Recent content by spak

Yea I do realize that, plus the keezer did smell like fermentation, which I thought was odd, because when I did the "lid poke" test I got a bubble from the end of the tube. The previous batch I made was blowing off like insanity with very little leakage from the sides(White labs weizen yeast...

So I have basically switched to 05 for Am ale yeast usages. I usually have it going within 24 hours. Anyways this time I get no bubbling after 24 hours at all, or the next(this) morning. So I decided to pull it out of the fermentation freezer to let it warm up to 70 since my A/C is on all the...

Yep http://hopville.com/recipe/1674605 I designed this one with some influence from Radical Brewing by Mosher. Didn't think I wanted as much munich, so I swapped the wheat and munich amounts from his book recipe.

The saison I brewed last month with Nelson Sauvin and Sorachi Ace hops. Fermented at 68 for 2 days then 85 ramped over 2 days for the rest of 3 weeks. WLP565. Flavors consist of lemon, pear, apple, orange, grape, pineapple, pepper, clove, and earthiness from the yeast esters. I am really...

I just used this yeast last month. I made pretty standard grist(I havent use pils because of my apt stove setup and not having faith in the the ability to boil off flavor from the pils compounds) Anyways: 50% pale 2 Row Briess brewers 23% White Wheat malt 14% table sugar 9% munich 10L 5%...

Thanks for the feedback guys, I will probably drop the lovibonds on everything and use a bit more regular roast as the main specialty to get the pronounced roast coffee with Carafa I and some dark crystal and the flaked barley. Will definitely use an Engish bittering hop with moderate AA...

After looking on BJCP and Designing Great Beers, I threw this together: 12 lbs Briess Brewers Malt 12 oz Black Barley 500L 12 oz Carafa III special(still on the fence on whether or not I want dehusked or normal. Maybe dehusked would be good to impart a dark chocolate flavor with the dry...

I used mr Malty pitch rate calcs so I had no off flavors up to bottling. I tasted the wort at bottling and there were zero fruity flavors. I all happened after bottling. I fermented for about 3 weeks at 65-68. I will definitely be doing this next time. I was sitting around 65 or so for 3...

I haven't had a very long history of brewing(over a year), but I have used English ale yeast a few times. This first time was WLP002 with a starter in a porter last year. The beer turned out excessively fruity, but I still consumed the entire batch eventually. That was before I had a keezer...

Ellies Brown Ale clone, and my first AG batch. Nailed it, it tastes exactly like the commercial beer, despite having to use Northern Brewer for bittering in place of Bullion. S-04 is so flocculant! I didnt even need to watch the bottle when pouring, no yeast entered the glass.

HOLY CRAP. I was sweating over nothing! I just cracked a bottle tonight of this so called failure of beer, and it is completely SPOT ON with respects to Ellies Brown ale. No off flavors or imperfections. The yeast cleaned up the crap in under 2 weeks, and s-04 is glued to the bottom of the...

So essentially everything went great as far as brew day. I nailed my mash and sparge temps within 1 degree(with ice help) and got great eff of 74%. Pulled off almost the exact amount of runnings I needed too. I brewed a Avery Ellies Brown clone I found online. Then the mistake: I rushed my...

All done! Lowes delivered a 7 Cu Ft freezer to my apt at 6 PM. I got 74% Eff, and the wort tastes really nutty. This is going to be delicious. The carboy is currently cycling between 60 and 66F. Last time I used English yeast I got a fruity character, but things should go much better this...

I am brewing an Avery Ellies Brown ale clone as we speak. My first AG. So far so good. I got about 151 mash or so. I hit 153, added a couple ice cubes and it came down a bit too far(wanted 152). But I cant complain. My mashing routine will get nailed after a couple batches. I built...

I have heard nothing but positives for my brews, even extremely amazed comments from my latest IPA. This is mostly because I havent even dared to give anything out that I didn't approve of myself. My first batch was purely awful. Noone but myself experienced that wreck. Everything after the...