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  1. jtrentpearson

    RiS - 42.5 Score

    Soft and creamy. It almost coats your mouth.
  2. jtrentpearson

    RiS - 42.5 Score

    We kept it in the primary for a couple weeks then transferred to secondary for 3 months. Both sat at around 65 degrees
  3. jtrentpearson

    RiS - 42.5 Score

    We entered the beer again in the New South Brew Off and it won Best in Show. It's now been aging for almost 2 years.
  4. jtrentpearson

    Beer tastes like meat????

    I had a beer recently that reminded me of salami. they said it was a combination of the smoked malts and simcoe. it was odd but i enjoyed it.
  5. jtrentpearson

    Albany/Burlington Beer Recommendations

    Hill Farmstead if you can. I also enjoy Von Trapp and Zero Gravity.
  6. jtrentpearson

    Need help/advice

    Just noticed this was posted in the wrong spot. It was meant for the normal cider forum, not recipes.
  7. jtrentpearson

    Need help/advice

    So I am making my first batch of cider this weekend and need some advice. I've read some of the threads here but I am still confused about something. I have unpasteurized apple cider but they said it wend through some kind of UV thing. Is this considered pasteurized now? I've read that...
  8. jtrentpearson

    3rd place

    Don't worry about the place. Use the scorecard to improve the beer and try again. 32 is, as others have said, a very good score. I took my RiS from 33 in its first competition to Best in Show at a recent competition in Tennessee. Use the feedback and improve the beer. Cheers.
  9. jtrentpearson

    What do you do with your spent grains?

    Some goes to the chickens, some to the compost and if the dogs are being good boys ill make dog treats out of some.
  10. jtrentpearson

    Which 3 beers?

    Oktoberfest, Munich Dunkle and a RiS
  11. jtrentpearson

    How often do you buy beer as a homebrewer?

    Pretty often. I like to try new things so I can tweak my recipes.
  12. jtrentpearson

    What did you learn from your 1st homebrew competition?

    My first competition is going to be hard to match, I entered 2 styles and placed in both. One got a 38 and one a 42.5. I received great feedback on both and used it to improve the lower scoring beer. I also learned that it is completely subjective.
  13. jtrentpearson

    Choosing Hops

    I started out by looking at recipes and then searching comparable hops, you can really learn a lot that way. Other than that its just a preference thing. I love Fuggle hops in most beers, some people don't. You will learn. Here is a nice website to learn from. https://ychhops.com/
  14. jtrentpearson

    first beer competition

    Congrats! You got very luck here, sometimes you don't get much feedback at all. I entered my RiS this spring and got an incredible score but very minimal feedback. It's hard to improve the beer without feedback. Post the score/recipe if you enter it again.
  15. jtrentpearson

    Brewer's Scale

    https://www.midwestsupplies.com/escali-primo-digital-scale This is what I use. Got them at a local headshop.
  16. jtrentpearson

    PB Milk Stout Recipe

    How does this look? 5.5 gallon batch. 9# 2-Row(US) 1.5# Chocolate 1.0# Caramel/Crystal 60l 1.0# Munich Dark 20L 1.0# Lactose (boil) 12oz Flaked Oats 10oz Flaked Barley 3oz Carafa III 28oz PB2 .5 oz Magnum 60 min 1 oz East Kent Golding 15 min Safale S-04 Mash 60...
  17. jtrentpearson

    Question about cold crashing and bottling

    Thanks for the info. Just to be clear. If I have a beer that is suppose to ferment at 50ish but for the first couple days sat in my 60 degree basement because of lack of space in my fermenting chamber then I would calculate the priming sugar based on 60 degrees?
  18. jtrentpearson

    Question about cold crashing and bottling

    Yes, they bottle condition at about 70. I just bottled my first cold crashed beer and noticed that when trying to calculate the priming sugar needed that it was much lower when the beer was at 40 than it was at 70. just curious if people compensate priming sugar due to temp or adjust temp in...
  19. jtrentpearson

    Question about cold crashing and bottling

    I've recently started to cold crash my beers but noticed that the amount of priming sugar changes significantly when you go to bottle at lower temps. If i cold crash for a few days and then turn the temp on my fermenting chamber up to 70 for a day to get ready for bottling will that affect...
  20. jtrentpearson

    RiS - 42.5 Score

    1.101 og 1.030 fg
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