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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I am aware of the toxicity of hops when it comes to dogs (hours pitting up a fence around my hop plant will confirm lol), but I also appreciate the heads up and it’s always good to have the info out there for those stumbling across it! That being said, I only use the grains from the mashing process, well before hops have come into contact with the wort. Thanks for putting the info out for others who may not know and keeping all the boopable snoots safe though :)



  • My friend if I can make liquor out of flamin hot Cheetos, a bit of burned mash is nothing to worry about! If you ask me what makes a good home brewer it’s the desire to make something and the ability to do a very large amount of cleaning lol. Besides, you never know, maybe the charred mash might result in some tasty dark Carmelized notes in the beer :) as they say: relax, don’t worry, have a home brew.


  • Apologies if you don’t use freedom units, feeling a bit lazy after unwrapping a ton of jolly ranchers lol

    Mash, 1 hour: 13 lb 8.0 oz - Pale Malt (2 Row) US 2 Ib - Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) 1 Ib - Rice Hulls 1 Ib - Brown Sugar, Light Brown 6 sweet potatoes (notes below) Pumpkin (notes below)

    Hops: 1.00 oz - Magnum Boil 60 min 1.00 oz - Saaz Boil 15 min

    Spices/additions: 1.50 oz - Ginger Root boil 10.0 min 1.00 tsp - Irish Moss Boil 10.0 min 1.50 tsp - All spice Boil 10.0 min 2.00 Vanilla Beans Boil 10.0 min 1.50 tsp- Nutmeg Boil 10.0 min 1.50 tsp - Cinnamon Powder Boil 10.0 min

    Yeast: 1 pkg - California Ale Yeast (WLP001) in a 1.5 liter starter for 24 hours

    Notes: 1/2 pumpkin roasted two hours at 375F with light coat of brown sugar over top added to mash for one hour 6 sweet potatoes peeled, diced and turned into mashed potatoes added to mash for one hour.





  • Oooh, glad to hear it worked out for you! And hmm, mead may be the one thing I haven’t brewed yet, but biggest things are always sanitize and write stuff down. Best investment you can make equipment wise in my opinion is something to control fermentation temperatures; hot side is easy, cooling stuff down is a bit more expensive, typically a spare fridge. It’s definitely worth it though, it made my beers go from “oh these are good” to consistently some of the best beers I’ve ever had.