Hello group, Just wanted to share a couple of meads I started yesterday afternoon. After I finished bottling up a German Marzen Oktoberfest beer, I began...
I will keep all informed. If anyone wishes other recipies (beer mostly) go to my blog, or yahoo group, I have them listed in an earlier blog, as well as on our...
Granted I have only been brewing for about 1 year, but I swear I have never seen this before....cold anyone tell me why all the water from my airlock keeps...
Basically, you are correct. There is a partial vacuum in the carboy. The less head space you have in the carboy the less this will occur as there will be less...
... That's good advice. Another alternative is a weak SO2 solution, though that runs the risk of over sulfiting if you are too sloppy. jdl...
Jon Loeliger
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Jul 8, 2007 6:30 pm
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While it requires an equipment change, I like these little buggers. http://www.homebrewers.com/c=BGJa8UY3VgZNuUDswCqlz9nvM/product/FFE479# Pull-back is not an...
yep, I highly recommend them (I use them pretty much exclusively) technically not as sanitary as airlocks, but I have never had a problem using them and they...
Hey all, I have a question about temperature possibly ruining a batch of home made beer. I started making my first batch of beer and everything went well...
Did you taste it? It depends on the yeast, but usually hi temps lead to more esters (good or bad depending on the beer style you are shooting for) and I think...
The last time I tasted it was after I had racked to the secondary and it had been there for a day or two it was fine. Fermentation seems complete based on...
Oh yeah, and as soon as get home I'll be transferring to a corney keg and force carbonating and can put it in a fridge as soon as needed. Thanks for the...
So.. does that mean my beer is basically ruined? It was basically done fermenting and will be left in pretty warm temps out of direct sunlight for about 4 1/2...
Cool, well I'm out of town and going to be buying the keg stuff for it and force carbonate with c02 and we'll see how it goes! WORST case scenario in 10-14...
while we're on the topic of beer, can anyone give me the rundown on making a beer from malt extract? Is it like making mead where all you have to do is make...
Basically malt extract is a short cut. Someone has already taken the base malts and mashed them and then freeze dried the results. You will stir in your malt ...
would you mind explaining the "steeping of specialty grains" part? Does the malt extract need to be exposed to grains to pick up the flavor of the grain ...
Malt extract consists of what most brewers call "base" grain. Base grains are used primarily for their sugar producing qualities, they have very little flavor...
Lukoffbooks, I started brewing in the winter. Temp was not a problem. I moved into a new place in the beginning of summer in "sunny" Wa. I brew quite often...
I brew a drink called apple pie, I'm sure most of you if not all have heard of. The last batch I brewed people said I added to much cinnamon, one person said...
if its done fermenting , high temps along with yeast at tolerance would likely contribute more to lysing of the yeast. whether thats good or bad again...
To answer your question: depending on what you are using for cinnamon flavoring--candy oil, redhots, actuall cinnamon bark, etc--I would just use less. If...
So I decided to attempt a chocolate mead as per the recipie by Lord Rhys. I recently racked it, and noticed it did not have much of a chocolate taste...
