Recent content by Hajimasabi

Ok, now that sounds like a challenge folks! I agree with the honey like flavor. The residual sweetness backing up all the pils does not come across as toffee or caramel like to me, but as more of a honey like sweetness. I've had good luck with honey malt. I use 5% in a Rye Pale ale and it...

Based on the Expat Export proportion of just over 30% munich and the color and body that resulted, I'd say a much smaller proportion of munich of 10% or less would be a better match. Would love to hear how these turned out though:)

Reviving a dead thread here. I'm a big fan of Jahrhundart Lager so of course I went looking for a clone and found pretty much nothing other than the Expat Export recipe from BCS so I went with that as a starting point. I'm writing this to let people know how the two compared, at least with...

I'm working on an IPA recipe based on Anderson Valley's Hop Ottin IPA. I chose this beer because I tend to like a maltier beer with a softer more aromatic hop profile rather than a highly resinous and super bitter profile found in many IPAs. Still a hoppy beer, but sweeter and fuller in...

I thought the hops were a bit high, but using the calculator found here The Beer Recipator 2.2 it was coming out in the high twenties. I must be missing something in the spreadsheet. Based on other recipes, I can cut the hops down to 2oz and it looks like either variety will be fine, I'll...

While bottling last night we cracked open a Maredsous 10 Triple. We may just be easy to impress, but this beer raised some eyebrows and got me thinking about brewing a clone. Online searches brought up not much, so I've put together a recipe (5gal partial mash) and would like some input. What we...