Recent content by fastasaturtle

I tried pre glued/cut labels and, in my opinion, they are not worth it. Print your label on regular printer paper with a laser printer. Cut them out and use either milk (I used 1%) or a glue stick to affix them. As long as you don't get a lot of extra milk all over, there will not be any odor...

I brewed this the other day and am very excited to try it. I did make a couple of changes to it which were as follows: -increased base malt to 7lbs of 2 row. -used 1/2oz. of Amarillo and 1oz. of Centennial -S04 Yeast (thought I had a pack of US-05...) -added 2g of Paradise seed I'll report back...

Thanks a lot guys, you just saved me a trip to Annapolis. I had all the ingredients for a brew I wanted to make except flaked corn.

I brewed a slightly tweaked version of this for my daughters wedding party last fall. (15 lbs of 2 row plus specialty grains, 2oz each of Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial and 1oz Citra) It was spectacular, the guests loved it! I have only been brewing for about two years but this was by far the...

warriorpoet85, you're looking for something like this: http://www.annapolishomebrew.com/p/912/candi-syrup-d180

The grain bill on that recipe is less than 11 1/2 pounds minus the corn sugar. I would have thought you'd need more to brew a dubbel, but I guess 2.66 pounds of corn sugar goes a long way... The flavor has to be different on this without the dark Belgian candi syrup. It has a richer, more...

You need a sanatized container to rack into for bottling/priming and you could use your carboy for that, but a bottling bucket with a spigot would be easier I think. You may have confused skipping the "racking into a secondary" step with "racking into a bottling bucket" which is somewhat...

Great question by the OP and if I may add this (not to highjack the thread), what about adding Superkleer a few days before racking? Will I still have enough yeast left for my beer to bottle condition or should that only be used when kegging and force carbing? Thanks a million for your input...

According to Beersmith, 1 lb of Belgian Candi sugar adds .007 to the O.G. (took my last recipe from 1.075 to 1.082). (Oops, I just realized this thread has been dormant for almost 3 years...)

I'd pay double to be able to have more customization, i.e. colors and fonts! I used the free version last month (Thanks!) but I'm on the fence about signing up... (hint, hint: custom fonts and colors.) Congrats on the baby on the way too!

Most of my previous brews have been in the 1.080's O.G. range and have gotten stuck around 1.018-1.020 range... Also, there still seems to be a little activity going on in the fermenter (bubbles every 8 seconds or so). Thanks in advance for any insight anyone can offer. I figured out the...

I've only done higher gravity beers up til now; I was looking for something lighter and this looked pretty good. I brewed this a week ago with 2 changes: I added an extra half pound of base malt and the O.G. was consequently a little higher (plus I've been getting killer efficiency with my...

Just bottled this yesterday and it came out great. Got stuck at 1.020 but still came out at 8.3% abv. I have tweaked a few things with my process and brewed it again, so we'll see if it finishes out a little lower than the first try... Really looking forward to cracking open the first bottle...

From a fellow newb, welcome!

Hi Everybody, New to the forums here and new to home brewing as well. I got started last summer with a Brewer's Best extract kit and loved it. A friend of mine whom is also a home brewer gave me some of an all-grain IPA that he did and I knew I was completely hooked! I did 2 5 gallon batches of...