Recent content by 21Hokie

Couple more images

Primarily use photoshop and illustrator

Two of my most recent......

I have used bottlemark.com for several batches They do great work for a very reasonable price....

Changed my basement nanobrewery name to Turkey Mountain Brewhaus and went with an entirely new logo and label set.... Big Props to my Hokie College room mate for lending me his mad art skillz!!

Any label with Archer front and center automatically becomes my favorite! Well played sir!

I am kegging my first two brews in a couple weeks (need to make two more to load all four taps), so I've been searching for a way to bottle from the keg. This looks relatively simple but I did have a couple questions: 1 - where might I pick up an an air chuck for this purpose? 2 - how do I...

What I was hoping to hear. I will be racking into secondary tomorrow evening. I appreciate your response. Was planning on Irving it a couple of weeks in the secondary just to aid in clarification. This will be my first beer I'm kegging. Any other suggestions?

Oops.....actually eliminated the black patent altogether.

using an English Ale 002 yeast. I never saw the typical piston type action of the air lock at any point - have seen that little thing pumping on all of my other brews. Anyhow, I took a specific grav reading yesterday evening (BG was 1.066 and it had dropped to 1.034 which puts it at about...

What is the function of Crystal 60? What is the best resource for understanding what qualities specific grains will add? Maris or Optic for an ESB?

At the time of this brew, I didn't sparge (and that may be bad form) but that was his reasoning for the additional grain???? That make any sense? As for the North Down - ya got me....the beer tastes great!

I've only been brewing for about 7 months....went straight to all-grain from the jump off. I have been following recipes - nit nearly knowledgeable to craft my own or know how to adjust at this point. To be frankly honest, I don't know why the 60 is in there :drunk: I do know it tastes really...

Just cracked open my first all-grain ESB and I'm thrilled with the taste!! Very close to Fuller's by the perception of my immature palate. Recipe below (btw, the recipe was given to me by Doug John, owner of Pints O'Plenty in Virginia. Doug is a brewing wizard - winning on a national scale)...

I have used BottleMark Custom Bottle Caps: Custom Bottle Caps/Crown Corks for Home Brewers, Craft Breweries, Scrapbookers, and More for my last several brews. Great company with excellent customer service. I would suggest that you design and order your caps at least 3 weeks prior to brewing to...