Recent content by TomStuder

I am prepping some grains now. I hope to get a beer doing with them this week. I started with some dehydrated grains and it has taken 2 months to get them fermenting well. Just purchased some from Florida Sun and these are great! Any good recipe ideas? I can post one for a kombucha beer ...

So I am soaking some light oak in some Bulleit In hopes of dropping a small portion in a small batch 1gal Honey Wheat and later into a Robust Porter. How did your brew turn out?

Looks great!

Found a similar thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=581958

I am having an issue where My second ferment is quite carbonated/fizzy (when room temp). Yet, when I refrigerate, the carbonation is nearly lost or in some cases the unopened bottles have no carbonation. My 2nd ferments are with about 10-15% mixed berries puree and 1/2 tablespoon of raw...

Do you brew the beer with kefir grains in the 1st ferment or are you brewing a batch of water kefir and adding that to a wort mixture? Checking out your blog now! Thank you for posting.

I have been brewing water kefir about a year now. I have used Blackstrap molasses in the first ferment (2-days). Then for flavor, added hops. Basically a fizzy hopwater. I found the recipe listed earlier in this feed and think I will give it a try! Any recos, watchouts? I have brewed beer...

Local brew guild mentioned I could find some answers about kombucha and beer brewing.