Recent content by tedmid

Thanks for the input everyone, I am definitely looking forward to putting out a good pilsner. I think i will drop the spalt and avoid the late hop additions. Let you know in 2 months! That sounds so far away... Time to start a new thread on "what to do with 5 gallons of beer you don't really...

-Fermented at 52, lagered at 40, wyeast lists 48-56 on their specs for 2007. -Live in Cary, NC who classifies the water as "moderately soft" w/36.6 ppm CaCo3. Looks like there is a mild consensus about the hops, so i will try to change that variable first in my next batch. In trying to keep...

Latest pilsner had .5lb vienna and .5lb pale wheat malt, which i cant imagine caused this sort of flavor. The hop additions were: 1oz Spalt 5% @ 60min 1oz Saaz 4% @ 40min 1oz Hallertau 3.8% @ 20min I wouldnt say its grassy, per se, but definitely perfumey, floral, and the mouthfeel is a bit...

I have attempted to make a german styler pilsner on two different occasions with two different recipes and both have come out with a very similar flavor/aftertaste that i am not fond of. at all. I can only describe the taste as floral/flowery, and it is more in the aftertaste than the initial...

kryolla - thanks, i have used the rackers site before as i have been trying to stretch my MLT by thickening the mash, but have started reaching my limits in the 60's. really just want the ability to do an IIPA maybe once a year, so supplementing with DME sounds like the best route...

Instead of buying a larger MLT (due to the usual constraints of cost, storage marital disputes over additional equipment purchases, etc) would it be possible to do the following in order to brew a high OG beer with only a 5gal cooler?: -split a large grain bill into two parts -mash one half in...