Wow the price of hops are out of control and seeing people selling 1oz for over $3.
I am told sometime on 2009 they will get it sorted out and that the big breweries are partically to blame. Farmers get more cash for selling higher AA crops then lower AA. So the nice low AA hops will be...
24hrs in a keg will get it fizzy, but most of my beers don't taste well blended till I let them sit over 1 month.
Beer is something you don't rush, if in a hurry go to the store or look around at a local beer brewery and buy a keg.
Go figure, I found it....
http://morebeer.com/view_product/19905/102367
AFTER I MADE THE POST....
I looked all last night....I guess drinking and focusing is not advised. hehe
Where do you buy 15ml test tubes with the screw top lids?
I bough some a while ago and totally forgot where I got them.
I looked around and seen some but they only sell 200-1000 units at a time. LOL
Well at a party I took this in and got many rants and cheers over it.
6oz 60L Crystal Malt
6oz Chocolate Malt
3oz Black malt
60 min boil
1oz Yakima Mag hop pellets
6lb DME
2 cups Brown Sugar
After 45min
1oz East Kent hop pellets
1qt of tea (boiled water and steeped 4 litpon tea...
I did my NewCastle from Clone Beers and added 2 packed cup of brown sugar. came out very good.
2oz 55l British Crystal Malt
2oz British Chocolate malt
1oz. Bristish Black malt
6lb DME light
23g target hops
after 45 minutes
14g east kent hops
Irish moss
Wyeast 1098 british ale yeast
I got regular lights on in the room from time to time and never got skunk beer at all. I make sure there is no sunlight on it.
I was told sunlight makes it skunky not regular lights.
they said its the only size they carrry and its standard
Few minutes ago I back filled the stem with teflon tape and then put the O ring on. It works great. HAHAHAHAHA
I bought new O rings for my kegs for the In and Out stems.
The old O rings were cracked and stick out a little from the stem for sealing.
The new ones leak and are slightly recessed into the stem and its the only O rings they sell.
I got standard Ball lock kegs.
Few of the only O...
In today's business terms the word UPGRADE means fire you and hire someone from a 3rd world nation who can't speak english to take your job for%25 of what they pay you.
its why I used pilsner and aromatic malt since its a light flavor any how.
there is a very faint green tea taste, but its very light.
As far as astringency, I steep the green tea for only 12 minutes then remove the tea bags and not wring them out.