Recent content by Three3Beer

Any advice for fermenting a Belgian dark ale? I'm about to make an ale mostly based on a 'Brewing Classic Styles' recipe (pp. 244-246) and plan to ferment beginning at 68 deg. and slowly raising to 72 deg. Do you condition at all in secondary? Another BDSA recipe I looked at conditioned in...

I just bought a case of this today. I thought it was one of the best imperial IPAs I've had in a long time. I like that I can distinctly taste the hops, almost like I'm smelling a packet of hops I cut open on a brew day. The peach tones the label describes are also nice. I would to brew a...

Overall I am happy with the flavors the hops provided. However I feel like the bittering hops are a little too pronounced in the flavor. I tend to like IPAs without too much of a bitter taste, for example Sierra Nevada's Torpedo IPA. The flavor could also be coming from the hops with the...

I bottled a week ago. Tonight I decided to open a bottle. I was surprised by the amount of carbonation, which might not be so apparent in the photo. I was afraid the beer might have a grassy taste, because I dry hopped for like 3 weeks. Fortunately I didn't taste any grassy flavor. I'm...

That does look pretty dark, almost like a stout. Nice head on it :)

Cool! Hope your's turn out well. What ingredients did you use?

The hopping schedule I went with was 60, 15, 10, 5. I was surprised how much gunk my strainer caught after cooling, but I guess with all the hops it shouldn't be a surprise

haha! it took me a while to get, but now I do. the capitalization should have tipped me off, but I'm an idiot :drunk: Good one, DangerDan!

Update: yesterday I transfered to secondary fermenter. I used a 3/4 inch diameter steel ball as a weight, but it wasn't enough weight to hold down the 2 oz. of hops. Next time I'll throw a few glass marbles in the bag. I figured I'd use a telescoping magnet thingy I have to get the hop bag out...

I did end up using the WLP001 since my LHBS did not have East Coast

The color is a little darker than I was going for, so next time I think I'll use all Gold LME

I'm currently brewing my recipe! Made a few changes based on suggestions and availability at my LHBS. I used 2 Gold LME and only 1 Amber (I think a little reddish color will look nice). I used Crystal 40 and 80 instead of 40 and 120. I am going to use 2 oz. each of Centennial and Cascade for...

That sounds like a GREAT idea, definitely will be doing that!

Actually, looks like I'll be using White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale since my LHBS apparently does not carry Wyeast...

I'd appreciate some input on a recipe for an IPA. Does this seem like a decent recipe or will it be a flop? I pulled together pieces from a few recipes (sources include BCS and Northern Brewer kits) and I came up with the following: 5 gallon batch, with specialty grains 6.6 lbs. Briess...