Recent content by mgull

wow! lots of new info. after carefully rereading everyone's post i think 15 gal is the prudent choice. things like 120 min boils and full boil BIAB sound like fun. also a 15gal will fit on my range because unfortunately i don't have a hood. however the range is recessed in my counter so it...

thanks guys for the quick responses. BOWTIE: my budget is somewhat flexible but i have limits. my heat source is a turkey fryer in the summer and my gas range in winter. my only goal is to produce great beer, for myself only with the least amount of purchased gear. i have no need for 10gal...

hi all, i'm ready to upgrade my kettle to try some new things like full volume extract boil, and BIAB full volume. i only brew 5 gallon batches and pretty much just high gravity IPA's and Stouts. i think i'm sold on the mega pot 1.2 but i can't decide on the size. i would like to go 10gal...

Trinity's Red Swingline IPA Primitif......Absolutely terrible. I didn't like the coriander, far too much tangerine, and i really don't like the lacto/brett taste. On top of all that its only 4.1%. I try most things that come into my beer store, I can't think of anything else I've had this bad.

i'm thinking i'm gonna try this: 7lbs light LME 1lb crystal 20 1oz warrior @ 60min .5oz warrior @ 15 min 1oz citra @ 15min 1oz citra @ 5min .5oz warrior dry hop 1oz citra dry hop 4oz american oak chips US-05 yeast

tried #6 last night. i did have a problem dropping $25 but i won't in the future....amazing

when i tried hopville, i got a 404 error but it seems to be working now. concerning the bittering i reversed the falconers and zythos because the alpha acids are higher on the falconers. would this not increase bitterness? i'll punch it all into the calculator now. thanks

i've tried finding a beer calculator that i can put this hop schedule into but i can't find one that lists the falconers or the zythos. if anyone has any thoughts it would be appreciated.

og is is supposed to be 1.065 but i am reusing the yeast cake from a smaller pale ale. i may consider cutting some of the crystal down. thanks. woops wrong post, sorry

the rest of the recipe is 1lb crystal, 1/2lb 2 row, 8lb extra pale lme, and 1lb lme

just curious for some feedback on my idea. i brewed up this recipe a while back and it was the fastest drank batch i've had. i'm ready to try it again but i want to change it up a bit. the original recipe calls for the following hop schedule: 1oz zythos-boil 10.9% .75oz falconers...

i add mine in the last 5 min with no color difference from a 15-20 late addition. keep in mind that you will get better hop utilization from late addition anyhow, and if you use all the hops in the kit you will get more bitterness. i don't worry about the last 5-10 min of boil for hop utilization.

thanks for the quick responses. hopefully infection does not set in as i was hoping to have it around till the end of hunting season in late october. you guys have given me some peace of mind though. thanks

so last night i bottled my annual spruce porter recipe. in an effort to harvest as much of my beer as i could, i placed the fermenter lid under the edge of the fermenter to tilt it back a bit. well if you haven't figured it out yet, the inevitable happened. unfortunately i dropped the lid...

i live in a loft apt and my brew room is my closet, where the water heater is too, and where a loop from the heated floor runs through. temp control has been my biggest problem. i settled on putting my fermenters on a stand about 3 feet from the floor. in the first 48hrs or so, i use wet...