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On my first attempt at making ale I made a brew that duplicates(2 witnesses)Centennial commercial ale. I used 2.5 PDs malted blue corn, 2.5 PDs 2 row and 1 pound brown light sugar, pitched safal 05, with 3 additions of 1/2 ounce centennial hop pellets. Anyone interested in growing a portion of...

Your comment about larger got me thinking. I always rejected making larger because of the cool temp aging, which I assumed was critical. Could one take advantage of fall/winter temps, say in the garage, to provide a larger aging environment?

Hi Falstaf, I’m a newbie, couldn’t tell from this old post if you ever made your own makgeolli. I have and it’s much different home made then the commercial stuff.

Your mention of wild yeasts reminded me, my oldest memory of beer making ideas did not include pitching, yet I’ve never tried it. That is on my list.

Hi Bwible, We’ve been low carb/keto for about 4 years. We also missed the pizza and sandwich bread. As a baker since adolescence I’ve worked on these two with low carb replacements. They never duplicate wheat but can become attractive enough to replace the wheat products. You will be working...

Your reply has been in my mind for a week: the world says stress causes many issues, and all agree, but how do complicated physical/spiritual conflict reveal themselves in our bodies, minds.Like many our lives have been altered, to some new system. We have traditional folks in our family and...

Didn’t know that, I have thrown around the term,”bone dry” incorrectly I see. I have a zuchinni;/pineapple/ginger aging and it registered way below .999, on the meter, low, not sure what’s going on their.

Well said, some mix of stimulus blocker, blood sugar raises, captivating smells and tastes and pleasant mouth feel are hard to beat. My weekend treats have changed to red wine and it doesn’t compare. I am going to distance myself from ale for a few months and run at it again and see the results.

Of course Sibelman, true point. We have a bad day/night and wonder what did we eat, drink, breath in…. My low energy comes and goes and we have not been able to figure it out. Not serious, but bugs me. In this chain you’ll see some claim the hops drain energy. I’ve got cider coming on line and...

All right Hotbeer, you’ve given me new ideas. My ale drinking habit is a shot of bourbon/whiskey and a ale before supper. My wine has 12-16% abv, and didn’t bother me unless I went to that third glass. My ale PA’d at about 5% abv.

Thanks Thanks Miraculix, didn’t consider that. I remember hops where added to lower the testosterone in middle ages Europe. Now what got me into ales was the centennial hops, I love the flavor and smell, but there are many hop Substitutes, maybe I’ll try yarrow.

Thanks, I went years having given up on commercial beers, and began drinking my weekly red wines, mostly juice wines, and felt strengthened by them. While my wife’s observations can be themselves weakening, but in my 70’s I’ve come to consider them seriously. Yeasts have wildly different effects...

After a recent IPA brew with Saf-05, my wife commented that my energy seemed to drop as I consumed my ale Friday-Sunday at supper, one bottle a night. As interested in health for years it is clear yeasts can be debilitating for some. I wondered is any found a difference in energy while consuming...

My first all grain beer attempt: I grew blue flint corn years ago and had pounds sealed away. I took 2.5. Pounds, sprouted(malted) and processed with 2.5 pounds 2 row, malted, with 1 pd. Mild brown sugar, 1 ounce centennial hop pellets. It produced 3 6 pacs with 4 gallon start water, a real winner.

Note about back sweetening: I ferment everything to <1, and back sweeten at serving with stevia drops, so far no complaints.