Recent content by portlandbeergeek

But aren't bocks lagers; this one calls for an ale yeast. And i've got the ingredients all set for making his beer tomorrow, whatever it might be called.

Ah, wish I had seen this post earlier! I ended up planting my phony hops. Hopefully a good year of their ornamental-ness will be enough to appease the wife before they mysteriously die. Have three rhizomes in the ground from Main St. but only one has popped out of the ground so far. Was just...

haven't been on HBT much in the last year, but I have made three 6 gallon batches in that year! 20,019+18=20,037

i did a saison with acid malt a couple years back. sounded like a good idea at the time, but just 4 ounces in five gallons left a notable mark that wasn't very desirable. Better late than never i suppose!

so, my wife just came home with two of these Sunbeam hops.... has anyone brewed with 'em, and should we take the plants back?

Brewing this one tomorrow! Just curious...haven't read the entire thread, has anyone attempted this with a true sour mash? That's my intention this weekend. And now it seems to be pushing the two year mark, where i'm at on my first ever sour/brett/lambic experiment. Still got the pellicle...

I'd up the IBU's, but then again I've only made this once and instead of dry hopping I added some oak chips. The bitterness is there, but I had the real deal for the first time in a year or so just a couple of weeks ago and I think with the higher OG of this recipe that some extra bittering...

well i went and did what i too often do, i added an extra ounce of No.Brewer for sixty minutes (in addition to the FWH) as well as an extra half ounce willamette at 45 minutes. Think i may be bordering on an IPA with the extra three pounds of MO I also used. Started out at 1.064. Ah well, i...

Orfy, your Hobgoblin recipe was excellent, i'll be brewing this one tomorrow!

mine's still got a thin layer of what looks like mold. It was much worse before racking out of primary. I just assumed that's what Brett does? I'm not worried :-)

How big is your kettle? You'll need a fairly large kettle to brew AG, especially this recipe with all that volume pre-boil. You may want to look into building a picnic cooler mash tun (or mash tun design of your choice) before diving into AG. It'll be very hard to both mash and boil in the...

If you're asking me, mine's still sitting in secondary. Er....third-ary to be exact. My brew sat on some oak chips for a couple weeks in secondary before being racked again. I'm in no rush to bottle, though my only concern is not having enough yeast to carbonate in the bottle. I may very...

I've oaked this recipe and it is awesome!!! Your homebrew shop should sell oak chips, probably in 4 oz and/or one pound quantities. It's really more of a wine-related thing, so look in the wine making section at your LHBS. After primary fermentation is done, rack your beer into secondary as...

Awesome thread! I've been brewing with straight tap water for the past few months, and haven't noticed much of a difference than my brews with salts added. I've heard PDX water is very soft, but not quite as soft as Pilsen water. I'm about to pull my first decoction on a straight-up Pilsner...

Just got 7 packs in the mail in return for three, all in less than a month from sending them back!