Recent content by Commander_Nate

That's in the direction I want to go. Kinda want to see if I can get a little more red when it's in the glass for my experiment. Thanks for the link! That's about right. I guess beet juice might be worth pursuing.

Pacific Gem has some fruity flavors to it (sort of berryish). It also has some woody undertones. I've used it in two stout recipes, so some of it may have been covered up by the roasted barley and other grains. They were good beers - very smooth and flavorful. The alpha may be higher than...

Red wheat? Never heard of it...I am intrigued. How much would you suggest for a 5-gallon batch? I assume you're talking liquid pale malt? Any special storage instructions for keeping it in the bag (ie: keeping it from seeping through, etc)? Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I may end up...

I'm planning on doing a red ale for my next batch and I'm curious what ingredients and techniques people would recommend in order to get as close to a true red color as possible. I've searched around the forum and elsewhere a bit and have seen some pretty interesting suggestions, but I'm...

I figured this would be kind of a style-bender. I went with stout because of the base recipe idea. :D Sounds tasty! Hmm...I'll keep that in mind for the next time I try this. The description of it on the Wyeast website is pretty interesting. Have you used that strain yourself?

Okay, so I popped open several of these over the past weekend and shared them amongst some of my friends. The banana flavoring did not come out anywhere near as strong as I expected, but overall it is a very good beer. It is a very dark, sort of milky brown in color and very tasty. You can...

UPDATE I bottled on the 21st with 4 Oz of cane sugar. FG estimate was around 1.021. I could really taste the roast flavors of the stout in the sample I tried. I couldn't really taste anything else as far as the hops or banana notes, but I did smell it very clearly while it was fermenting...

Yeah, I realized that after I made the thread...unfortunately can't change now. Kind of embarrassing considering I used to speak a little German. :( Interesting. I had a very active fermentation on this batch during the first day/night. It actually overflowed through the airlock a few times...

Ok folks, I had to wait an extra week because the shop was out of the hops I wanted, but I was finally able to get started with this experiment. This is my first completely original recipe and I decided to try a lot of ideas I had floating around. I used the trial version of Beersmith to help me...

I've been playing around with the trial version of Beersmith and it doesn't seem to have this type of extract, which is what I've used in a good number of my previous batches and plan on using next. I put in "Amber Liquid Extract" as a substitute since it seems to have a similar description...

Thanks for the replies, guys!

Thanks for the yeast suggestions. How would you suggest I use the PG? I was thinking of adding another half-ounce in the last 5 min or so of boil - do you think something like that would help it stand out more?

I read about this hop in the brewing book I have and found some information about it online, but I haven't found much concerning how much to use in a typical 5 gallon batch. I'd like to try and use Pacific Gem in a stout recipe. I played around a little with the trial version of beersmith and...

I see. Did you use a wheat extract or something else? Since my basic idea is supposed to be a stout, I was going to use Coopers Light or something like that. I'll do my best!

Interesting...I'll look into that. Is that the same thing as a "Dunkelweis?" I had a few of those during my stay in Germany and they were pretty good. What do you mean by "under pitch?" Forgive my ignorance, I'm still a n00b. Thanks for the advice everyone, I'll keep researching a bit...