Recent content by lpstudio18

I've quit brewing for the time being and I'm looking to clear some space in the basement. Here is a list of everything I have with prices (OBO). Would part with everything for $1200. Only selling locally. Thanks! 2 5gal Corny kegs with extra posts $30 each 1 10gal Bayou Classic Brew Kettle w/...

So I've brewed several batches, the last few being all-grain, and I'm wanting to get into formulating my own recipes. Unfortunately, I just don't have the confidence or knowledge about grain types, hop varieties, etc, to do this well. I was considering buying "Designing Great Beers" by Ray...

Wow, thanks for taking the time to write all that. I only have a few all-grain's under my belt so I'm not quite comfortable making up recipes on the fly yet, but that's the part I'm most looking forward to. Will definitely try something along these lines. Thanks again!

imperial amber sounds interesting...at the same time, i'm not sure i'm looking to go for a BIG beer. my kegerator is empty currently and would like something with a fairly quick turn-around just to get something back on tap, then go for a bigger brew...i will look into that style though. any...

I am looking to brew an all-grain batch this weekend and I need a little inspiration. By the time it will be ready it will be near the end of October at least, so I'm just looking to brew a good all around cold weather beer. The wife's not a big fan of stouts and I don't want to go with...

So I just brewed up the following recipe, my second all-grain brew. 5.5lbs 2 Row 4 lbs White Wheat 1 lb Munich 0.5 lbs Caramel 40 0.5 oz Tettnang @45min 1 oz Czech Saaz @30min 1 oz Cascade @ flame out 0.5 oz Czech Saaz @ flame out 1.5 oz Orange peel @ 5min We're considering dry...

Used wyeast American ale ii...fermentation temps were around 68 consistently.

I brewed a Black IPA extract kit from northern brewer...primaried for a little under 4 weeks then transferred to the keg and chilled to carb up. It's been in there almost a week and has a very strong alcohol flavor. OG was 1.075. Will it mellow and age even though its cold? Should I warm it up...

For mine, I just let the coffee steep overnight in the fridge, then pressed it into a pot. I then added the priming sugar directly to the coffee and boiled for ~5 minutes to sanitize (just used the coffee instead of water here). This does change the flavor of the coffee a bit, so you might...

thanks for all the replies....I think I've got it now. Efficiency is definitely my main concern....I have some extra light DME on hand...if I take a pre-boil gravity reading and it's really low, do I just add the DME then?

OK, so this weekend we will be brewing our first all grain batch. it's a pale ale kit from northern brewer and looks like this: 10lbs Rahr 2-row 0.75lbs Briess Caramel 60 0.75 oz Chinook (45min) 0.75 oz German Perle (20min) 2 oz Cascade (0min) Safale US-05 It calls for a Sacch'...

So, here I am, 5 extract batches in and I am dying to start doing all-grain. I have everything I need but have a question regarding my home-made mash tun. I made it out of a rectangular cooler using a ball valve and my "filter" system is made of the stainless steel mesh tube from a water...

don't pour it out...it will probably be fine. i've never had a problem, so i'm just going off what i've heard from others, but my guess is, as with everything else in homebrewing, it'll probably be fine. and don't dump.

over time will degrade the taste of the beer. ends up tasting like wet cardboard. mmmmm

i was worried about sanitation too. what i ended up doing was boiling some cold-brewed coffee to see how it changed the flavor. i liked the outcome -- a little more roasty than before boiling, but not a huge difference, so i ended up dissolving my priming sugar in about 8 cups of coffee on...