Recent content by Angus Young

This became the best dry stout I have ever brewed! Even some of my friends who doesn't like stouts loved it. Will be brewing it again. Thanks for the recipe.

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I brewed this beer about 1.5 months ago and it tasted like an OK beer. I threw 1oz Centennial in the keg 2 weeks ago and sampled it again just today, it tastes amazing. Time and aging makes a very big difference. I will definetly brew this again!

I also switched to BIAB in the cooler and cannot be happier. If you buy a strong, well made bag, you don't need to worry about bag breaking in the middle of the brewing process. I bought mine from Wilser, I believe my grandkids will be using that bag also :) I recently bought a mill and crushing...

With 2 row I got the same exact color. Seriously, it was impossible to understand which one was the original. Maris Otter will make a great beer too, maltier and color might be a bit darker than the original. I might try it next time.

I live in Seattle and a big fan of Fremont Summer Ale! I brewed this beer 2 months ago and we did a blind taste test with 5 friends. No one could guess which one was the original. It tastes amazing! Here is my recipe: 10lb 2 row 1oz Amarillo %8.2 boil 60 minutes 2oz Amarillo %8.2 boil 7 minutes...

I dry hop in the keg.

Welcome from Seattle.

To be exact, I brewed lake walk pale ale and there was also 0.5 lb flaked wheat, which makes the total grain bill 11lb. Beersmith said, strike water should be 19.76qt but I rounded up to 5 gal, it comes close to 1.80qt/lb.

Rev, that's great info! I never boiled on a burner outdoors since it rains in Seattle all the time. I might look for a big umbrella solution. I also read about craking the valve open for setting the grain bed and have been doing it but never tried a slow runoff during batch sparge. I might try...

Rock on! I am pretty happy with my mash efficiency but while I have 7 gallons of wort in the kettle, I always end up with 5 gallons in the fermenter. Brew house efficiency is around %70. I am not even boiling hard, just a rolling boil to strip DMS and other stuff. Seattle is the reason I became...

That's what I tried to say actually :) Thanks for clarification!

I have a 10 gallon Igloo cooler with a false bottom. I stir a lot during the batch sparge and vorlauf until it runs clear. Never had a stuck sparge while I'm milling my grains very fine. I believe conditioning grains really helps. If you have your own mill, conditioning the grain is extremely...

Hi there, thanks for your comment! I am not doing a mash out. Just mash and drain, single batch sparge and drain the wort. I am getting %88.5 mash efficiency because I recently bought a grain mill and I mill at 0.025 inch roller gap. I also condition the grains for 10 minutes before milling. It...

Hi Doug, My strike water was 5 gallons around 164F. I think I used a bit more than 3.5 gallons for batch sparging, that's why ended up with 7.2 gallons in the kettle. I always mash with 1.75 qt/lb to get a bit more efficiency.