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Comment on Vanilla Nut Brown Ale by Bridget Velasquez

Bridget Velasquez — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:10:45 +0000

There are basically two different ways to brew extract beer; partial boil or full boil. This is determined by your personal situation, a partial boil works well for a stove top brewing and does a fine job. It consists of brewing in a smaller volume (8-12 quart pot) and adding the concentrate into your bucket with cold water. This acts to get your volume where it needs to be and also cools the mix pretty much to the point of being ready to pitch.

Comment on Add the vanilla to the Nut Brown Ale kit by travis

travis — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:29:49 +0000

So far the vanilla brow ale has been good. I’ve had it on tap for about a month. It’s just the right amount of vanilla. I am kind of a vanilla honk, but I think any more would be too much.

Comment on Cascade hops dump by travis

travis — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:28:47 +0000

Good to know

Comment on Vanilla Nut Brown Ale by travis

travis — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:28:22 +0000

I like the recommendation, I’ve been feeling like extract/partial mash brewing more and I will be sure to try that technique next time.

Comment on Vanilla Nut Brown Ale by Wilmer Rowe

Wilmer Rowe — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:59:27 +0000

To do this, add some 2-row pale malt to your recipe. For every pound (0.45 kg) of pale malt, subtract 0.53 lbs. (0.24 kg) of dried malt extract or 0.73 lbs. (0.33 kg) liquid malt extract. When making a 5-gallon (19-L) extract beer, I usually shoot for “steeping” a total of around 2–2.5 lbs. (0.91–1.1 kg) of grains, including base malt and specialty grains. Steep this liquid in 1.5–2 qts. of water per pound of grain (3.2–4.2 L/kg) at 148–158 °F (64–70 °C) for 45–60 minutes. After increasing your boil volume, I feel that doing small partial mashes — which are really just glorified grain steeps — is the technique that will help extract brewers brew better beer. Note that partial mash wort is also typically more fermentable than that of malt extract, which can help if your beers consistently finish at a high final gravity.

Comment on Cascade hops dump by Jaime Boyd

Jaime Boyd — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:18:16 +0000

Gordon Biersch, the same company that brews private-label beers for Trader Joe’s, will do the brewing.

Comment on Add the vanilla to the Nut Brown Ale kit by Mark Groves

Mark Groves — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:20:45 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying the vanilla bean idea with my current batch.

Comment on Kegged IPA by travis

travis — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:19:37 +0000

Good question! In my experience there were a whole bunch of great bars, they just were not all that well advertised as beer spots. I would recommend getting a subscription to Draft Mag, they cover a lot of the NYC brew scene

Comment on Kegged IPA by Joe Celeb

Joe Celeb — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:38:30 +0000

Hey I was wondering where you get your IPA in NYC? Know any good bars for it? Its my favorite brew, but I’m having trouble bar hunting. Had some luck with a site called http://www.nookout.com though. They had a deal for The Abbey Pub on the Upper West Side and it had some excellent IPA (deal’s here if you wanna check it out: http://www.nookout.com/new-york/preview-deal.php?id=NzQx). Anywhere else you might know?

Comment on Kegged IPA by Jim

Jim — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:29:04 +0000

Make sure to let us know how it turns out. Looks like it is off to a killer start!