Recent content by Cristal

Hi everybody, I'm thinking about a coffee stout this weekend. I'm in Berlin, so it's still pretty cold. I'm brewing with a friend who is a barista and I kinda thought it might be cool to merge the two loves. Any tips? Base malt suggestions? The range available is by no means as extensive as...

Hey hoppy2B, Upon close inspection it appears the hopfen do indeed contain seeds. I've taken a few more snaps for anybody who is interested, however this mystery is seemingly solved! (I am still deriving a lot of joy from the fact that I moved to a city where hops is growing like a weed... I...

I brought a sample of the stuff into German class today to ask my teacher about it and as soon as I whipped it out of my bag with a puzzled look on my face he's like 'ja man, das ist hopfen! Es ist hier überall' (it's everywhere). So...it seems it is hops! And indeed, it is also everywhere...

Hi dudes, As I mentioned elsewhere recently, I've relocated to Berlin and am sussing out the beer brewing scene. AND...meanwhile, I don't know if I'm dead wrong on this, but there's a plant / vine growing throughout Berlin that looks suspiciously like hops! But it doesn't really smell as...

Oh, wow HowlingDog! Exactly the kinda thing I've been prowling the net for! Thanks!

I'm wondering if anybody has any experience / connections / ideas about the brewing scene in Berlin. I have been living here for 4 months now, and am missing brewing like crazy, but am at a loss as to how I might be able to get my foot in the door here. I am studying German language intensively...

Cheers JD. That's sounds absolutely feasible! Thanks for your input! Cristal

Good point- absolute lack of airlock activity! Man, talk about weird...just took the gravity and it's 1.020 now! WTF?

I'm pretty new to AG brewing, so please forgive my lack of holistic brewing knowledge (and acronyms!)...BUT, something very strange has happened to my brew. I brewed a golden ale last Tuesday, I cubed my wort pipin' hot, cooled it over a couple of nights under the house- meanwhile i was getting...

Received my little rhizomes DrS! Thanks for the efficient packaging and postage. I'm looking forward to getting them into the ground! :rolleyes:

Sorry- I'm all over the shop. There's something to be said about covertly posting images of your rig on beer forums whilst at work!

No Manticle, I'm stoked to have you hijack away- I appreciate any help before I pop my all grain cherry! I put on a brew with Muscovy a couple of weeks back, and it's the best damned this I've ever tasted, albeit slightly lacking in carbonation- hence my bulk priming questions. It doesn't taste...

Yeah, I've just gotta jump in the deep end- I've figured as much. I've purchased this amazing brewing rig, which looks so damned hot that I don't know what to do with it! But yes; this weekend! I'm doing it! Cheers everybody for your input! Those bulk priming calculators are very handy indeed...

Hello people of the beer, one and all. Just wanted to quickly introduce myself to the forum since for the last couple of weeks I've been a bit of a stalker presence. I'm Cristal and I've been brewing with malt extracts for just over a year...so I thought it timely to make the move to all grain...