Recent content by manatron

sweet tip, guys! thanks! will try this with our latest batch.

It would be cool to have a tasting somewhere if possible in the future - or a "brew swap" maybe? I'm in Hamilton but make it up to Toronto frequently. (lived there for a few years)

Haha, rad labels. Great brewery name!

Hey there - I'm a Graphic Designer (and fellow Home Brewer!) that works a lot with logo work. Here's the brewery logo & labels I made for our own home brewery & a shirt design mockup because I also own a screen printing press and plan on printing shirts for us and some friends/family. The...

Niiiice. Thanks for the heads up pgordon80! I'll update the thread after we're all said & done and let you know how it turned out!

Thanks guys! I had read up on recipes that state adding 4oz extract to a 5 gallon batch was very powerful - since we're doing a 1 gallon batch I figured I would just do a 1/2oz addition. The smokiness from the smoked beachwood malt came through quite a bit while we were brewing - I'm hoping to...

So my fiancé & I have been wanting to try our hand at homebrewing for awhile now and today we took our first plunge! A few weeks ago we ordered the supplies from a few different online brewshop's and picked up the grain kits from Brooklyn BrewShop for our first attempt. We choose the Smoked...

Thanks! I'll definitely check it out :D

I'm female - new to brewing too but I've been a Chef for 10 years and this was always on my bucket list for things to get into. Last summer I spent my time on BBQ & Ice Cream making! This year was Sausages & Brewing. I'm from Ontario, Canada - as far as I know there is a thriving craft...

I do Stuffed Potato Skins. Just bake potatoes in the oven (tossed with oil, salt & pepper) till cooked through, slice in half horizontally (while potato is still laying on trays) & scoop out filling. Pop the skins back into the oven to crisp up a bit and mash your potato filling like mashed...

I too am starting using Brooklyn Brew Shoppe's kit and I can't wait till this Thursday when it's my day off so I can brew! I'm lucky as my background makes it easy for me to adapt to recipes - so I'm trying my hand at two batches (Smoked Wheat (came with the kit) and a Hazelnut Honey Brown that...

Hi from Hamilton, ON - I'm an All Grain Brewing Newbie about to brew my first two batches. A Smoked Wheat Ale & a Hazelnut Honey Brown - 1 Gallon batches to start. I'm a Chef and have been interested in brewing for the past few years... looking forward to tapping into this great group resource...