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following up on my last reply - There was no mention of head retention in the book. I just tried the first bottle of it. The beer is pretty nice. About 5% abv, but has poor head retention. Its a sweet/mellow beer and the nuttiness comes out well in its smell. I'm fairly happy with it...

Hello, I made a batch of beer using a combination of a pre-made wort beer kit and a small AG boil. I mixed all the wort together in a bottling bucket (total of 6 GAL of wort), pitched re-hydrated S-05 yeast into the bottling bucket and stirred it in. OG is 1.068. (see here for the...

80 minutes and done at the right volume. Wort still tastes pretty good. A bit more bitter than intended, but still nice. OG at 1.067, which was the target number. Hopefully it doesn't end up too bitter.

Hey, thanks for the quick reply.. its still boiling :) Its a beer called S'more beer which I got the recipe from the brooklyn brewshop beer making book. Its currently floating at around 1.056 and I need it to get to 1.064 and drop a bit of water. I'll just let it boil and ride it out. EDIT...

Hey everyone! Quick question, I am in the process of boiling a batch. It calls for boiling it for 60 minutes. I clearly used too much water abd I've gone about 15 minutes past the recipe boil time (to 75 min). I suspect I'll hit 80 min before I hit the correct volume to fit in my...

I don't believed the book mentioned anything on head retention. It did say something about most nuts not being compadable with brewing, but chestnuts are an exception. I am away from home with work so I can't check the exact reason. I'll report back.

Thanks. That sets my mind at ease. It is happily living inside a small chest freezer with a temperature controller keeping it at about 17.8 C (64.something F).

Hey everyone, I picked up a barley crusher on a black Friday sale.. So of course, I had to try doing an all grain brew after work. New toys demand to be played with! I kept it small scale for obvious reasons (minimizing cost of potential failure.. apartment.. no propane.. it’s a week...

I'm in!

No worries on the delayed reply. I have ordered the required ingredients and I am going to give it a try on the 29th of the month. I'll report back after Christmas to let you know how it turned out :) Thanks again.

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Hey everyone, I've been lurking on here for about a year and picking away at some smaller brewing projects. I have gotten a lot of information and have started asking questions on the forums as I start to up my game, so I paid into the kitty and got a supporting membership. I just wanted to...

Hey everyone, I need a small amount of malt milled (2.5lb to 3lb) for a partial mash brew I am putting together. I am planning to purchase a mill in the new year, but as of right now I am without one. I am wondering if there are any other homebrewers in the Sudbury or North Bay, Ontario area...

Would this same process work if I did the boiling in water, then added it directly into the wort? My thought process here is to cool the sealed premade wort ahead of time in my freezer and use some basic math to get it at the right temperature to make 4L of boiled wort match the 15L of premade...

Thanks for the feedback. Presumably the goal of this process is to darken the wort up a bit and impart some more flavour? The recipe you listed is for altering half of the wort (as per my intent above). Would it lead to the same outcome if I double the ingredients, boil 2 gallons of the...

I do not have a pot large enough for 5 gallons. That said... I am fermenting it in two 3 gallon better bottle carboys. The reason for that is it allows me to fit a full batch + two 1 gallon carboys (if I get crazy) in a small 3.6 cu ft chest freezer for temperature control.. its a nice system...

Thanks for the advice Jim. I was basing the 80% attenuation on the information provided in the Fermentis literature. Perhaps I will adjust the OG upwards a bit to take that into account. My goal is to end around 5.5% to 6%ish ABV. Perhaps I'll try to water it down to 1.060 with a target of...

Hey everyone, I picked up a brewhouse “premium lager” kit at Costco on sale for $20 the other day. I couldn’t resist the price. These kits, if you are not familiar, are 15 litre of pre-made pasteurized wort that the homebrewer adds 8 litres of water too to make 23L of total wort. There are...