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03-25-2011

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02-15-2012 7:29 AM

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ABOUT ME

General Interests: Home Brewing (Noob),WoW,Cooking,Hiking
Occupation: Civil Engineering/Surveying
Real Name: Mark
Favorite Music: I listen to pretty much everything I can understand the words to.
Favorite Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Matrix, LotR, Pandorum.
Favorite Television Shows: Spartacus, Food TV, Travel Channel, HGTV, DIY
Home Brewing Biography: I just started brewing... I've wanted to do it for awhile now and my girlfriend broke down and bought me a kit for Christmas. Just brewed my first ale as of 3/19/11. I'm trying the caramel cream ale recipe that I found on these boards.

Bottled: Caramel Cream Ale on 4/10/11,
Bottled: "Summer Brew" (lemon/lime) ale 4/24/11.

Searching for my next brew... I now have a fridge in the garage so I'm thinking I'll get a lager started.
Future Brews: I want to do some dopplebock! I love the one that Fordham makes so I'm going to try and clone that as close as possible for the first go round.

I just got a fridge for the house so the old one went into the garage... going to use it to age some lagers.
Bottled: Caramel Cream Ale, Bottled 4/10/11
"Summer Brew" (lemon/lime) ale, Bottled 4/24/11.
Gender: Male
Status: In a Relationship

City: Grasonville

State/Province: Maryland

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Left Hand Milk Stout Clone on 02-12-2012 at 02:59 PM
Love the lhms, going to be doing this next. Thanks for the recipe.
Posted in thread: Brew Year Resolution - 2012 Brewing Goals on 12-22-2011 at 02:21 PM
1. Progress on my 3 tier setup (unless I hit the lotto and get a single tier).2. Start brewing
10 gallon batches.3. Build a fermentation chamber (under work bench).4. Build a planter box in
the backya...
Posted in thread: How do I use star san most effectivly for bottling? on 12-20-2011 at 02:54 PM
Another vinator/bottle tree combo user. After doing a few batches and trying to turn the
bottles upside down in a dish drainer after soaking/rinsing the bottles in the star san mix I
had in the sink i...
Posted in thread: Homebrewtalk Carboy Cleaner Giveaway on 11-30-2011 at 02:58 PM
I'd like to win this because using a brush and twirling a glass carboy around to get it clean
isn't safe... and I have a bad history with glass... lol.
Posted in thread: Anyone brewing this Turkey week? on 11-21-2011 at 02:21 PM
Hoping to do a batch of vanilla bean stout.
Posted in thread: Caramel Amber Ale on 11-14-2011 at 11:33 AM
This was my first all grain experience, other than some dumb mistakes on my part while pouring
the water into the mash tun (thank god I heated more than needed) it went great. I'm due to
bottle it thi...
Posted in thread: International Stout Day! on 11-03-2011 at 03:59 PM
Dogfish is releasing their Chicory Stout today! Look forward to finding it locally lol.
Posted in thread: Recycling Bottles? on 11-03-2011 at 02:50 PM
steve45ca - I believe they are fine to use, just more apt to break if not careful while
capping.
Posted in thread: Recycling Bottles? on 11-03-2011 at 02:36 PM
Use them till they break! I've accumulated a vast array of bottles from friends that I've
de-labeled and are waiting to be filled. Now I need to up production because they're feeling
empty inside and ...
Posted in thread: How did you get hooked on brewing? on 11-02-2011 at 07:44 PM
I had been talking about trying it out and then my GF got me a kit for Christmas. I waited
until about March when my neighbor got me a 15g stainless pot and it's gone downhill from there
as far as wor...