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I plan to save all brews I received in the swap. Unfortunately... one of Brewpastor's was a little leaky when it arrived and I decided better to enjoy it now than waste it later. :D Delicious! I'll definitely hold onto the rest for August. That's going to be a great Friday afternoon... :tank:

Mashing does add a bit of time to the day... 2 more hours is probably a good estimate. All the right equipment will speed things up though. Having an HLT and a boil kettle saves time because you can sparge directly into the boil kettle instead of transferring the wort around between vessels...

I get bombers with moderate frequency so I can build a stock of the larger bottles, but it seems every brewery uses heavy laminated or plastic labels with lots of glue. They are quite tough to remove but I have yet to try very hot water and peeling before the OxyClean soak. Usually seems worth...

Leave it in primary for at least 2 weeks, maybe more depending on the style. Siphon to secondary for another 2 weeks or more, again depending on style. If you're careful with the siphoning from primary you'll leave behind most of that stuff and the rest will fall out in secondary. You...

I picked up a couple of Sunbeam rhizomes this year. How do you like them?

Lots of good responses... I'd say it depends on the yeast as well. I've brewed a few batches with Wyeast 1968 London ESB yeast which they rate as having very high flocculation. Those beers were best after 3 weeks in primary and 2-3 weeks in the bottle, after that they tasted plain and boring...

Our check will pretty much cover what we had to pay the IRS due to SWMBO's growing personal business. So I'm just happy to break even, and should have enough spare change to keep brewing every week or three.

I really dig the Sierra Nevada 24oz pop tops. They're stubby bombers!

You can dry-hop in the secondary or even late in the primary if you're bottling directly from there. Another option I've been hearing a lot about is steeping the hops in a pint or so of water and adding that to the secondary - or presumably at bottling time with your priming sugar. Of course...

If it tasted like Lambic, you had an infection of some sort. Sour flavors only come from wild yeast or bacteria. That's one flavor that won't diminish with age...

My first partial mash. The mash temp was low by about 10 degrees but everything else went well. Measured Original Gravity: 1.070 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.32 % 3.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 29.63 % 2.50 lb Extra Light Dry...

My first extract batch after several PM and all-grain beers. The recipe called for .5 oz Chinook @ 30 minutes but I mixed up and added them at the start of the boil, about 75 minutes. Measured Original Gravity: 1.072 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.58 %...

I had to make a few substitutions on the RIS recipe so thought I'd list the whole thing. My mash temp was a bit low, and I under-sparged pretty significantly, so it isn't everything it could have been. However it tasted wonderful coming right out of the fermenter. Beer Profile Measured...

I sent packages to PseudoChef, CBBaron and bluechip101 for the 08-08-08 RIS swap. Each package contained: 2 bottles 08-08-08 RIS, green "8" on a black cap 1 bottle Old Ale, orange "OA" on a black cap 1 bottle 90 Shilling Scottish, blue "90/-" on a gold cap Stay tuned to this thread to...

Add half at 15, half at 0 or in dry-hop. That should round out the flavor and aroma of your Cascades nicely.

Sorry guys, I'm a slacker... I have 2 12oz of 888 RIS, 1 12oz of Old Ale and 1 12oz of Wee Heavy set aside for PseudoChef, CBBaron and bluechip101. At first I wasn't sure the Old Ale would be worth sharing, and then... well I'm just a slacker. I'd hoped to send them out yesterday, but...

Unless properly planned you're going to overpitch... I'm still working out the proportions but I think tripling the original gravity of the last batch is a good place to start. Don't worry regardless, it will still be great beer!

Sounds like a rabbit. Go grab the pellet gun!

I just picked up the last 4 afternoon tickets at American Brewmaster - right place, right time. Thought they were sold out everywhere and I was a little bummed, so figured I go pick up what I need to brew tomorrow. Glad I did!

Schlenkerla Rauchbier - if you're looking for something completely different.