Recent content by rolewiii

The dregs in Allagash brews are still bugged, though. Dumped some dregs from Interlude 2015 into this recipe and have had a wicked pellicle for about six months and it smells like red wine. :p

Forgot the photo...

Looking a bit more robust after bringing the temperature up to 70.

How long has it been going?

You can get good results with a 6x9" bag, which is what I use for BBS kits. No need to mess around with a strainer.

Using WLP001 right now (California Ale in a 1.05ish pale ale) and it's producing incredibly clean and virtually no mess of krausen. It's a 3 gallon batch, but I cannot imagine it being scaled disproportionately.

Their priming is based on 1g of beer collected - which you will not get from a one gallon carboy due to trub. I use about .8-.85 oz priming sugar with their batches. I always use a grain bag. If your strainer mesh is to wide - you'll have a chunky boil. If the holes are too narrow - it'll...

Allagash Curieux clone that I decided to dump some Anchorage Whiteout Wit and Allagash Interlude dregs in...this is after only a week or so.

How strong was the StarSan solution? This was what I was thinking of doing just don't want to get any off flavors.

Yeah I am not a proponent of puree. It's really wonked a few of my batches. Curious about this Simcoe comment. I've never used Simcoe but I like Gin. Are they complimentary. I'm wondering what kind of style I could incorporate the two in to.

I'm making a nice little "winter" wheat with kumquats. The primary is just about fermented down, and I'm looking to make it so the kumquats go in without messing it up somehow. I have no vodka in the house right now, but I do have some gin to splash on them. I was thinking on quartering and...

My hose water comes out cold. I hook the wort chiller to the hose, cover the put most of the way with a lid (the wort chiller pushes it up, too) and run it for about 20 minutes to cool. I've never had an infection, if that's what you're worried about. Was talking with my boss about just...

The cocoa powder will give you the best flavor - but it becomes a pain when transferring to secondary and bottling. It never goes away. Go easy on the cinnamon and coffee beans. As the other flavors fade, the cinnamon can get pretty obnoxious with time. Last night I had Schmaltz's Reunion Ale...

Can someone translate 60 days/Primary 80 days/Kegging for me? Currently do not have a kegging setup. I would think 80 days in a secondary with temperature controlled? Thanks.

Sure. Will always take more to sit on.