Brewed 2.5 gallons a little over 3 weeks ago and kegged last night. The smell is fantastic, but didn't taste or even get a FG reading due to trying to keg quickly due to just having too much to do. Really looking forward to trying this one. I did miss the OG of the recipe, but I have been having...
Came out great with Idaho 7. I have an ounce of Idaho 7 in the keg right now (2.5 gallon keg) and the aroma after being on gas for a week is fantastic. This definitely is right up there with beer that I have bought for $15 for a 4 pack of 16 ounce cans. I’m really happy with how this came out.
Until recently, I had been bottling and doing partial mash. Tried the OP recipe as a partial mash and it was good in bottles until about 2 weeks and oxidation took over. Now that I am kegging, all-grain, and dabbling in water treatments I wanted to revisit this. I went by the updated recipe...
After sitting on gas for 2 weeks this is definitely coming together. Feel like it’s missing something. Probably due to my subbing roasted barley for the black barley
Kegged a batch of this a couple days ago. When I was sourcing the grains at my LHBS the didn't have the black barley, so unsure what to do I just replaced with roasted barley. Poured a small sample from the keg yesterday and it's good, but not fully carbed yet. Going to give this one a few days...
Brewed 2.5 gallons again yesterday. Difference with this batch was this was my second overall batch where I have been starting from distilled water and adjusting salts. Be interesting to see how this batch comes out compared to the last.