Jim's Beer Kit

Final gravity: 1.019

Bottling this tomorrow

1.048-1.019: close to sweet stout in the BJCP guidelines.
Bottling on Sunday.

NeilE1970 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:07 pm

Just curious, what was the company so I know to avoid.

Michigan hop alliance.

Add 8 ozs of 2-row to the crystal and torrified wheat and steep/mash at 150f/65.6c for 30-45 minutes and you're good to go. Hi Rookie, Thanks for the reply mate but I’m not sure you’ve got the full gist (or should that be grist? lol) of the conversation. Out of interest where are you at with the gr...

Add 8 ozs of 2-row to the crystal and torrified wheat and steep/mash at 150 for 30-45 minutes and you're good to go.

O G 1.048, three gallons. Slight hint of foam at 24 hours, 1/8 inch of foam at 36 hours, and burping every 3.5 seconds at 48 hours.

Cobnut wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:05 pm

Hmm not sure I’d go quite as bitter with a coffee stout.

I made one a few years ago, albeit OG 1040, but only 22IBUS. Turned out good.

I actually ended up with 33 IBUs.

Trying some in tomorrow's stout.

Brewing tomorrow

Number eleven.

Finished this a couple days ago.

MarkA wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:25 pm

I need to get a bitter on the go soon! What other hops have you got in mind, Rookie?

Minstrel, EKGs and progress.

I have four other bitters planned for this year with a very similar grainbill but different hops in each one.

At the local homebrew club Christmas party I received a pretty good supply of hop samples from a hop company a couple states away. I thought I lucked out until I opened one to use and it smelled like vomit. Almost all of them had the same smell to some degree. The few that didn't smell awful had no ...