Recent content by fragglerock

Sorry for the late response guys, took some time off from brewing to get a temp controller for my chest freezer built! Brewed this about 6 days ago, hit my efficiency and am currently ramping up the temperature to the higher end for full attenuation! Will bottle in about two weeks and let y’all...

Hahaha, a solid plan. I have had to cook with more than a few!

I've had a few this evening and am coming down with what will probably turn into a sinus infection, so please forgive the rambling nature. Today I bottled a beer that I had all but given up on. I had missed my efficiency by a few points during my mash, the temperature range was off during...

Count me in!

Very interesting. Never heard of this before and I use WL almost exclusively. My apartment has no AC so I'm always keeping windows open and I can say that flies can get anywhere, including places you'd never think possible. Maybe try emailing WL? If it is a problem with the yeast, I'm sure they...

I can say from experience (we live about a block away from each other) that this beer came out extremely well!

When I purchased my Grainfather, I found my numbers differed even from the numbers that they the manufacturer provided to BeerSmith. It took several brews and a lot of tweaking to get things lined up with my brewing practices, location etc. Use the numbers everyone else has or that are provided...

Is the equipment profile you're using a result of values and percentages you've personally experienced, or is it Beersmith's generic profile for that piece of equipment? Even with mass manufactured equipment there are slight variations which, when added to different brewing practices/ locations...

Very limited tool selection, actually just having one built for me!

Sounds awesome! I'm in for the all grain Colonial Porter kit!

Don't think I'll get super lucky with this one but if anyone has a BlackBox Brew 3.0 they would be willing to let go of, let me know! I will gladly pay full retail. Anyone have an idea when more will be back in stock from the website?

Has anyone ever tried making a purée of pumpkin and then racking the beer on top of it during secondary? I'm almost positive Ballast Point does just that for their pumpkin beer, might get rid of a few headaches.

So in!!!:mug:

I'll be brewing a holiday spice beer here soon, minus the pumpkin for reasons that have been covered. I remember reading a few articles on BYO where they suggested leaving out the pumpkin altogether (doesn't contribute much flavor, just mouthfeel and general feelings of frustration) and just...

Personally, I've used .25 tsp/ 5 gallons of Cayenne in secondary to great effect. I was trying to clone Yeti's Great Divide Imperial Chocolate Stout and according to the brewers, they used the Cayenne to create the same heated/warming mouth feel that it seems you're going for.