Recent content by james_cornell

So I know it might be a little early to panic but screw it... I grew four varieties of hops last year, Northern Brewer, Columbus, Centennial, and Cascade. All of which did really well except for norther brewer which was a tiny plant with very little yield. Fast forward to this year and the...

Yea I've read about issues with the crush. I did run it through the mill twice and it looked pretty well crushed.

I did single infusion with no rice hulls. I used Seattle tap water - I don't get that deep with water, could you give me more info or a link on what I should be looking into?

I brewed the wheat IPA recipe here: https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3112-wheat-ipa which calls for almost 100% white wheat. My efficiency tends to hover around 75% but in this case it dropped to 54%. A quick search of the internet found a bunch of people with efficiency issues when using...

okay, got it but just to confirm, because I ride a bike everywhere, the agitation of the bottles from riding wouldn't be the cause, right? It wasn't a bottle that exploded from pressure, just broke.

Does that weaken the glass?

so I brought some beers into work today to share with coworkers. I ride my bike in and they were in my bag on my back which means they do get pretty shaken up on the ride in. When I got to work, I was transferring them out of the bag into a drawer and the bottom of a bottle just popped clean...

I just tried a bottle of a recent batch where I changed my hop stand temperature/time and was surprised by how bitter the beer ended up. When I brewed this recipe last, I added a .5oz Citra and a .5oz Cascade right at flameout and let it sit for 20 min before chilling. This time I dropped the...

So this is my first year growing hops and the results have been pretty fantastic. My hops are ready to harvest and I built an oast using window screens, 2x4s, and a box fan but a friend just offered to let me use a dehydrator. From what I've read the lower the temperature the better and the...

Can the temperature at which the bottles sit create a hot alcohol flavor?

I always bring the wort down to 65, transfer to a carboy, shake the carboy for 3-5 min, then pitch yeast. I don't believe my pitching temps are the issue and I pay pretty close attention to my fermometers (until now they've always sat in the 70-72 range) and like I said the bifrost clone tasted...

So I brewed last night using a harvested American Ale 1056 and the temperature spiked today. When I got home the fermometer read about 75-76 but I am assuming I broke 80 today. Quickly cooled it outside once it got dark, and it's now fermenting like crazy and smells like hot alcohol, but my...