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As a tribute to the man who taught us all to shoot for the stars I brewed up a pumpkin spice Hefe, and I would appreciate some feedback. 2# 2 row 8oz carapils 8oz pilsner 1# wheat malt 4# wheat DME 1# quick oats 3 cans pumpkin guts 1oz hallertau 60 min 1 oz hallertau 15 min 3tbl...

Given that I added pretty much every type of fermentable I had in my kitchen and so many types of yeast that I lost track, this came out tasting pretty good. FG 1.004, no signs of sourness and a smooth body to it. I dont think I will be trying to make this exact beer again because of, you...

It has been a bit since pasteurization (I haven't gotten around to bottling yet) and the beer looks uninfected! Hopefully I can bottle this weekend, and I will give another tasting note. Thanks again.

Do it.

Gents, I should be bottling this weekend, so I will give you a report on how horrible/wonderful this experiment turned out to be. The way I look at it is if it works I have validated a path for other people who have similar issues, and if it fails, I only wasted a batch of beer I threw...

To be honest guys, the sentiment is more towards the beer, not the dog. Im not sure what I did wrong in the first place, so I can't really fix it next time ( no idea what step my sanitation fell through on). I look at this batch as a 'well, I screwed the pooch (get it?) on that one, and it...

Wow, and I was worried about a little deformation on the top. Instead of round and smooth it has some flat spots, but no discoloration. using 2 kettles i heated the beer to 170-190 for 15-30 minutes. I wasn't being exact and not picky because I had little people demanding my attention, but i...

Beer is pasteurized, cooled, and re yeasted. It didnt have any off flavors, so I think I caught it soon enough. On a different note, I may have jacked up a better bottle. I poured really hot, as in >140*F, beer into it. I had a water heel, but that didnt help a whole lot. Wishing in one hand...

Well I definitely have an infection. Time to try the pasteurization method. I will not give up on this beer, it is named after a friends dog who died of cancer, they didnt give up on him so I wont give up on this beer... But if history is any evidence it might be best.... I sincerely hope this...

I hear ya, alot of times im so excited to see what happens only to be let down. Not cool. I picked the petals from 5 or 6 large glowers who were dipping really bad. This took a couple weeks, so I froze all the petals until I was ready to transfer into the secondary. On transfer day I racked...

Served the beer at the wedding party last night, huge hit. My 4 cases of beer got more action than 4 kegs combined. I am pretty pleased with myself.

I used a pound of peated malt in a porter, after a bit of aging it was the best beer I ever made. I would imagine an ale would need less though.

Well then. All I did was prolong the time required to get it cooled. Oh well. I sincerely hope it wasn't infected.

Back story: I have a second running black ryePA sitting in a carboy chugging away (2*). Of 1.020, fg 1.004. back to now: The other day I saw a layer of what looked like skin, and some small things that could be yeast rafts, but could also be an infection. rather than risk it i whipped up...

If you want any substantial vanilla presence you might need more than a couple seeds. Maybe a whole bean split down the middle. You wont get much peach flavor from the primary addition, so maybe up the #s in the secondary a touch. Either way, you should have a tasty brew on your hands in a...

unconventional, and possibly disastrous idea, but what if you bottled it and put it in your trunk. Assuming you dont need it all that often, and that it doesn't get subzero, you could* lager that way. Just thinking outside the box.

I have never done a RB, bus us-05 is always a safe bet.

Turns out sprouts are not growing. So I harvested a bunch of petals for both beers.

There I was, brewing a RYEPA and a black IPA, and I thought back to an article I read about Anchor brewing's small beers. So I said to myself 'Self, lets go for the gusto.' so I used the spent grain from both batches, some leftover DME, some dash of hops, a pinch of yeast and extra love. This is...

I am brewing a black IPA and a RyePA for a sunflower themed wedding. I looked around in several threads and every one said the oils were a deal breaker as far as beer went. I was wondering if there was any way to seperate the oils, maybe soak them in water after malting and crushing them, and...