Golden Promise 8 lbs of Marris Otter 1 lbs of Caramel Malt...

Interesting stuff about Golden Promise. Learn something new about beer everyday! If I was to do a parti gyle, how would I be able to get roughly 5 gallons of wort through my first running. I traditionally batch sparge, so would I have to mash with more water for a longer time? Im glad you...

Just realized I was spelling it wrong...Parti Gyle.

Okay so after I have done some more research I am also cutting out the smoked malt. I'd like to stay close to the traditional recipe but still be a wee bit different lol. I've read that Wyeast 1728 is know for giving a "smokey" flavor to the beer, so I'll see if that brings it thorough. Just...

This is a great point. I think you have convinced me, I'm going to drop the carapils from the grain bill.

Here is my updated recipe... 5.5 Gallon All Grain batch / 90 min boil / Caramelize first running 13.5 lbs of Golden Promise 1 lbs of Caramel Malt 120L 12 oz of Carapils Malt 12 oz of Aromatic (Munich) Malt 8 oz of Caramel Malt 40L 5 oz of Smoked Malt 4 oz of Black Malt 1 oz of...

Thanks for the recipe. I was thinking of doing a Scottish Heavy 70/-like this. Seems to be the popular way to do it. I think your right. Think i'll drop the pleated grain and bump the smoked up to 5 oz. Wow! Thanks for the recipe's, that's a great resource. Is there much of a difference in...

I agree. Good beer takes time. What would you recommend as a fermentation time? For most of my ales I do 3 weeks primary, 10 days secondary, and cold crash for two days.

I bottled my first two brews before jumping right into kegging lol. But since I have started doing all grain I have really been more impressed by my beer so I wanted to start cellaring some beer. I now have a little setup to bottle from the keg so I can keep a six pack to try the next year. So...

Thanks everyone! This is exactly the input I am looking for. In my research I have read that carapils will help with head retention on a beer and that typically about 5% is a good ratio to use. That's the reason I have 1 lbs of carapils, its 5% of my recipe. As for the smoke flavor, I'm...

Hello everyone, This is my first thread on Homebrewtalk so I hope I do this correctly. I wanted to brew a Scottish Wee Heavy for the Winter time and started putting a recipe together and was wondering what the community thought or if you had any pointers. I'd love it if it came out like...