Recent content by lyacovett

Went to lhbs to pick up an ounce of hops. I asked the owner for something "different". First thing he suggested were Ahtanum. I have never brewed with these before, nor do I think I have had a commercial brew where they were dominant flavor. Now I only have an ounce, and I was binding of...

Woohoo brain. I shall reward it with beer and low country boil tomorrow. Thanks.

I am having a party at our lake tomorrow. I will have beer on draft via a Beermuncher style rolling kegerator. My question is this. I keep my tank/regulator in my fridge normally. I don't know if I will be able to fit it in the insulated area with 3 kegs. Will I have to readjust my...

Is it possible to show signs of oxidation in a batch after 3 weeks? I brewed an English special bitter for a party about 4 weeks ago. After a week on the gas it tasted great. Took a sample now, and it seems the color is a tiny bit darker, and the flavor is a little "different". I understand...

Ok, I brewed the above English Pale Ale. It's about at final gravity (1.014, expecting 1.013). So I have that one about done. Will keg, force carb and add gelatin. After a few days I will jump it to another keg under pressure. So about 2 or 3 more days for this beer. I decided against the...

He drinks breastmilk and water .... I actually like the sweet stout idea.

OK, I would like to do an APA, but I have Whitbread (1099) on the stir plate already. I was making a starter for another batch, then my wife gave me to go ahead to brew for the party. I was thinking of doing something similar to New Castle Summer Ale. I know it's not the most popular beer...

OK, the Kolsch is in. An IPA might be too much for this crowd. I think a solid APA could do. Any good recipes in mind using 1272 as the yeast. I have just about any specialty grains on hnad, and plenty of Maris Otter and Extra pale Maris otter as base grains. For hops I have Cascade...

Not for my boy. He drinks from the tap, mom.

Really?? I was under the impression a Kolsch needed more time to age. I have half a pound of hallertauer hops, and a bunch of Kolsch yeast, just need to cook up a starter. Any recipe suggestions?

Just got the go ahead to brew the beer for my son's first birthday party. We are having the party lakeside, and I am making a low country boil for the food. There will be a mix of people there that drink the typical BMC and that drink good craft beer. I am slated to brewing two kegs. The...

Ok, perhaps it's just slow to finish. This is yeast I top cropped awhile ago, but the starter took off, and I pitched a 2L starter. I just expected this to be done rather quickly because I over pitched .... Guess not. I also wasn't able to top crop this any because the krausen dropped so...

OK so I brewed on 6/3. OG was 1.049, right now (6/8/2011) it is sitting at 1.020. It has been hanging out around there for a few days. The past three days it has dropped maybe 2 points. I only started checking the gravity because I noticed the krausen dropped after 3 days. This worried me...

Anybody else have any recipe suggestions? This is a style I haven't quite nailed down yet. I was thinking some honey malt, as I have some of that one hand, as well as melanoidin. Any suggestions are welcome, other than a yeast change. I am definitely going with WLP007 at this point.

This is my recipe, defnitely willing to make changes if you have any pointers. Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 6.11 gal Estimated OG: 1.047 SG Estimated Color: 16.7 SRM Estimated IBU: 22.5 IBU Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 % Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amount...