Search results

  1. L

    brewing smaller batches but higher alcohol for dilution?

    If I understand your question fully, the answer is YES. How to achieve? Look at the recipe builder on this site. Set your Batch Size to the final volume of 19l and the target to Fermentor. Then set your Boil Size to 15l. The recipe builder will do the rest. As you set the amounts of grains...
  2. L

    First all grain

    Just one more comment, and it's a work of advice. Especially with all-grain, taste your wort! :) Smell it, taste it all along the way. Taste when you first add hot water to your mash, taste it after 30 minutes of mashing, when you put it in the boiler, when you put it in primary, secondary...
  3. L

    Brewing with Honey

    I both agree and disagree with Ozarks. Honey adds complexity of flavor (that's where I disagree), but it is subtle (that's where I agree). You'll never notice it in an IPA.
  4. L

    First all grain

    Sorry about the lack of responses. Maybe there are lots of people like me, not knowing exactly what to say. The high mash temperature does not help, but I don't think it would make your wort completely unfermentable. If you have it on hand, and you want to risk another $5 on the project, you...
  5. L

    Brewing with Honey

    Probably too late to be of any help, but I brewed the "White House Honey Ale" recipe, which is one pound of honey for a 5 gallon batch. All I can say is, it tasted kind of bitter and "murky" after a month in the bottle, but it tasted really smooth at 3 months.

Back
Top