Recent content by Ryfi

I usually boil blondes for 90 mins. Drives of DMS and makes them more tender...

I've had problems where I created phenolics from sparging with water that was too hot, not adjusted below 6.0 pH or a combination of the two. Do you acidify your sparge water? If you are using it untreated and sparging with 8.9 pH water that could be the problem. When the pH goes above 6.0 it...

Hell yeah! I wish you the best of luck. If you are ever in the Catskill Mountains in NY stop by Hammo's Brewpub and Lodge and ask for Ryan. BTW what is the name of your new venture?

I took that ride. I started my pro brewing career by taking a chef/brewmaster position at the brewpub I am at. I hope you like long hours. I used to average 80 hr weeks between keeping the kitchen and taps running. Needless to say I burned out very quickly. Within 6 months. So, I took a pay...

This is not a tested recipe but it is a good starting point 8 lb light DME 1 lb wheat DME .5 oz warrior boil 60 1 oz columbus boil 30 2 oz citra whirlpool 30 mins 2 oz galaxy whirlpool 30 mins 2 oz mosaic whirlpool 30 mins 1 oz citra dryhop 6 days 1 oz galaxy dryhop 6 days 1 oz mosaic dryhop 6...

Before going pro I was brewing 10 gallon batches using an 8 gallon MLT with HERMs coil and a 15 gallon boil kettle. I would mash inside on the kitchen counter with the HLT / HERMs on the stove. To control the temp of the mash I used a ball valve to bend the wort going though the coil with wort...

It's a nice idea but if you whirlpool and let the trub settle you are probably gonna get the same results

If you don't already do it...start out with passing around samples of the raw materials. Have some samples ready of a base grain, a crystal grain, a dark grain and encourage people to eat them. Have a few different hop verities (ones that are as different as possible) have the guests rub them...

I think that one is supposed to attach to the compressor. Just make sure you have a ground going to both motors( compressor and fan).

I have made a strawberry blonde twice. The first time without pectin enzyme and the second time with. Both were hazy but the second one had a better mouth feel as I found the first one thick. I did not notice any difference in flavor. The second batch was served at my wedding and no one...

Just heard an ad on the radio for a pub a couple towns over advertising their selection of ICE COLD craft beer.

I realize this isn't much help at the moment but if you can get your hands on some calypso hops they tend to have a grape aroma

At the bottle shop waiting for a co2 refill. Girl: "I know this is a weird question but do you have and non alcoholic gluten free beer?" Worker: "If we did it would be back there "(pointing to the gluten free section) She looks around for a minute then asks another worker. Worker 2 with puzzled...

Nupt-ale (nuptials)

It sounds like off gassing to me since the FG isn't changing or isn't drastically changing. Off gassing can occur when temps and barometric pressure change.