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  1. LakewoodHomeBrew

    average age of a home brewer

    35, started brewing 3 years ago.
  2. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Coffee stout

    I bottle carb and have had luck with adding beans to the bottle. Each bottle gets 1 bean, cracked in half. I make sure to use the least oily bean I can find: went to a local coffee shop, explained what I was doing, and they were more than glad to root through all the coffee they had and get me...
  3. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Amount suggestions for Briess Cherrywood Smoked Malt?

    I've used this malt for up to 55% of the grain bill. The result was a nice smokey beer that has received many compliments. Next time, I'll use it for 100% of the base malt (the recipe also contains munich, C80, and Black Patent for color).
  4. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Fresh hop ipa

    I just did a wet hopped House Ale on Sunday, using my first year Cascades. I used the fresh hops for aroma only, in a ratio of 3:1 vs. what I had used in the past. I wanted to use a 5:1 ratio (based on the reading I had done on the topic) but was limited by my harvest.
  5. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Do you have a beard?

    Beard. I didn't see in the thread.
  6. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Maris Otter/Cascade SMaSH + Dry Hop Experiment

    Maris Otter is wonderful in SMaSH beers. I did a 4 beer series of MO SMaSH's with a different hop in each. They key to that was to keep the BU:GU the same for each. Now to your recipe - with something so simple it's hard to go wrong. Just keep the BU:GU in a range you know you like, and you'll...
  7. LakewoodHomeBrew

    All Grain Vs BIAB - Pro's & Con's (5 Gal Batches)

    I BIAB for small stovetop batches (2.5 gal), but for larger (5 gal) batches, I do a combo outside on the burner. I have a 15 gal kettle and a 7.5 gal kettle. For 5 gal batches, I'll mash in the 15 (with the bag), sparge and then run off into the 7.5 gal. I can collect approx. 7 gallons without a...
  8. LakewoodHomeBrew

    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    +5 Jagator Dopplebock +2.5 Rogue Zombie Pale +5 SMaSH; M.O. cascade +2.5 Barleywine +2.5 Ignorant Bastard IPA New total: 7975.5
  9. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Free The Nitro!

    This is Brilliant!
  10. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Free The Nitro!

    This is Brilliant!
  11. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Barley wine advice

    I used WLP005 last year for a 11.5% English Barleywine. Pitched twice. This year, I'm doing an American Barleywine. I was planning to use WLP001, but now I'm thinking I may start with Wyeast 1728, and finish with WLP001.
  12. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Favorite IPA Hop Combos

    The last two IPA's I did were: Warrior/Simcoe/Amarillo and Warrior/Simcoe/Galaxy. Both excellent. For a Pale ale, I like Nugget/Columbus
  13. LakewoodHomeBrew

    First Brew Day Of 2013!!! What are you making?

    SMaSH - Maris Otter / cascade. Keeping it simple to calibrate some new equipment I got over the holidays.
  14. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Belgian Golden Strong Ale Pink Elephant (Delirium Tremens clone)

    Kicking an old thread - thanks for the recipe. Brewed this yesterday and I'm pretty excited about it. Brew day went well and I have 5 gallons 'no-chilling' in the basement. I'll pitch today with a mix of 1388 and harvested DT yeast. I've got starters of both ready to go! Cheers.
  15. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Harvesting Yeast from commercial bottles

    Well done - thanks for the info.
  16. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Harvesting Yeast from commercial bottles

    Well done - thanks for the info.
  17. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Intentional caramelization technique question

    1.) +1 same ratio and extra 3/4 gal. 2.) combine after the boil.
  18. LakewoodHomeBrew

    where to find pacman yeast

    For both batches, the aeration was done using a venturi, and also sloshing. The latest batch had alot of bubbles before pitching. As far as stepping up, I've stepped up the starter sizes (250mL, 500mL, etc.) but kept them all around 1.045 - 1.050. Perhaps using some lower gravity wort in my...
  19. LakewoodHomeBrew

    where to find pacman yeast

    For what it's worth: I haven't been overly happy with my harvest. I seem to be able to get a colony built up, but it has under-performed on both beers I've used it on. In both cases, the fermentation started off nicely and chugged along, but it just doesn't to want to finish up and I'm left with...
  20. LakewoodHomeBrew

    Newbie Question re:FG, though I'm not a newbie

    As you mentioned in your original post, mashing higher would help if you were consistently finishing low. I typically follow a 40C-60C-70C plus mash out and have been pretty good at hitting my target gravity (with the exception of of a batch I underpitched with some bottle harvested yeast...)...
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