Recent content by mariahman

So I just posted 3 pics of my version vs the original. Mine is on the left and I'm happy to say the clearer of the 2. And honestly I like mine better. This time I used 1oz each Mosaic and Amarillo to dry hop so mine is happier but in a citrusy way. Amazing, I'm so so happy I switched to all-grain.

Stever1000, grab some IPA's at the store and find one you like. Do some research on hops too- you can sub the variety of hops or when you add them to the boil. Even if you choose the 60 min IPA, maybe make it your own by using Mosaic hops instead of another. Learning and understanding the small...

So changing the recipe is half the fun of brewing, right? I used the grain bill of this recipe and used all wild foraged and a little homegrown hops, along with a "wild" Brett yeast. Smells great burping in the basement.

The wife and I created the towers and they were installed with the help of a few friends. We made 2 this year, in the garden, and like the look so much that I've gotten the OK to make 4 more for the rest of the hops, along another fence.

Sounds amazing. I'm enjoying a black chili beer from Rockyard Brewing and want to do something similar. As your post is a bit older, any notes or ever a re-do that you can offer up any advice?

Ok, great brew day yesterday. OG of 1.065. Upped the chocolate malt to 8oz, added ~3oz Cocoa nibs and about 1/3 of a cinnamon stick at flameout. I'll prob add more cocoa in fermenter but I was thinking less likely tannins if I didn't boil the nibs. Also this morning, sliced open 3 vanilla beans...

Here are a couple pics moving into secondary. Smelled great, taste test from the very bottom was still very good. Added 1/2 packet cocoa nibs, will wait another 2 weeks or so and see what comes of it. Fyi, this is my ghetto way of filtering from primary to secondary, with a couple grains bags...

Here are a couple pics moving into secondary. Smelled great, taste test from the very bottom was still very good. Added 1/2 packet cocoa nibs, will wait another 2 weeks or so and see what comes of it. Fyi, this is my ghetto way of filtering from primary to secondary, with a couple grains bags...

I just picked up all the ingredients for this, with brew day this Sunday. I will update with notes and pics.

Brew day yesterday, 3/21. Nailed the OG at 1.059. Smells fantastic. Somehow I didn't buy enough EKG so I just subbed with a bit less homegrown chinook. Already bubbling this morning, 12 hours later.

So my quick 2 cents on this recipe. I used a farmhouse strain from the LHBS that they ce commended and it came way down to 1.001. I also added kafir lime leaves and chamomile. I went a bit overboard on the lime leaves and needed to wait about 2 or 3 months after bottling for the Lemon Pledge...

I brewed this a couple weeks back as the AG pumpkin version. I upped the chocolate malt, added cocoa nibs, and added 1 can of pumpkin to the boil and 1 can in secondary, along with pumpkin pie spice. Although I just bottle 6 days ago, I couldn't wait and tried my first last night. Mind blowing...

I just cleaned up after brewing this BIAB style. I added kafir lime leaves, chamomile, the coriander, a bit of orange peel, and about 1/2 of the sugar as the Belgian candy sugar and the other half just plain white sugar. In reading through this again, I realized I did a 60 minute boil, not 90...