Recent content by llevt

I am drinking the budget IPA now. It's a good middle of the road IPA..not overly hoppy and easy to drink. May brew it again with some additional hops.

I brew alot of pale ales and ipa's and have found that most of my beers turn the corner after 4-5 weeks in the bottle. I am currently drinking an Austin partial mash ipa. I tried one at 2 weeks then again at three weeks and was a bit dissappointed. But after 5 weeks since bottling, the last...

I have three LBK's so I took out the dremel tool today and cut out a section and sent it in. I like to brew 2.5 gallon all grain/partial mash batches so the new conical should work better. Does anyone have an opinion on the new Mr. Beer extracts vs the old? I have brewed almost all of them and...

I drink 2 to 3 pints per night. The problem is weight gain. I have gained 8 pounds in the last year despite walking 4 miles per day and riding my bike 50-60 miles per week! I am now trying to brew moderate calorie brews...beers in the 150 calorie per pint range. My problem is that I LOVE...

You might try Migrelief. Its a supplement containing Feverfew,Magnesium & Riboflavin. I take one a day and can now go months without a migraine headache vs one or two a month. I get mine at Amazon. It has to be taken for a few weeks before it starts to reduce the frequency and severity of...

Check out the new "Cool Brewing" insulated jacket for your fermenter. It's being discussed in the equipment forum.

Store the bottles at the same temp as primary fermentation, which is usually room temp. I will let them carbonate/condition for four weeks before I stick them in the fridge to age. However, I will sample one at weeks two, three and four weeks just to see how they are progressing. Pop one in...

I am drinking a Coopers as a write this. I would not boil the hopped Coopers LME...many post on not boiling hopped LME. You can do a quick boil of the BE 1, about 20 minutes and add some of your hops if you want to spice it up then add the European lager at flame out. The quality of your...

I brewed the the Midwest Hop Head Double IPA and it was my best batch in the last 20 or so. As good as commercial beer.

I have used half a pack for 2.5 gallon batches several times. I fold the package over, tape it shut and stick it back in the fridge. I have stored them for months and have never had a problem... always vigorous fermentation visible within 12-24 hours.

I'll share my experience with the Coopers kits. I bought 2 of the Australian bitter kits awhile back when they were on sale at make.beer.net. Brewed them up pretty much per the recipe adding 2 lbs of extra fermentables, half sugar half light DME. I made them as five gallon batches using...

First time using S-05 last week I hade the same problem. After 2 weeks in the fermenter still had a a thick krausen sitting on top of the wort. Decided to bottle anyway. The beer tasted ok but the fermenter had a strong band-aid smell. I'm a new brewer, only my forth batch, hoping it turns...