Recent content by thalguy

I'm bottling this on Saturday. I'm hoping it will be ready in time for Christmas. I'll post my impression once I crack the first bottle.

I appreciate the tips but that is going to have to wait for the second go round of this kit. I brewed it 10 days ago and added cold brewed coffee at flameout. I hope it comes out alright.

I'm going to brew this kit on Saturday. I'm doing a yeast starter, and then I'll siphon some wort out into a pan and melt the baker's chocolate into that. Any other critical advice?

I went back and saw that it was linked directly on the recipe page. I have no idea how I overlooked it the first time. Thanks for letting me know it was out there.

I didn't see a video at Northern Brewer. I will go look. Thanks for the information!

I'm planning on brewing Northern Brewer's Smashing Pumpkin Ale. Originally I planned on doing this sometime in the future, but when I went to the store today they had sugar pie pumpkins, so I bought a couple. First, how long are these going to last? I looked online and found this: Source...

Thanks to everybody for the advice. I do have an immersion chiller, which should help, and I am going to do a secondary fermentation. My first brew day is scheduled for Nov 1.

eluterio, thanks for the tips. I'm roughly a week away from starting my first batch and I am trying to learn as much as possible before hand.

Can I use a filtration system like this? I ask because that specifically mentions a kegging system, which I'm not likely to have in the short term.