Recent content by thespiff

Hey all, I made a stout recently that I am very happy with and would like to enter in a local comp. However, I am struggling with how to correctly categorize it according to current BJCP guidelines. I'm curious if anyone here has some advice? Recipe and taste notes follow... 9.5LB Pilsner...

I just had this issue after adjusting the gap on my barley crusher. I was able to resolve it by loosening the screws slightly on the non-driven roller. During my adjustment somehow the non-driven roller was tightened to the point that it didn't spin freely. It was still spinnable but there...

I've been through this on another thread. I also BIAB and see lower efficiency with high amounts of wheat (though in this old post I was still doing single infusion, batch sparge in a homemade cooler MLT)...

Well I am still waiting for my Lager X vial. Talked to customer service 4 weeks ago and they said they would send it out and I'd receive it the following week. 2 weeks went by and I e-mailed again to indicate I still don't have it. Radio silence since.

It's a bummer. Lagers for me require some planning since I primary in my kegerator. I try to leave a gap in my pipeline rather than pull kegs. Plus with these tiny little WL pitches I need time to build up an appropriate starter. Then find a free weekend. At this point I'm gonna probably...

Hmmm I am still waiting on mine. Had to reschedule my MLK day brew. No e-mail updates or anything. Maybe it will show up this week?

Pre-ordered via the WL yeast vault. It recently crossed the threshold for them to make a batch of it...

I haven't used it before, but I'm going to do a pretty straightforward german lager with mine. 50/50 split of Weyermann Pale and Munich I, plus 1/3LB of Carapils. Hop to ~25 IBUs with Spalt or something else from the Noble family. I'm tempted to try a Schwarzbier, but I want to rebrew my last...

I'm considering adding some peated malt to an Irish Red recipe that already has a pretty complicated malt bill (at least by my standards). This is an interesting conversation, as I'm not really sure how much to use. I was thinking 8oz in a 5 gallon batch, which is 3.5% of the grist, but I...

Man, I did cooler mashtun for 2 years, probably 20+ batches. Then I said what the heck, let's buy one of those brew bags and try out some stovetop 2.5 gal batches. That was 6 brews ago and my mashtun hasn't left the shelf in my basement since. It won't come out again, even for 5-gallon...

Nah that's just fine. If you hunt around for some of the forum posts on cloning Hunahpu/Marshal Zhukov's you'll see they all finish even higher than yours, pushing 1.040. If you check out the stat sheet for that beer... https://cigarcitybrewing.com/beer/marshal-zhukovs/?age-verified=e0b9dc4a57...

I have settled on a pretty consistent grain bill for my NE-style IPAs. This ratio works well for me in "session" level IPAs up through Imperials (for over 8% ABV I do sometimes boost with table sugar though) 77% Pilsner or 2-row 10% Malted Wheat 10% Quaker Oats 3% Caramunich or 60L Caramel...

I made the Kiwi Express kit last year and I was really pleased with the results. Got it off a friend who decided he didn't want to brew it. I added 2 more lbs of base malt and a 0.5lb of table sugar to boost the ABV up to 7% but made no other modifications. It definitely had a nice lime flavor...

First of all, as another commenter noted, you are not lagering during fermentation. Lagering means cold storage of beer for a long period of time after fermentation is complete. Secondly, your process is pretty complicated for a 101. Me, I ferment at the recommended temp for the yeast, then...

Hey Guys, About 2.5 months ago I brewed a Hunahpu/Zhukov clone based on recipes in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=406876 It's spent the last 5 weeks aging in a fresh whiskey barrel and I plan to bottle it this weekend. ABV is at 10% and FG is 1.042. I have...