I will look into brew in bag. You are right about the roasted barley. I was confused. I will definitely let you know how it goes. Gonna brew this evening.
Humps,
If I wanted to give your recipe a shot using Extract I just need to replace the 4lbs of Pale 2-Row Malt with 3 lbs of Light Malt Extract correct?
10.00 lb Munich Liquid Extract
3.00 lb Light Liquid Malt Extract
2.50 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 11.9 %
2.00 lb...
How long do you think it would take them to carb? What is your logic on waiting 9 weeks in the bottle? Just wondering as it tasted pretty darn good when I gave it a little taste the other day.
I have a RIS that has been bulk aging since 1/14/12. I was thinking about bottling in the next couple days. What do you guys think about carbonation? Do I need to toss some yeast in before bottling or can I just use my priming sugar and let them sit for 3 weeks?
I was making my second starter ever last night for an Imperial Nut Brown I want to brew this weekend. I shook my vial of yeast before opening and it really fizzed up, leaking out of the top. The pressure forced a fair amount of yeast cake into the lid. So, in my attempts to get every cell into...
I am planning on a slightly higher gravity 5 Gallon brew this weekend (OG-1.086) and am going to be making my first starter. I am using Mr. Malty (as advised by many of the folks on here). I have a 2L starter flask. I have one vial of White Labs Ca. Ale. It appears that Mr. Malty is telling me I...
The answer was to steep the grains (Inc. 2 oz hops), add the magnums and boil for 30 min, and then add the extract/additions.
Maynardx- I do plan on breaking up the extract additions. I would like a light final product.
Terrapin- They do claim it is directly from Vinnie. One of his many...
I just received the Pliny The Elder Extract kit from Morebeer and am slightly confused by the directions. On the list of hops it says to use 2oz of Magnum Hops for bittering and says to boil for 90 min. The Extract Additions portion says the Extracts/Additions (9.5 lbs Extract, 8 oz...