Recent content by thirst4hops

I know this thread is a few months old, but I wanted to share my recent experience. About a year ago I decided to brew my first hard cider. I did a lot of research, bought unpasteurized cider from my favorite orchard and other needed ingredients. Followed all the steps, racked 3 or 4 times...

Just opened the first bottle of my somewhat modified version of this recipe and WOW! I bought the correct ingredients and plan to brew that soon, but I'm not gonna lie - this was a very fortunate mistake! The lemon is very subtle but present, and the hops aren't at all overpowering.

I agree - put them in secondary. I did a vanilla bean coffee stout, and here's what I did. Split the bean lengthwise down the middle and cut it in half. Soak it in a vodka for at least one night. That sanitizes the bean and also helps extract flavor. Add the tincture to your secondary...

Ok so a question for this brew. I posted the other day about a small hop mishap. Wrong amounts from my LHBS and I didn't double check before the first addition. Other than the hops, I followed the extract recipe. Here is what ended up being my hop schedule. .9 oz Cent. (45 m) .3 oz Cent (20...

Thanks for the reply :) I ended up adding .3 oz on the second addition, and the remaining .3oz at 5 minutes. Should be interesting. If it sucks, I'll just have to start over!

So I'm brewing this as we speak (extract version) and just added the first Centennial hops and realized my LHBS idiot employee totally blew the hop measurements. I just added .9 oz instead of the .25. The next Centennial addition he gave me .6 instead of .25. I'm not sure if I should add it all...