Recent content by the_rayway

I've picked up all the ingredients to try this - super excited!

Sanitization was good, so no worries on that score. I'm thinking it was a combination of priming sugar and jet dry. Huh, who would have thought? I'll let you all know what happens with the Chocolate Vanilla! Ray

Thunder Chicken aside... Our beer is now 9 months old: it was a cream ale (can't remember just now the brand) and a canadian lager (Barons). Followed directions to the letter. They were left in room temp for approx. one month, then into our cooler basement for the last 8 months. The last one we...

I apologize if this has been covered somewhere else (mods, please move if I'm in the wrong place!) My husband made a couple of beer kits a while back (9 months or so), and they took a very long time to carbonate, then the ones that did have a great, thick head - then they are flat within a...

Thank you so much for the recipe! I can't wait to give it a go :) Unfortunately, a lot of these brands are not available up here. We generally have New Grist, Le Messagere (which has a fabulous Red - tastes like Rickards Red to me!), and we have just started getting Bards. I have no problem...

Hey igliashon - would you mind sharing that Agave-Vanilla Cream Ale recipe? It sounds yummy! (I couldn't find it on your blog site...which is great BTW!) Ray

Hmmm, it looks like I'm going to be in for quite the ride! I wonder if it will be like GF baking: the more different types of grains/starches etc. that you include, the closer you get to an approximation of 'real bread'. If you just use buckwheat, or rice flour, it always tastes exactly like...

Hi All, I'm totally new to the idea of brewing my own beer, although I've been making wine from scratch for a little while now. Since being diagnosed as a Celiac (10 years ago), I have been craving a huge-bodied, super-malty, slightly sweet and low-to-mid hopped beer. Does anyone have a...

Hi all, I'm a member of WMT, which is how I found your site. I was blown away to see that you have an entire section dedicated to gluten free brewing! Amazing! I've been wanting to try brewing a beer, but of course, being a Celiac has prevented me from it :( Please don't mind my wandering...