Recent content by Atticmonkey

Hey all, Im pretty new to kegging and I just put a batch of beer into a keg and began force carbing it. It is at 38 degrees and im am trying to keep 10 psi on it. I say trying because it seems like every time i check the regulator it has dropped down to 8 or even as low as 5. Should i just...

Hey guys, Been playing with my new phone and found this app that looks cool called Brewers Assistant. Its like a recipe manager that uses beersmith format files. Only thing is I cant figure out how to import recipes into the program. Anybody ever worked with this program that can tell me what...

I think they were both from Canada Malting Company. I was hopeing that they were close enough to use is something like a stout without making much of a taste difference. Thanks for the info, good to know.

I also considered buying a pound of 2 row and tasteing it side by side with my mystery malts and see if I can figure it out that way. After tasteing them both a couple times more I noticed one has more of a sweeter taste and the other a dry grainy taste. I think the sweeter one is the 2 row...

A while back I went in with my brew club and bought some bulk base malts. I got a full bag of 2 row and a full bag of pilsen malt. I stored them in their own storage tubs and at the time I thought I marked them somehow to tell them apart but I was looking at them last night and it looks like I...

Yeah I can get some three flyods stuff, gumball head for sure. What were you looking for in the bombers? Me and the wife are just heading up for a weekend vacation. Doing the whole leafer thing. BTW how are the leaf colors in your area? Im afraid we are a little early but the next weekend we...

Hey guys, Some of you may know im making a trip up to Michigan for vacation next weekend (oct. 8-11). Im going to be in the Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Saugatuck areas and thought I would put out an offer to bring some beers that arent available to you guys with me. I can get Goose Island and Two...

Alright, as we get closer the details are starting to come in place. We decided to spend 3 nights in 3 different towns, to take in as much as we can. Friday night we are staying in the Kalamazoo area, Saturday we are driving north and will end up spending the night in Branch, and Sunday drive...

Hey guys, So we finally came up with a rough draft of our trip to Michigan. Going to drive up to Kalamazoo, from there head north to Grand Rapids. Not sure if we are going to go further north from Grand Rapids and then head west toward the lake or if we will just head straight west from G.R. and...

I started my first batch of cider the other day, 5 gallons of cider from a local orchard. I pitched wyeast 4766 into the batch on sunday evening and by monday morning it was bubbling away. I had orginally planned to let it ferment at whatever the basement temp was but as I watched the temp in...

Yeah thats actually what I do. I will make up usally 120ml of starter wort. Divide it up into 12-10ml vials and autoclave like normal.

It wasnt acidic tart but just seemed to have a slight sourness to it. I think my starter temp was somewhere around 70 degrees. I ended up stepping it up to a full liter starter and it worked fine. I think it was just the taste of the hefe yeast that seemed to give it the tartness. The beer...

Im thinking about making a wine that in the end will be a total of 3 gallons. Should I purchase a 3 gallon carboy just for this wine or will it be ok to use the 6 gallon carboys that I already have? I wasn't sure if the extra headspace will potentially cause oxidation. This is my first shot at...

So for those who are familiar with the season changes in Michigan what would be a good estimate of when to catch the best colors in the middle to upper middle part of the state?

I can't get over how many breweries Michigan has. If I didn't hate the cold so much I would consider moving just for the beer.:mug: