Recent content by northern-monkey

usually use a disposable empty tea bag and just throw it in, never had a problem. this time i actually just chucked the pellets straight in, no bag. so am inclined to think the hops might not be the problem. but who knows. am adding after a couple of weeks of primary, so a little later than...

this doesn't look that bad, but bear in mind... it's the second batch in a row this has happened. tasted absolutely great in gravity samples for a couple of weeks, but then suddenly tastes sour/vinegary and generally smells unbearable. 2 days ago threw in some pellet hops and there were no...

here's the story... planned this as a clone for nogne porter, but then my LHBS only had the wyeast 1968 when i went to pick up the ingredients; was planning to use wlp007. so based on what i know of the 1968 being a generally lower attenuating beer i've made a few changes, primarily to...