Recent content by redarmy990

Thanks Wrendelar - we were expecting it but not so close together. Hopefully it will be a house beer as I love a good pils

I finally got round to brewing again, 1st time since October. Life got in the way, 2 deaths (both my wife's parents - within 8 months of each other) and 2 weddings. But yesterday i attempted my first lager - a pilsner style used north star pilsner malt and hopped with hallertau mittlefrau...

first picture is after the mash, not a good pic sorry 2nd picture is after the boil and chilled into fermenter

Brew day complete, Porter came out to 1.069 post mash - Beersmith estimate was 1.057Post mash, so got great conversion.{ if readings were acurate} Into fermenter I was at 1.062

yep, a place holder I have 05 and 04 on hand, not sure what to go with but using 2 packets of either

Will do- brew day is tomorrow and will update the thread as i go

I do not whirlpool an hour lol thanks for noticing will change on the recipe sheet. And will also put the brown malt in there

Good day all. finally getting to brew again after numerous setbacks to health and life in general. I have put together a stout/porter recipe with some grains I have left over. heres what I have so far, any suggestions are welcomed. I do also have around 11oz of brown malt and around 6oz of...

Thanks so much, Since dry hopping gravity has dropped another few points, now down to around 1.020. Going to cold crash tomorrow evening and then take a final reading for my notes. When it was fermenting away got a lot of Sulphur smell, but that has since disappeared.

I'm fermenting in a spike CF5, it took off quickly and dropped from around 1.066 down to 1.026 in 6 days - then took 4 days to go from 1.026 to 1.024. I have just dry hopped it, will leave those in for 3 days then cold crash The hydrometer sample I took tasted good so hopefully will have a nice...

11lb 2 row 2.5 lb vienna 14oz caramel 60 5 oz carapils Mashed at 150 for 60 minutes, raised to 168 mash out and sparge. Boiled 75 minutes I dropped temp last night back to 68 from 70 and it dropped to 1.021, not sure why

Good day all, I brewed a clone recipe of a bells two hearted. All grain It has currently been in fermenter for 11 days and has dropped from1.066 down to around 1.024 @ 70 degrees , Started out at 67 degrees Tilt is saying 1.020 and hydrometer is at 1.024 - Question - as it's been sat there for...

5g two hearted clone 697+5=702

Oats and or maltodextrin can help and mash at higher temps Thick, sumptuous, and sweet, dessert stouts have a reputation for bombarding your taste buds (in a good way) and soothing your sweet tooth. Brewing a dessert stout is all about creativity and balance. It requires a robust malt bill...

Oats and or maltodextrin can help and mash at higher temps