Recent content by yippysocks

based on what I just learned about your yield, you have about 4 gallons of beer, which means you should get around 3.4 volumes CO2. This is pretty high but not unheard of, and I don't expect you to have any bottle bombs. I made a nut brown ale a little while ago that ended up with around that...

Hey Nick, (this is Brandon) I just got on to ask this question for you when I saw your post. Based on the picture you put up on Facebook, you ended up with 37 12oz bottles (correct me if I'm wrong) which equals about 3.5 gallons. (You never end up with quite as much as you started with when...

Thanks cervezarara. Is the fermentability low enough that I don't need to worry about decreasing the amount of priming sugar I use? I don't want any bottle bombs :)

Just so everyone is up to speed, the beer tastes quite good. However, it is missing that certain something that could make it great. It is too thin. It could very well be possible that nothing could have saved this batch after the fast fermentation, but I was looking for ways to counteract that...

Thanks for the help. If I do want to give it just a bit more body, is malto-dextrin the way to go? I have read a lot of conflicting information about whether or not it is fermentable.

Hi guys, this is my first post, so bear with me. I have a clone of Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Ale sitting in secondary that I made using their brew kit. The beer uses Pacman yeast which is supposed to fermented at 60 - 65, but due to the weather and my lack of AC I had some trouble keeping it as...