http://www.briandickens.net My Adventures in Homebrewing Tue, 13 May 2008 03:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.briandickens.net/2007/10/19/new-recipe/#comment-3 David Koenig Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:11:24 +0000 http://www.briandickens.net/2007/10/19/new-recipe/#comment-3 Interesing peanut butter/cocoa recipe. A couple of hints though. Add irish moss, cocoa, and pb at 15min left. I have done some mocha porters and the irish moss seems to absorb some of the oils from the cocoa. No problems with the head. Maybe 1 tsp of moss to get the peanut oils too. Cocoa is very bitter, with all those hops you are going to have a 70 IBU porter. I have used 1oz (by weight) of cocoa and the taste was overwhelming, I would suggest 2oz, otherwise the whole thing is going to be kind of muddy. Interesing peanut butter/cocoa recipe. A couple of hints though. Add irish moss, cocoa, and pb at 15min left. I have done some mocha porters and the irish moss seems to absorb some of the oils from the cocoa. No problems with the head. Maybe 1 tsp of moss to get the peanut oils too. Cocoa is very bitter, with all those hops you are going to have a 70 IBU porter. I have used 1oz (by weight) of cocoa and the taste was overwhelming, I would suggest 2oz, otherwise the whole thing is going to be kind of muddy.

]]> http://www.briandickens.net/2007/09/03/strawberry-wheat-moves-to-tertiary/#comment-4 Buff Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:12:20 +0000 http://www.briandickens.net/2007/09/03/strawberry-wheat-moves-to-tertiary/#comment-4 Holy cloudy beer...It looks like the whole carboy is trub. with any luck it'll clear out. Could always add some polyclear(?) or gelatin to help it all drop out. Holy cloudy beer…It looks like the whole carboy is trub. with any luck it’ll clear out. Could always add some polyclear(?) or gelatin to help it all drop out.

]]> http://www.briandickens.net/2007/08/27/blow-out/#comment-2 Lauren Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:21:12 +0000 http://www.briandickens.net/2007/08/27/blow-out/#comment-2 I would just like to state for the record, that the yeasts belong to me! Someone named Brian is trying to take credit for my overactive crazy yeasts. I would just like to state for the record, that the yeasts belong to me! Someone named Brian is trying to take credit for my overactive crazy yeasts.

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