Recent content by 3bals

Have you tried making your own ice? Lets say like in soda bottles and reuse them.

Just an update on the IPA project. I have brewed this same recipe several times now. Somehow the kegs keep going empty. Anyhow in August I decided to enter in a local homebrewing competition. I don't usually enter my beer in competitions, but this was a fundraiser for the local arts center. It...

Oh, and I used 6.25lbs of DME (per batch) instead of 5.5, because when I bought new ingredients it came packaged in 12.5lbs. It was a 90min boil this time. OG was 1055 and FG was 1009.

I brewed the 2-5 gallon batches over. This time I steeped the grain (1/2lb per batch), used 1/3 less of the Galena hops, 1/2 of the leaf Cascade hops and dry hopped (5 days, because I didn't have time for longer) with 1/2oz per batch with Citra Hops. So, a total 3 weeks from boil to keg and 1...

1/2lb of crushed grain grain per batch and I boiled the grain for 30 min, then removed the grain bag.

Thanks for all your advice. I messed up this time. This is the first time I didn't make drinkable beer. One thing I've learned in life is that education isn't free. Remember this story? https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=131154 That final batch ended up costing $120 a pint, but it...

Thanks. Maybe I'll add some sugar, distillers yeast and distill it? The directions on the recipe were vague and it's been long enough that I didn't remember.

It's been 6 years since I retired and I'm finally getting around to brewing again. There is so much to do. I don't know how I got it all done while I was still working. I still consider myself a brewing beginner, having only brewed around 25 batches and have a question. I brewed an IPA...

Count me in.

Like you, I can drive by 3 LHBS's on my way home from work. The only problem is that they don't open until 10 am and I get off my work shift at 8 am, so I hav to do some other things for a couple hours. :ban:

Here's what I did: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/delaying-boil-122935/

That's what the inmates would always say, back when I worked in a prison. And I would always respond with "How's that working out for you?" :D

I feel your pain! :( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/homebrewing-can-dangerous-131154/ And I only live 40 miles away from you.

Then of course there's: FFLF Female Fun Limitation Factor That's when she says, "Come on, it's time to go!"

I always take mine out. I do extract recipes exclusively yet.