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Cool brew cave. I am envious Do you use the upper room for brewing?

Really cool! I have wanted to build a kayak using that tech. Here is one I built a few years ago using a George Dyson Baidarka design: It has a aluminum tube frame covered with nylon skin.

From RR web site: Pliny the Elder & Blind Pig IPA Bottled Well, we finally have run every piece of equipment in the new brewery, actually, we bottled Damnation a couple of weeks ago on our new (used) filler at the new brewery, but, things get a lot more exciting when you fill bottles with...

Just a clarification: I add hop tea, Vinnie dry hops. I heard him talking about using hop tea in a podcast on the Brewing Network, but I an not aware that he does anything but dry hop his beers. According to Vinnie, adding gelatin prior to adding hops keeps the hop flavor not getting all...

Here you go…. Generally, I rack the beer out of fermentation into Corney kegs, add the hop tea and gelatin all at the same time. I sanitize everything but the screen with Starsan. I sanitize the screen with the boiling water that I will use for the tea. I let the water cool to around 170f and...

Dry hopping or using the Hot French Randall creates a haze and a bit of grassy flavor. The French press and the gelatin both use hot water, so I combine both into one procedure. It adds the hop flavor/aroma and clarifies at the same time. On the issue of amount, I quickly found that this...

I made another Double IPA about three weeks ago and I dry hopped in last week with the Hot French Randall. I added gelatin with the tea and it was fit to drink in about three days. I have cut down to ¾-1 ounce of hops for 10 gallon batches. I have been serving it almost daily and I really like...

Hops are doing pretty nice. I planted a total of 44 rhizomes. Some I have had to replace with new ones. All of the big ones are Jumbos.

I added gelatin with the hop tea and I sped the process up quite a bit. It took about two days to finish out the beer. I drew a couple of pints of cloudy-green sediment off the bottom of the keg, and everything after that was hoppy goodness.

Depending on how much hops you used, you may need to use gelatin to clarify. I get pretty impatient and like the beer to be clear fast. My next experiment will be to add the hop tea and the gelatin at the same time. I just finished a batch of Double IPA that turned out great with hop tea...

I was in the RR last week and Vinnie said that new brewery was designed to allow for distribution. The current brew pub is just too small to keep up with demand. The good thing is that the folks at RR are committed to quality and when they do distribute, it will be good.

This beer finished in three days on Nottingham. No pics, I ferment in a Sankey keg: Light DIPA Late Hop Imperial IPA Type: All Grain Date: 2/6/2008 Batch Size: 10.00 gal Brewer: Boil Size: 11.25 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: BREWTREE- 15 Gallon Brewing...

I think that this yeast is also good because of it's vigorous fermentation. As a home brewer, battling contamination is key to good clean beer. Nottingham's ability to get started so fast gives the yeast a head start on any possible wild yeasts or bacteria.

I just brewed this beer below. I had a professional brewer (Don Barclay) set up my grain bill for a light colored amber beer with a full-grain flavor. My beer has a grain profile similar to this beer: http://www.mendobrew.com/brews/red_tail.html It looks like you are using about double the...

I have been using Nottingham in my double IPS's exclusively for quite a while. Getting a huge beer to finish dry requires either a HUGE starter of liquid yeast or a huge performing yeast. Since I have been using Nottingham, I have given up liquid yeast. Last week I made my Double IPA with a OG...

My poor attempt at humor. Dry, refreshing and tasty. Not cheap.

Type: All Grain Date: 2/6/2008 Batch Size: 12.00 gal Brewer: Boil Size: 11.25 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: BREWTREE- 15 Gallon Brewing System Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 Taste Notes: Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU...

I use whole hops all of the time. However, my favorite house brew is a triple IPA that has an OG of 1.110 and uses nearly two pounds of hops in the kettle. I use a false bottom and a Sure Screen over my pickup tube. It keeps the flow from the kettle free from clogging. Additionally, I put the...

My last few batches were around thirty minutes. The color did not change much after around fifteen or so. I just used whole hops because that's what I had on hand. I don't see how pellets would not work as well or better. Give it a go. It is OK to start small and add more later. This technique...

My original thought was I could replace the late-boil and dry-hop additions with just the Hot French Randall technique. Well, it did not give the same flavor and hops in the late-boil. It seems to just seems to impart the same flavor as dry-hopping, just with with less hops. The only...