Will do, I'm a bit nervous already. Yesterday while brewing i didn't calculate my temp drop while doughing in so it was only around 145 until i added some heated water and finally got it up to 150. And then my OG came to 1.056, not sure how that's going to effect it. And finally i used Wyeast...
It's been awhile on this thread but how did your recipe come out Redbeard? Definitely one of my favorite beers and very hard to get down here in the Tampa area. When they had it at Total Wine some dude went in and bought every bottle they had. They said they are going to limit it to one bottle a...
Glad to hear that the fermentation goes pretty quick with this one. This was the first time I've used it, i brewed Sunday and it was churning good by Monday morning. Added a blow off tube just in case so i wouldn't come home to a mess and by Tuesday it was stagnant. I'm gonna let it sit til the...
Hey, I know this post is a few years old but I tried brewing this one this past weekend. But I'm concerned with the yeast. I hydrated it before pitching and it started out fine but after 3 days it has gone stagnant. I'm gonna give it a week and take a sample to see where my FG is at. Hopefully...
Just finished this one up yesterday and I'm a little concerned. I took a pre-boil OG and it was at 1.070 which was close enough for me but then i took a post boil reading and it was at 1.092. Now there was a lot of sediment in this one after the boil form all the cocoa and hops but that' nuts...
I definitely recommend transferring this one to a secondary fermenter. The keg went dry this week and there was a couple inches of sediment in the bottom that should have been beer. This was also the first time I've used gelatin to clean up my beer. Is that sediment from the gelatin separating...
I used vanilla extract as well and I went with 2 ounces because I read it somewhere on this thread. Thought it was going to be over powering at first with the first sip but after a week in 5 he keg it's mellowed out now. Mine came out to 8.9% and I used gelatin to clear things up. Awesome brew!!!
Just killed 2 hours at work reading this thread....don't tell the boss. Really hoping my temp controller shows up in the mail by Friday so I can brew this weekend. I've never made a yeast starter so I'm planning on using 2 packs of Safale S-04 for a 5 gallon batch, will that work? Also planning...
I'm actually moving to the St Pete area this summer from Panama City Beach. Are there any clubs or HBS on that side of the bridge?
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