Search results

Most grocery stores carry calcium chloride in the canning section. It's labeled "Pickle Crisp"

Bohemian Lager M84: I brewed an all grain bopils on 5-31, rehydrated and pitched 2 packs of Bohemian Lager into 6gals of 1.050 wort at 50F. 36hrs later with no activity, I let the temp rise to 57F. At 55hrs post-pitch, it started slowly moving the airlock and I dropped the chamber temp to 55F...

I know this probably isn't right and have no idea why Lagunitas put it on there, but right from the label-->Made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts, this redolent ale will likely float your boat, whatever planet you’re on.

Kai sent a 300ppm sample to Ward Labs to get the makeup on 5.2. Here's his sheet and the thread where he posted it. http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=1125.0 Quote Kai Troester: "As expected it is a sodium phosphate salt. The phosphate is not showing up since I did went...

Nuka-Cola Quantum!

"Best answer" for yahoo question "What beer has the highest alcohol?" ok I know about beers and I know this BUD will kick yer butt.thats why I drink millers...its cheaper and less alcohol...they say lite beer has more alcohol but I aint noticed the diff...now about that black mess they call...

I use slowing airlock activity and dropping ferm temp to tell me when to start ramping the temp up on my lagers. I use airlock activity to my advantage based on experience with what it indicates. It's a useful tool in my brewing toolbox. Learn what it means in regard to your system and it can...

Up until the early 1900s beer was a hopped alcoholic drink, ale was unhopped. Just terminology differences. Here's a good read about the history of the wording of ale and beer. http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/the-long-battle-between-ale-and-beer/

I'm a PTA in our local hospital. The nurses had one of my patient's foley catheter bag(urine bag) in a tub of ice for some testing procedure today. They wanted it left in the tub while we walked. When she saw the 1/2 full bag of pale urine on ice she said "Coors!"

Id boil a little DME in a small amt of water, cool it and add it to bring OG up to where I wanted it. Not too late to fix it.

I'd say you succeeded if it lacks flavor and body if the batch is for lite beer drinkers. Not bashing on those beers but I believe most lite beers finish up around 1.000---indicitive of no flavor or body. Good job! On your next batch, you can steep ~.5 to 1 lb crushed crystal 20 for light...

Just let it sit till the yeast metabolizes it. I recently had acetaldehyde rear its head with a lager I brewed. Took an extra 12 days on the cake but it completely went away. Keep sampling and don't rack till it's gone.

That process is so they can get away with a 45 min boil. Pour one and try it. Ill be surprised if you can honestly say you dont taste cabbagy flavors.

I will agree on one point with you. Bud Light is flawed. If poured into a glass, you can smell and taste DMS. This makes me want to do better. I currently have a Miller Lite clone in the primary. I also have a Vienna lager in primary, recently kegged Czech Amber, an American wit, as well as...

So is the point of your thread to bash fellow homebrewers who have different tastes in beers than you?

So how good are the lagers you are brewing tasting? I brew some lighter lagers that BMC drinkers try which dont scare them away from craft beer and helps them make the transition to better beer.

I brew a starter beer to build yeast for my lagers. Make a starter for a 1.042ish hybrid and brew/ferment a steam type beer at ~60F. When that batch is done, rack to secondary and brew/pitch the maibock on the cake at ferm temps or wash the yeast and pitch it.

Many bottles have casting lines that go vertically from top to bottom. Don't mistake these for cracks. I started inspecting all my bottles carefully after having bottled for several years. Some of my older bottles were cracked from top to bottom. I consider myself lucky that they hadn't...

FTFY, you gotta say Belgium when referring to the beer, Belgian when referring to the country to make beer savvy people rage. Ex: "My wife and I took a trip to Belgian last year and all I drank was Belgium Tribble lagers"