Recent content by Corkster

So, I did mine in a five gallon batch and started with 10 lbs white granulated sugar. I used Red Star Premier Blanc yeast. Mine came out at roughly 18 1/2%!! Going to back-sweeten and bottle in a week or so. Hopefully, it'll be really tasty in 6 months!

I will be trying this one very soon! I only hope mine comes out as wonderful as all you fine fermenting folks' have!

I look forward to hearing/reading the results!

I'm interested in trying this Keller's recipe. To those with experience with it, does it finish dry, or sweet? My brain is guessing sweet, but I've been fooled by my brain before!

Corkster

If all else fails, I like to use a paint strainer bag from my local hardware store when I rack to the bottling bucket. I just soak the bag in my sanitizer then wring it out, line my bottling bucket with it, and siphon my beer into it. Works pretty dang good.

what the Hell is that thing? Looks like something I saw on an adult website once! ;)

yep bottle away. Even if it's bad, it'll still be beer..... perhaps undrinkably bad beer... but beer nonetheless. Pass it off on your least favorite friends and tell em it's a special lambic and it's supposed to taste that way. But chances are, it won't be bad and you'll end up stashing it...

I've also heard of people hitting up their local recycling centers

unless you're sweating out arsenic, I think your brew will be just dandy

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I've never heard of cold steeping..... do you follow the same water ratio as you would for a hot steep... 1-2 quarts per pound? and next question... do you then dump the whole kit and kaboodle (grains and water) on the stove and do a hot steep (155 degrees) for an hour?

Us cheapskates prefer to call it "Frugal"! I have an uncle that is beyond frugal.... they only flush their toilet once a day to save money!

I've brewed a couple brews that were so bad they made my tongue pucker and tingle a bit (I just assumed it was hop bitterness and carbonation) but never had one go numb..... Save it for sore throat spray! ;)

You sir are either a masochist or a saint. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two. Either way, you have my respect!