Recent content by Barnstormer

I'm in!

I'm In! Thanks for the Opportunity!

I got my ingredients for my Flying Camel Oatmeal Stout, my Harvest Ale clone and my Unknown Soldier APA. Now I gotta do some brewing! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm in! Cheers!

Thanks for the kudos! I'm not a professional though, I just do it for fun. It's about 36" tall and about 21"x18" inside. I still have a few kinks to work out of it. I started with a small 2 burner camp stove for the burner. Well, to get the little propane line to the bottle I had to drill a...

Here is my new smoker I just finished. It is done in knotty pine tongue and groove car siding. I cant wait to give it a run!

Great, thanks for the comfort. I figured it would be okay, but it's nice to have a little reassurance.

I have been brewing all grain for a while and it seems there is always a little hick-up in my brew day. Tonight I got distracted while heating my strike water and when I came back to it, it was at the temp I heat it to for my sparge. About 20 degrees too hot. It didn't click until I mixed my...

I like it as well, good job!

That is awesome! I like it.

Please report back after using your paddle. I've noticed that if I don't oil mine, or if its been a while, the grain will swell a bit. I'm curious if the torched spots will be more sealed. I may just make another paddle and give it a light toasting with the torch and then sand it and see how...

16161 3 gallons hard cider 5 gallons Kentucky Common Ale 5 gallons ESB =16174 Gallons

So I took the afternoon off work to come home and make some beer. Things were going fantastic. I hit an all time high efficiency too, 84% pre-boil! The boil and hop additions went perfectly and then it was time to chill the beer. I put in my homemade immersion chiller and turned on the...

I have always received decent service from BMW. I just place my first order with them since everyone has reported issues so I was curious to see how it went. It took about 6 business days to ship and was in transit for another 3 (i live in the Midwest). It's not the fastest service I've had...

Construction lumber is made of pine. It is a softwood with a very loose grain. It does not do well when it gets wet repeatedly. That's why they use green-treat lumber in exposed places and you certainly don't want to use that in your beer! Your time would be better spent on a nice piece of...