Recent content by johnny_dove

Hahaha, yes I was thinking about Breaking Bad when first considering wearing a mask. Btw, I will ask my surf buddies if they want to have a combined brew and surf session. One of them has a 100 litre pot that is fired by wood that we could set up by the parking lot at the local surf spot. Surf...

Yes something like this should work http://www.achooallergy.com/mask-allerg ... r-mask.asp . Will probably get a bit warm with all the steam. Should probably still brew outside so I can take mask of when I am done without waiting for steam and dust to clear.

I have chronic sinus problems and every time I kite-surf or brew beer it seems that I get a sinus infection. Very annoying since they are my two top hobbies. Thought it was the hops but it seems it could be the malt dust? I went to the local brew club's brew session two weeks ago, had planned to...

Yes one expects vacuum packaged stuff that are guaranteed to 2014 to be ok. Interesting to see how it goes. Explains why the newest batches are more expensive8-)

Had them in room temp storage for a month. But store all hops in my freezer these days, opened and new packages alike. Who knows how it was stored in the shop...

I brew biab. I think you are ready to go for it. Interested in extract brewing for days i don't have time for ag brewing. Maybe I missed something, says you added 1 kg of dme after taking out your steeped crystal malt? When did you add the rest? Does all dme need boiling? Or can you boil some...

Yes, and storage temperature and degradation rate of each hop variety. It's under tools.

Says the batch is from 2011. Brewers gold 8 % aa. Original vacuum packaging from the shop. Guaranteed quality to 2014. Just used for a batch. BUT now I found this tool in Beersmith. Hop age degradation tool. Calculates the hops as virtually useless... Could it be so? Will my bitter ale be very...

Gotta say though, even if the airlock is not as good a gauge as a hydrometer, strange to have the activity stop completely after 2 days. Unlikely to get a sudden leak...Eerie silence:-?

Yes, sounds good, was planning to do some dry hopping anyway. Will see on Monday what the reading gives. Am expecting an FG of 1008 (Beersmith.) Got 1007 last time i used notty.

Thanks, I have a hydrometer. (OG 1042). That's what I meant when I asked if I should be opening up and taking a sample or wait for 10 days then open up. Sorry for being unclear.

Pitched a pack of Nottingham yeast in 23 l wort that was a bit cold. This was Monday evening. Maybe 13-14 c. The thermometer raised to 19c after a few hours. But no activity in the airlock after 15 h. I didn't want to risk infection so I opened up another pack of yeast, some safale 04, and...

What about dark ale malt as opposed to brown ale malt? Is that leaving burnt taste / astringency? Needs lagering before drinking? Says it is a base malt so I suppose it needs mashing and can not be merely cold steeped.

Thanks guys, looking at making something like a northern English brown ale with 30 ibus of ekg fuggles or first gold. Then take half the batch and turn into a cascadian dark ale just using different hops perhaps 45 ibus. Centennial and cascade. By the way, i heard that many of the specialty...

Planning to make some brown ale. Not sure how to go about the malt bill. I have some biscuit malt, brown ale malt, caramel malt, maris otter pale and munich. The brown ale malt can be used up to 30% of the malt bill according to the dealer's web site. Cara up to 10%, biscuit up to 15% etc...