Recent content by M8tor

Tapped the keg last night...Wow! I roasted 10 jalapenos on the grill. Added five of the peppers the last 15 minutes of the boil. Quartered the other five and put them in the freezer seeds and all. After two weeks in the primary I racked the beer then added all of the frozen peppers to...

I usually use 2 fresh packages of dry yeast without starter for a 5 gallon batch. I've occasionally pitched onto a yeast cake. After reading through this thread, I decided to use about a cup of the previous yeast cake to brew a second similar batch of beer this past weekend. The explanation...

I would use gelatin. If you are kegging, add gelatin after the keg has chilled for a day or two. Then add the gelatin and carbonate as usual. If bottling, either add the gelatin to the secondary 2-3 days before bottling. I suppose you could add to the bottling bucket and teh beer will clear...

I've used Gelatin on my last three batches. I put the beer n the keg and then let sit in the fridge overnight. That lets the chill haze develop. I then add the gelatin directly to the keg and carbonate. Really clears the beer up nice and I think makes for a crisper cleaner taste. My first...

I agree with one week prior to bottling/kegging. No matter how long you it in the secondary you just wait til the week before you bottle and add the hops. I find that if you leave them in too long you lose some a lot of the aroma which is the reason for dry hopping. I just dry hopped a...