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Curious to know if u boiled the chips this time before mashing? I was afraid to go above 160 area with them. After more readiing, I guess we are just trying to get them as soft and easy to break down as we can, cool down to 150 area and then add the amylase. Leaving them overnight as you and...

Funny, I was reading about PH, temperature and enzymes over the weekend as well. I bet the black lager comes out great. Is this a pure chestnut beer?

Lee, just checked the private mail...nada. Please resend. On another note, I have to agree with you about the refractometer. Pretty cool gadget...already made my life easier.

Alright, I broke down and bought a refractometer today. I just measured the wort sample from the fridge. It has settled quite a bit since brew day. The sample measured at 11 on the Brix. So that means a starting gravity of 1.044. So, maybe a little more honey next time, but not much more...

Lee, any break on the price of the nuts, if we buy in larger quantities?

Already thinking of making a porter next time. I think the nuts and roasted flavor would work well for it. I think we can do some good stuff here!

Thanks for the help. Fermentation has begun. The wort tastes sugary sweet with a good hop bite. Something different in the background...I think it is kind of a "roasted" flavor. Frist impressions: It is going to be a good beer! Wort is a little darker than I'm used to (propably from the...

What can go wrong will go wrong. I just dropped my hydrometer on the concrete. Gonna have to go without it...and I'm not even drinking

Good stuff! Am I doing my calculations correct with the honey? I'm trying to figure out how much honey to add to raise the gravity if I need to. 1 pound honey in one gallon of water equals 1.035? So, 5 pounds in ten gallons is half that, or 1.017?

Its cooking time...sitting at 150 now for at least an hour. I am already surprised at how much the mash smells like barley. Its a little different, but very similar. I've never used the brix scale before, am I converting right....8 brix equals 1.032?

Well, it stayed at about 120 degrees last night in the mash tun, so it didn't lose a whole lot of heat. The color is good and it tastes sweet. I tested it with iodine and it does show the presence of sugars. It is recirculating right now and being brought back up to 150 area. I will then...

Yes, its a ten gallon batch. I figured Lee says he gets about 4% Brix with 5 pounds of nuts in 5 gallons. I have never worked with the brix scale before, but the conversion table I checked looks to be about 1.016 - 1.02 or so for 4 on the Brix. So, ten pounds of nuts would give me the same...

Alright, here is my plan, feel free to critique it as I am not a rocket scientist. I plan on doing the Northern Brewer "Tongue Splitter" recipe as listed above, but will substitute 20 pounds of chestnut chips (1/2 medium roast, and 1/2 light roast) and 5 lbs of honey for the fermentables. I...

The chestnuts arrived! I still need to tie up a few loose ends and get my recipe straight before I get started. One of my favorite recipes is "Tongue Splitter" from Northern Brewer. Here is a link: http://legacy.northernbrewer.com/docs/kis-html/1463.html Do you think I could just...

Cant wait to try it. I'm a hop head myself so I might stick with your hopping schedule for the first run and see how it goes. I'm not real big on corn sugar, so I will probably substitute honey for it. I will have to do some research to see how much honey to sub for the corn sugar. I will...

Hey, just stumbled onto your post while researching Chestnut beer. I too have the gluten problem (actually not eating any grains at all). I also found the trails end recipe this morning and have been searching for some type of IPA recipe using chestnuts. It sounds like you have one.If you...