Recent content by 01steve

I recently bought the wrong faucet-... I have a brand new perlick 630 but I need a perlick 525. any help would be appreciated. thanks! -steve

thanks for the suggestions. all readings were taken via hydrometer. I unfortunately, do not have a pure o2 setup-... normally I use my gf's wine whip on my drill to aerate the wort (for what ever reason I didn't do this to each jug). I'm afraid i'll oxidize the beer @ this point. I have...

I was inspired almost a month ago by an article in byo about testing different yeast on a split batch. I loved the idea because I find it difficult to enjoy many Belgian beers because of banana :ban: and bubblegum side-effects. I, unfortunately, hate those particular flavors. with that in mind...

for me it's barrel aging-... I don't recall one I like. I know many of you disagree, but for me I'd rather see the breweries utilize their time and real estate for a lager.

I've heard toasting them on a brown paper bag for multiple short periods of time will help extract the oils. I've personally tried the extract w/o much luck let some of the other more experienced home brewers chime in

yes the new taproom @ cc is done. i highly suggest dunedin brewery aswell, and being as how 7th sun brewery is around the corner from them (hell why not). you should also check out southern brewing-... they are an excellent homebrew supply and functioning brewery! tampa bay brewing company is...

yeah my gf works for a beauty supply shop-... i got some of this aswell. works just as well as any shampoo. now if i just made that hop soap-... bathtub brew?

the humidor series ipa is a favorite. what part of florida is your friend in?

czechvar is another name for it. excellant stuff! i frequent a german resturant (mr. dunderbaks) they hold homebrew meetings there. they have something like 40 taps and a couple hundred bottles. the bartender there and i seem to share the same taste in beer. when i asked him to bring me...

i made the extract kit form nb of this. i did it as per the directions aside from a bit more time w/ the columbus dry hop (mis-read directions)-... it finished @ 1.020 (high?), it tastes amazing. i and a few others had it back to back w/ ruthless rye and everyone loved denny's wry over sierra...

atta boy! although bbw qnd bww seem to differ greatly in my recent google image searches! lmao

i don't see where i gave that impression-... i could give a crap about what they do-... i can easily find the humor in the commercial. i don't dislike the place @ all-... the beer selection is better than most places of that calibur. but if i think otherwise, i'm sure someone else will tell me...

hey remember that resturant w/ the commercial that poked fun @ homebrewers? well, they're going to be "making" their "own" beer! a co-worker told me about this and after having a laugh i looked it up myself. it appears redhook will be doing the fun part. here's an article-...

tampa bay brewing co does a smore's fondue dessert-... it is amazing! i'm sure you could look up the ingrediants online lmao!

i made a brown ale (based off of caribou but used some additional grains aswell) and fermented it w/ washed denny's-... primary samples are amazing! give it a go, i doubt you'll be disappointed.