Archive for October, 2006
My worries were alleviated today when I racked my oatmeal stout off to the secondary fermenter. From the gravity reading of 1.020, I was able to deduce that my original gravity was right on track, a little bit low,…
October 28th, 2006 | Posted in Sweet Stout | No Comments
[ This was pulled from the forums on www.homebrewtalk.com in this post. Thanks to Ed for the recipe.]
It’s very simple to make.
5 Gallons of Tree Top Apple Juice from Costco
2 pounds of Dextros (corn Sugar)
1 packet Dry Montrachet Wine yeast
1.…
October 25th, 2006 | Posted in Recipe | No Comments
Its is brew day and batch number five is under way. I decided to try a 90 minute boil this time around–the longer boil will reduce the amount of DMS that ends up in my beer.
I bagged up the 1…
October 25th, 2006 | Posted in Sweet Stout | No Comments
I have selected a nice Oatmeal stout recipe for my next brew. I figure that this sweet stout is going to be very drinkable even on cold days.
I was all ready to brew this last weekend when I discovered I…
October 16th, 2006 | Posted in Sweet Stout | No Comments
1 oz Tequila
1 oz Light Rum
1 oz Beefeater gin
1 oz Tripple Sec
1/2 Grenedine
1/2 Fresh squeezed limon
Soda Water
This cocktail was created in the spirit of the long island ice tea. The liquour combination generates a very strong drink without the bite…
October 14th, 2006 | Posted in Mixed Drinks | No Comments
This is a sweet stout recipe provided by the Homebrew Pro Shoppe of Olathe, KS. Sweet stouts are characturized by an bittering unit to gravity unit ratio of 0.5. ( Read about this in Ray Daniel’s Designing Great Beers)
Staring Gravity: 1.050…
October 14th, 2006 | Posted in Recipe, Sweet Stout | No Comments
I am building up quite a nice bar and my latest addition was a 1.5 liter bottle of Knob Creek whisky (aged 9 years). This bottle will cost you about 30 dollars but it is well worth the price. Knob…
October 13th, 2006 | Posted in The hard stuff, Whiskey | No Comments
Your boil time and the rate at which you cool the wort post-boil will certainly affect the outcome of your beer. Whenever your wort is above 150 degrees F, an unpleasant-tasting chemical compound called DMS is generated. DMS tastes like…
October 13th, 2006 | Posted in Brewer's Post, brewing beer | No Comments
Good question. White labs has some suggestions. I haven’t tried using anything but dry American yeast so far, but I hear these strains come up now and then. This is a good reference.
October 12th, 2006 | Posted in brewing beer, yeast | No Comments
Looking at the calendar, I notice that I better start thinking about getting another brew started if I am going to make it in time for Thanksgiving. I have never tried one, nor have I heard of commerical example of…
October 7th, 2006 | Posted in Brewer's Post | No Comments