Recent content by witko

Let's say one was to take some home made fruit jam and add a good portion of that to a beer, any ideas on how to get a reasonable calculation of the sugars you'd be bringing to the party? I've got this amazing Quince paste that I recently made and I was thinking of adding a cup or two to...

I'm doing up a saison on monday morning and I want to bring a good amount of pear flavour to it. I've got 5 pounds of fresh pears to play with. The more research I do, the more confused I get about the best method to add the fruit. I was originally just thinking i'd add the 5 pounds of diced...

I think that's the plan then. I'll reach back into the cellar every couple weeks and give it a taste to see where it's at. In the meantime I think I'll use some ACV and see how it works as vinegar :)

Yeah, I was trying to bump up the ABV a bit. Not too worried about hitting style guidelines at this point as much as I am making good, drinkable beers. Yup, grains were crushed by the local brew shop I bought them from. I mashed at 154 degrees for 60 minutes. Mash Vol was about 4 gal...

A few batches ago I started aerating with a hand blender. After I take my OG reading and before I pitch my yeast I sit down with a hand blender (that's been sitting in sanitizer for 10 minutes) and mix things up for about 5 solid minutes. Just keeping moving it up and down and all around. The...

Hey all... This is my first post here. Been looking for just over a month, since I started off homebrewing. Found lots of great info and seems like a super helpful and welcoming community. My first batch was an extract based Saison recipe and was hugely successful. I've really fallen in...