Recent content by GunsNBeer

For the OP: did you take OG/SG/FG readings? Do you have an estimated ABV? Just curious.

Nice photos! You are clearly much more organized than I am! :)

I'm getting ready to do a cider soon, and was wondering about the timing of the pectic enzyme as well. Thanks for the clarification. How much pectic do you add, per gallon? I've made some small batch fruit wines (with grocery store frozen fruit, you'd be surprised how well they turn out) and...

I just brewed a Maibock last week (yes, I know, I'm late, I don't care). I used the S-189 at the recommendation of my LHBS. Well, they didn't recommend it specifically for a Maibock, but they were curious to see how it turned out since they'd never used S-189 before. It's currently still in...

Sounds like you had a successful brew day! Let me know how the haziness turns out, I've tried making Hefe's several times and they annoyingly come out crystal clear. I recently made a Blue Moon clone using the half wheat half light LME method and using the Safbrew S-33 Belgian style yeast...

*Sayonara You guys have friends?

I echo Gavin's comments. I've stirred and not stirred, and the end product has come out the same. If I do stir, it's only very gently and slowly as the bottling bucket gets close to full and the natural swirl action from the siphon hose isn't quite as strong. If I don't stir, it's because I...

Sam Adams makes a good beer, but I think they jumped the shark with their Rebel Rouser Double IPA. Tastes like chemicals. http://welltemperedhomebrewer.blogspot.com/

IPA, brewed outside on New Year's Day in 19 degree temps. It has a nice grapefruity hoppiness. The dog doesn't affect the flavor, to my knowledge. The leg lamp just adds to the ambience.

Hello from Hanover! Can we all agree that it's worth the trip to Harrisburg to go to Scotzin Bros? Or are there other local homebrew shops closer?

It's interesting to note that the instructions on the Whirlfloc bottle say add it with 15 minutes left, but I think it's much more effective if you wait until 5 minutes left. I think less of the compounds break down due to heat. I agree with Legume. I've used Whirlfloc several times, and just...

I wanted to do one more lager before the end of lagering season (I don't have a separate beer fridge, so I use my chilly basement for primary and cold garage for lagering during the winter). I had a leftover pack of Brewferm lager yeast that had been sitting in my fridge for about a month or...

When I want to get labels off of old Sam Adams or Saranac bottles I soak them inside and out with OxyClean: 1 Tablespoon per gallon of hot water. I have a large-ish plastic tub that can hold almost exactly a case of bottles. I let them soak inside and out for about 20 minutes, then run each...

I sincerely hope that no one is exceeding 200 gallons per household per year... that would be breaking federal law, and all.... ;)