Anything that sticks out here that I am missing? I was thinking of using some 80L Crystal to add some more body but I think the Malto Dexrin will take care of that.
Also I have seen some recipes in Beer Captured where they steep the darker grains separate from the lighter grains. Is there...
I drink Bud only when I am planning on getting ****faced (which is happening less and less as I get older...) and don't want to spend a lot on a 12 pack...
I watched the starter pretty closely and it did not react anything like the one I did last week which spent 2 days bubbling away.
The 2nd question is about harvesting from the primary, just to be more clear. Should I now pour out the water and save the yeast?
Tom
1) I have a stalled starter...The packet was 6 mo old. It took 3 days to expand the pouch...I made a started...followed the directions perfect and nothing...I mean there are a few bubbles and a little surface activity but it has been 5 days now. Whats up? Can I get it going or is it dead...
I have a yeast packet that is taking longer than I expected to take off...it was getting there this monrning when I left and I am hoping it is good when I get home...
We where hoping to brew on Saturday afternoon...if I get it in a starter tonight will it be good to go by then? What if I...
I have my fair share of stupid things I have done...but my friend Nick takes the cake on this one...
We where hanging out in has yard drinking when he got a great idea to take care of a tree that had been hit by lighting and broken in half. So he climbed up there with a saw (not a chainsaw...
ok...not the only casualty...my wife was holding the replacement and got covered as well...
And about a boilover...been there...I spend about 39 min scrubbing with amonia and still couldn't get it off...
Tom
I noticed that it was still bubbleing out upun further further inspection so I went out to Home Depot and bought a tube that will fit over the hole in a rubber stopper. I sanitized it all and pulled off the airlock...the ensuing explosion covered me in foam but I was the only casualty...put the...
So we brewed on Friday night and yesterday the carboy was bubbling away just fine...I just went down the basement and suddenly it is completely out of control and has bubbled up and over/out of my airlock!!!!
This was our first time using liquid yeat and we did everything as per the...
So I am making a Brooklyn Brown from Beer Captured and I bought Light instead of extra light DME. Will this make a diff? How will it affect the beer?
Thanks
Tom