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01-07-2008

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03-21-2013 2:39 PM

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ABOUT ME

General Interests: smoking meats,coins,gardening
Occupation: computer support technician
Real Name: Alan Grams
Favorite Music: Rock and Country - quite the mix huh !!
Favorite Movies: 300
Favorite Television Shows: NCIS, CSI, Fringe
Clubs and Associations: MhBA
Home Brewing Biography: I have been brewing beer for about 25 years. Started with extract batches, and bottled them. A few batches with partial mashing. I can't remember when, But I finally stepped up to all grain batches. Still bottled them too. A few years ago, I upgraded to kegging my beer. Much nicer !!! I have since acquired several 5 gallon Cornelius kegs, and even a few Coke CO2 cylinders. 20 pounders. Lots of co2, for lots of beer. Unfortunately most of them I can't get filled due to litigation with CCE.
Future Brews: Formulating a Mead of some type. I haven't decided exactly what just yeast. I need to see how much honey I still have.

I have all the grains ready for an Oktoberfest, that I have done in the past, and really turned out good.

Also have a Sam's Utopia clone in the primary, still, and has stalled.

Lots of stuff going on with SWMBO, wedding in June, 2011.
Bottled: Lots of different ciders and cysers.
Kegged: Mackeson XXX Stout Clone, Westlevern 12 clone. Going to force carb, and make a beer gun to bottle these.

Also, I just kegged my second batch of Old Speckled Hen Clone. The first half batch turned out great.
Gender: Male
Status: In a Relationship

City: Maple Grove

State/Province: Minnesota

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Beer gas on 12-13-2012 at 08:39 PM
Check for welding supply businesses. That's where I get mine filled, or exchanged at.
Posted in thread: Surly Furious clone - kegging help on 11-16-2012 at 02:14 PM
When I get to dry hopping my Furious, I have a grain bag sterilized and ready to go. I get it
started into the carboy, then weigh it down with decorative glass pieces (marbles) then get the
hops put i...
Posted in thread: List Your House Beer(s) on 11-16-2012 at 02:02 PM
Widmer Hef and Surly Furious clonesJust picked up supplies yesterday for both.:drunk:
Posted in thread: How to add cherries to secondary on 11-16-2012 at 01:53 PM
Typically frozen fruits are good just the way they are. I usually freeze my fruits before using
them. This helps in breaking down the cellular walls, so the natural sugars can be more easily
released....
Posted in thread: Sam Adams Utopias....Worth it?? on 11-16-2012 at 01:10 PM
My wife got me a bottle for my 50th B-day. It was a '10, and was quite different, but
enjoyable. At that time I was in the process of brewing my own version of Utopia. I read all
the posts in the few ...
Posted in thread: Kegconnection Portable Keg Kit Giveaway! on 11-14-2012 at 06:10 PM
count me in !!!
Posted in thread: Swamp Cooler on 11-12-2012 at 07:55 PM
It depends on what temp you are trying to achieve. I typically only use a swamp cooler during
the summer months, when I have decided to brew a lager and need the cooler temps.I usually run
all my ales...
Posted in thread: My Utopia Clone brew ..... on 11-12-2012 at 07:48 PM
I don't have my notes with me, but I brewed that small barleywine I talked about. It had a SG
of 1.090. Once I had a full rolling fermentation, I added in my stalled brew, half a gallon at
a time. Usu...
Posted in thread: Pomegranate yield from whole fruit on 11-09-2012 at 08:41 PM
I might try the blender method to juice them, but their yield seemed really low. I was getting
almost a full 8 ounces of juice from one pomegranate. So out of 6 pomegranates, I got 1.5
liters or about...
Posted in thread: Pomegranate yield from whole fruit on 11-09-2012 at 01:43 PM
So I waited a whole year for the pomegranate harvest, and I finally came across them a week or
so ago, at Sams club. Very nice and very large fruits. Pretty good price too. A four pack for
$8, or $2 a...