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Different strokes I guess.. I love the hop henge, especially on tap at their brewery in pdx. Just had a bomber of it last night, and it was great. The Abyss was great this year as well, have a few bombers in the cellar. I'm not really a fan of black butte, but anyone try the Black Butte XXI...

Thanks for the replies everyone. You put my mind at ease. It was only in the primary for 8 days and has been in the secondary for 4 days. I'll probably give it another 2 wks or so before bottling. I knew the us05 was a workhorse, but didn't know it was that hearty. Thanks again everyone.

I brewed an imperial brown ale that kind of toes the line with a barleywine. Primary fermentation is done and it's sitting in the secondary. It started at 1.086 and got down to 1.017 giving 8.9% ABV and 80% AA. I used 2 packets of safale us05. My question is this: since I racked to a...

I brewed a (kind of) schwarzbier about a week ago. It's not cold enough to lager here yet and I don't have temperature control so I used white labs WLP029 and fermented as usual. Should I let it sit in the primary for a few more weeks as I would with a lager, or do I treat it as an ale, since...

I wanted something science-y, and I liked the alliteration, hence Rigid Rotor Brewing. A lot of people use dogs, lakes, and such for names, (not that there's anything wrong with that, I might brew a "40 pound pug Ale" after my mother's fat pug) I wanted something different.

That's awesome.

Not really, though I guess I should take advantage. I have a hard enough time keeping up with all the good beer and coffee around as it is, throw wine in the mix and I'll never get any work done!

Yeah, no kidding. That's one of the bigger 32 oz. containers too. But I thought ahead and put the container in a big pot before I left for the weekend. Glad I did.

I brewed a belgian dark strong ale after work on friday and pitched a yeast starter of white labs 1054 (rochefort) at around midnight. This is the first time I made a starter so wasn't sure I did everything right. The next morning at ~8 am, very little signs of activity. I went to seattle as...

Someone never took chemistry lab. This is a really common problem. My students crank the stir rate and wonder why the stir bar just broke through an erlenmyer.

We drive back and forth between eugene and seattle routinely, and the cat's not so good in the car. The vet gave us a natural tranquilizer, main ingredient: humulus lupus.

+1 on the 05. I love the stuff. Recipe looks good. Any dry hopping?

Went to the LHBS today and found a cooler full of hops. We talked (over a glass of awesome schwarzbier brewed on premises) about the shortage and it seem czech saaz are the most expensive, fetching over $3/oz. Luckily cascade is still the cheapest. What is the most expensive hop people have...

Here's my first shot at a label for a beer I haven't brewed yet:

I went with "Whiteaker Arms Brewing." I live in the whiteaker neighborhood in eugene, OR and my damned hippie roommate keeps letting people crash at our place while passing through town. At one point we had a bum living in my roommate's VW van in the driveway and a new orleans refugee couple...

Mine was kit from my LHBS, the home fermenter center in eugene, it was an IIPA using steeped grains, lots of whole hops, and extract. It would've been fine but I let the extract (not the canned sort) sit for too long before I brewed and the beer was sour. mental note: old ingredients = sour beer.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll definitely take the orange peel out, and make a starter. I'll try the temp ramp up. I'm too paranoid to open a fermenter mid-cycle. I'll let you know how it goes.

This is my first foray into the wonders of Belgian beers. After drinking a piraat last night I'm forced to try my hand at a malt monster. This is my first try, so am not too familiar with the style. Am I performing any sacriledge here?

I just started a blog for my brewing and want to beef up my blogroll. Do people actively maintain blogs that I can put on there? cheers.

It's a toss up between Alesmith IPA and Ninkasi Tricerahops. After moving to the pacific NW my definition of 'hoppy' has been drastically altered. I used to think victory's hop devil and hop wallop were bold.