Recent content by sross

So it seems one of people who writes the recipes in the group I work with lost our sheet with all of the hop addition times on it. We also had another beer that we brewed in the mean time that might of had hops in it that were actually supposed to be used for this beer. Our problem is that we...

i want to make more test batches and also more variety. if i screw up a beer i don't have to throw out 5 gallons of beer which would be nice. i also can use my small cooler as a mash ton and boil the small batch on an electric stove in a pot.

I am planning on making smaller batches that will be around 2 gallons instead of 5 which i usually do. I am not very knowledgable about yeast and am wondering how to measure out the correct amount of yeast for the small 2 gallon batches. I have no idea where to begin. I am used to just dropping...

After brewing lighter ales for a while, me and my friend have decided to try something new and make an oatmeal chocolate stout. I have a couple questions though pertaining to making it. 1. How much bakers chocolate should i add to the 5 gallon batch while it is in secondary? Do i break the...

it was an all grain batch that was around 5 gallons and had 20 pounds of grain. We did one sparge and it was still running very dark. There is 6 ounces of hops in it! We added a lot of hops to it in order to balance out with the extreme maltiness.

Hey i was trying to make a super high gravity ale but as soon as we measured the gravity around 1069 or about 7.9% abv. We want to bump up the alcohol content of the batch because the amount of hops that we added seems overwhelming compared to alcohol content. Would it seem like a good idea to...

So we had some trouble getting the gravity up and it seems that we were only able to get about 7.8% which is not very good. Any suggestions on what to do to bump up the gravity? I am debating putting 2 to 4 pounds of brown sugar in the beer during secondary. The beer is waaaaaaay too hoppy for...

I am wonder at what ABV does a beer have to be in order for it to age well. I am planning on doing a strong ale that is anywhere from 8 to 10 percent abv. It will not be a barley wine! tell me if I should go higher.

hurray! I am now going to use star san for everything and not be so crazy about rinsing the stuff off.

I have been brewing for a while now and I have been very vigilant with sanitation. I normally use no rinse sanitizer but have no time for it to dry so I end up thoroughly washing all of my equipment until there are no bubbles and or that slippery feeling. What seems odd though is that on the...

It is that time again to brew a new recipe. This time around I am looking to do a nice and simple pale ale. The recipe i wrote is is simple and I i feel like I can count of the forum to critique it and say if anything seems like a grave mistake in brewing this. So the recipe goes like this...

the style i am making is peach hefewiezen. it needs about another week or so in the fermenter.

So I was recently gifted a mini kegerator from a friend's dad who knows i like beer and brewing. he really didn't like using it so i was gifted it. knowing that there is a small market for 5 liter mini kegs out there (Heineken and Dab) i am wondering if i can re use the kegs and fill them with...

hey i got a simple question. i don't have any priming sugar at my house and i am in no mood to go out and buy some. can regular sugar that you can buy for 99 cents a bag at the grocery store be used instead? also are there different ratios for adding it to a 5+ gallon brew?

The plan as of now is to buy some really ripe peaches puree them and then freeze them i am putting in about 6 and a half pounds in. We are about to go to the brew store. If i ever have any questions from now on about my brews i will be sure to ask everyone again.