Recent content by Wildmanrob

Yes - Would be nice for my setup.

Fermented in Primary for one week at house temp (76 degrees avg) then bottled and stored also at house temp. The grains were steeped in 3-gal water at 155 degrees for 30 minutes. Removed grains, added extract, brought to boil and added 1oz hops at 60 min then 1oz at 2 min.

Ooops, it was actuall a Cream Ale not a Pale Ale. I used a Midwest Supply partial grain kit: Liberty Cream Ale.: 6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract, 8 oz. Carapils specialty grains, 2 oz. of Cascade pellet hops, yeast, priming sugar, and a grain bag. Liberty Cream Ale w/ Munton's 6 gm dry yeast...

I brewed a Pale Ale last month. It's been in bottles for three weeks now and it is rather bitter. My first batch, an Autumn Ale, was a little bitter at first, but after 6 weeks bottled, it's mellowed out nicely. Should the Pale Ale also mellow with age or am I stuck with a really bitter beer?

I am getting back into homebrewing, after a long hiatus, and am ready for my second batch. I used a smaller enamel coated 14-qt pot last batch but would like to use my 18-qt tefllon coated steel pot that I originally used for home brewing back in the day. Unfortunately, through years of...

Hello Ya'll, After a 7-year hiatis, I am back into homebrewing. Just finished bottling a batch last night. I'm starting off with kits and will work my way back to custom recipes at some point so I may have a few questions for you "old-timers" out there. Till them, I'm sure I'll enjoy perusing...