Recent content by heavyfeet

Thanks for posting. I should clarify, pun intended. As a brewer I do care about clarity. For this purpose, camping and drinking from red solo cups, nobody is going to notice except me. I have three kegs of light hybrid from the same batch. After sitting weeks at room temp I tapped each...

I am taking kegs camping. They are carbing at room temp right now. I am thinking of putting them in the kegerator for a day or two to enhance flavor. I don't care too much about clarity. Is this idea a waste of time and effort? They will ultimately be warmed back up and then served from a...

Great experiment. I'm a Notty user but for no good reason other than that's what I've gotten used to. Been thinking of giving US-05 a shot in a light blonde this summer. Subscribed!

I'm in. Thanks.

I am thinking of making this recipe but I've never used amylase enzyme in a secondary fermenter. Can anyone explain why it's used in the secondary rather than the primary fermenter? Seems to me it would be most beneficial to add it shortly after clearing on top of the healthy yeast cake. Thanks.

Good idea. I hadn't considered a large starter. Thanks!

Since this is not a partial extract nor all-grain recipe, the trick of mashing at lower temp for a longer time won't give me more fermentables. I get whatever ferments when I pour out it out of the jar or dump it from the baggie...:)

I agree. It's dry alright. I'm trying to hit the lower end of the FG range for lite American lagers. I plan to use Nottingham yeast and ferment as cold as I can get it ~64 F. I'm an all grain brewer and there's a handful of reasons I'm making this recipe. First, I want a lite beer that my...

Hi all, I've read all about the benefits of amylase enzyme for all grain mashes, fixing stuck fermentations, or lowering FG on beers in the fermenter that contain a lot of unfermentables. But AE is new to me... Can anyone tell me what to expect here? My recipe is for a lite American swill...

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Cool Cooler! I'm in!

I was just looking into iodophor myself to see if a gallon I mixed on Saturday is still effective today. Google is a wonderful tool: http://www.bayareamashers.org/content/maindocs/iodophor.htm

Any bottle from Bell's will work well for you. Most of my bottles are from Bell's. Soak them in warm water for a half hour and then gently peal off the labels and hit them with a scrub brush to knock off residual adhesive. No oxyclean or other cleaner is needed. Just high quality H 2 O. If...

The posters above are right. Your hop utilization will be better. To give you an idea how much better, you can use beer software to tell you. I have Brew Pal on my iPhone and I put all the recipes I use from this site into it and then adjust for my own equipment, etc. It also tells me how...

Thanks for the cool site. I am making beer for a buddies bachelor party and we're gonna make custom labels lampooning him. What a riot! Question for you: Does your site work by user ID with subscription (i.e. as many labels as I want for a year, for example) or pay for each label as an...