Recent content by IrishHockey

Just got started on this today and I thought I'd give an update. I am 53 minutes into the boil and it smells wonderful! I love Falconers Flight!!!

What can I say say, I love hops and I'm not afraid to use them!

I was planning on taking pics and detailed notes of temps and additions. Oh yeah, I've read some people doing extract add half during the boil (no flame on a cool burner) and the other half at flame out. Is this solid advice?

Well, tomorrow is going to be my 1st brew day, so I'll probably throw the Cluster hops in the freezer and use the magnum and all the FF. Wish me luck! I'm really excited about this new addiction!

I'm contemplating the all Falconers. Either that or how about this: 1oz magnum (60) 1oz falconers (60) 1oz falconers (15) 1oz falconers (10) 1oz falconers (5) 1oz falconers (0) 1oz falconers in the secondary dry hop Should I add the 1oz Cluster, or is that to much and the flavors would compete...

Hello everyone! My name is Dave and I'm new to this addiction. I bought a kit from Austin Homebrew and a recipe kit as well. I bought their budget IPA. It's a mini mash kit. Included in the recipe is 8oz crystal 60L malt 8ozs crystal 40L malt 3 1/2lbs 2 row malt 5lbs extra pale LME 1oz...