Recent content by Proudfoot

I've been having a lot of problems past year or so with my beers turning sour (also crazy over-carbonating so I'm thinking some sort of wild yeast contamination). After several batches got ruined, I decided to throw away my plastic buckets and bought glass carboy and new tubes and everything...

This topic seemed to fit my question quite accurately. There is literally no crystal 40 malt here in Finland and I would have to order abroad to get it. Local maltster has crystal 60 malt which is of course a lot cheaper. It's also quite easy to get German caramalts Carahell (~10L) and Carared...

Thanks again. I think I will go with Nugget. If I don't like it..well then I know. :) I am familiar with Centennial/Cascade combo and I'm happy with it. I would like to try something a bit different but still something that would be considered American style (They're so damn expensive here so...

Thanks for quick replies. Cannot get Tomahawk etc. at the moment. So Magnum would work? As an aroma hop? I would use it on 10 and 0 minute additions with Cascade. I am using Magnum anyway for bittering...

Hey! I am looking for substitute for Columbus hop. I am aware of few substitute charts but am not sure what hop would be best for aroma/flavor additions and partner with Cascade for pale ale. I have for example Magnum, Northern Brewer, Citra and Nugget. I am thinking about Nugget but not sure...

I'll up this because it's so close to what I'm asking so here it goes... I brewed an Amarillo / Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale and it is going to get some dryhops tomorrow and now I've been having a second thoughts about amounts... Here's the recipe so far (Sorry about weird amounts - i'm european...

My friend asked me to brew something to their wedding party, something not too "difficult" and I ended up brewing Centennial blonde. Doing it for very first time and using 5L minikegs for first time also, so I am a bit nervous. Carbonation will be on low side (3.5g/L) since people kept telling...

Whoa! I think my amber ale is ruined. Never seen anything like this before! Have you? Strange though, it doesn't smell bad..completely normal.

Thanks! Here in Finland there is virtually nothing in organic but I found organic munich from Sweden so I think I will try adding 2-4% munich as suggested. Thanks for the tip about longer boil time also! I probably do multirest mash also, not the usual single infusion..

Hello, I'm brewing IPA, using only organic ingredients and cannot find organic pale malt but got organic pilsner. So I was thinking should I consider adding something to balance my brew, since i have not used pilsner malt that much before. I am not sure if the difference is noticiable (using...

Greetings! I got an idea of making a nice "warming" beer for Christmas and I guess it would be good to get it going sooner rather than later. Only problem is that I haven't really made darker (& perhaps a bit stronger) beer before, which would be nice to have at christmas time. Especially...