Recent content by wingnutjr

exactly what matt said, not enough vanilla, im going to be adding vanilla beans to mine. I finished a chai beer recipe a few weeks ago with vanilla beans and it gave me a hint of a innis and gunn flavor. So I would really ease off on the oaking maybe 50 grams of chips soaked in bourbon.

To use or not to use, that is the question. I just finished bottling my first brew over the weekend and I noticed significant loss due to trub on the bottom of my carboy. Just wondering anyone who's had experience using both methods pitching hops with a bag or just directly into your wort if it...

bottled yesterday the only regret is using the whiskey soaked oak chips, will have to do some experiments with something else, it was WAY too oakey/whiskey smelling, not a bad brew but not exactly what I was looking for. we'll see in a week or two how it feels after carbing.

Ill be doing a double brew as well, Chai spice beer for the wife and American Pale Ale for friends.

I had a 5 gallon pot, upgraded to 10 gal, save myself from another boil over lol

Sorry Ace, it was this recipe 13lbs UK 2-row 1.25lbs Caramel 60L 0.25lbs Chocolate Malt 1.50 oz East Kent Golding 5% 60 mins Boil Wyeast # 1728 Scottish Ale 2 oz of Bourbon Soaked Oak Chips for 10 days in Secondary . I just racked it to a secondary yesterday did a sample for my hydrometer had a...

Very nice! Are you setting that up with a keg system?

Fairly new to brewing, so far I've got 1 batch under my belt but I see many many more in the future! Any other Hamilton area brewers out there?

Well I completed my first brew last weekend and the brewing bug has bit. With warmer climates coming soon Id like to get a bunch of batches done for summer until I can save up for a freezer conversion to brew in the summer. Just wondering if I am brewing 2 different batches would it be ideal to...

My first brew was a clone of innis and gunn, you could google the recipe it was interesting and fun. I have 100g of oak chips soaking in whisky right now waiting to be pitched when I rack to my secondary.

Its WAY darker than I thought it would be but here's my fermenting brew from the recipe.

not sure if headspace is an issue, but I just did my first AG brew today and as soon as my wort started to boil, boom massive overflow, so I may look into a bigger brew kettle, mine is 5.5 gal now.

Brewed my first AG brew well any brew in fact today. Innis and Gunn clone, only major hiccup was a boil over but other than that went pretty smooth and hit 1.055 OG we shall see how it turns out!

Well I was a few weeks late cause my LHBS gave me the wrong fittings/work schedule but It came out nice minus a boil over, hit my OG at 1.05! well see how it turns out in 4 weeks!! Thanks again everyone your tips came in handy

I hear ya, I have a stainless ball valve and parts, but the owner at my LHBS gave me a kettle conversion kit even tho I asked for a cooler so the stainless nipple is smaller than what I need and I have tons of brass ones here at work but I wasn't sold on using the brass. Appreciate the input! :mug: