Recent content by SteveRohe

Another point to remember: don't burn it, just brew it. I know people will argue about flavour but when you boil, does your wort look like Corryvreckan? I don't know about others but I bring it 'just to a boil'. This also will yield a higher alcohol content. Imagine if you were a yeast cell and...

Check your Alpha rating. If your bittering hop is rated more than 6 percent you may have a problem here. To start with. If your hop alpha is 14 percent, try just simply using half the amount. Some recipes are way over on the hoping. For some reason, Americans love to over hop their brews. To...

There is a really good technique I use to get my red really red. Any crystal or carmel grain malt between 30 and 60 will work. When I make my seep I simply use one cup of crystal malt grain (pre cracked in zip lock baggie) put in muslin cloth bag , seep this for 20 minutes. Then add a cup of...