Recent content by THESULLI

Sounds like I am goin with Nottingham then. I am excited to see how this goes. I have been wanting to do this for like 3 years but just have not made it happen yet.

I don't see anything on the bottle specifying if it is pasteurized. But I also don't see anything other than natural ingredients listed either. As far as yeast goes, if its anything like beer, I would assume different yeasts give different finishes. I have always been more partial to a fuller...

Hello all! After taking a long hiatus from brewing/drinking, this time of year always gets me thinking about doing a hard cider for Christmas. Every year, my girlfriend and I drink about 150 gallons of this spiced cider from Trader Joes. We can't get enough of it! Since my brewing knowledge is...

I need to go eat something now. That instantly made me hungry... The girlfriend mad an awesome marinade with it the other day. I have never done Trinidad Scorpians but we did do Ghost peppers last year. Not as hot but still a punch to the face. This years garden will be more focused on usable...

I have not yet dipped my toes into the water chemistry pool... I have always used filtered water from the fridge and it has made awesome beers in the past. As far as me expecting too much out of this beer, maybe I am... But at the very least I would expect something out of 6 oz no matter how...

I did not rehydrate. My research on this lead me to believe that it isn't entirely necessary. The jury is still out on this one though. It seems like some swear by it and others find it a waste of time. The only way to get to the bottom of it is for me to experiment both ways myself and go from...

This might sound weird but... I stopped tomorrow. That is when my Brewzilla v3.1 arrives! I am looking forward to my first all grain beer! I don't have an over abundance of space either. That is the main reason I decided to go with an all in one system vs huge production sized setups that some...

The recipe called for 1lb and the bag they came in specifically stated 1lb of carapils... I have no idea though. The ins and outs of each type of grain is something I am currently learning as previously I would just combine what I was given and make beer without much thought to how/why to use...

I finally figured out how to multi quote! Haha might sound lame but for some reason that always confused me... Let's give this a try... The hops were purchased from My LHBS. He stores all of his hops in a very large walk in freezer/fridge? All I know is that it is really cold in there. Perhaps...

Sorry I should clarify... By no flavor, I mean literally nothing. No bittering, no aroma, no flavor. It's as if I didn't use hops at all.

The recipe came from my LHBS. I tweaked it by using more DME since I wasnt able to get LME. I used an online calculator to determine how much to use. It came out to a little under 6 lbs so I just used the entire 6 lbs. I have not seen that but I will read through it now. Thanks!

I see what you were saying now. I just steeped the crystal and carapils for 30 mins. I have been doing this same thing with all of my beers so far and they turned out pretty good.

No mash on this one. It was an extract kit from my LHBS that I substituted some DME instead of LME. I have never made this kit before. I also only used half of the DME early in a 3.5 gallon boil and added the rest a couple of mins before flame out. All in an attempt to achieve better hop...

It is kegged. What do you suggest for saving it?

I killed the boil and chilled it down to pitching temp in 4-5 mins with my mantis wort chiller