Recent content by BeerPirate

Well I thought I had this beat but @passedpawn was right, I am certainly getting a little foam on my first pours, it's not getting cold enough in the box on it's own as it is set up now. So the next step is to hook up the fan. I have a low profile pc fan and plan on making a small duct that...

That's really good advice about the mold, hopefully I have it covered. I've made what basically amounts to an insulated airtight insert that kind of pockets into the cavity I cut out. I've taped all the seams on the outside as well as the inside so I don't think it'll be an issue. Also, we live...

No, I'm not married yet but my girlfriend and I bought the house together and she is 100% on board with all this. She helped a ton with it which is pretty awesome. As far as the foam goes, I've had no issues yet but we'll see how it goes during warmer weather. I plan to put a fan in there to...

Yeah, my image posting failed, apparently dropbox links won't embed. I'll get it fixed, standby. Update: Fixed it.

I haven't posted on here in a long while but I just got back into homebrewing after closing on our house this last fall. I decided it was time to get rid of my old kegerator: It had 12 years on it in my possession and god only knows how many before that. It was a sad day to see it go but...

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Oh, crap, I didn't see that. Well, it's probably obvious at this point but I'll say it anyway. Beer was kegged on 5-3-10. Nice catch, and thanks for the advice, good stuff.

Hey Everyone, It's been a long time since I've posted here, I recently got back into brewing and am loving it. I brewed a friends Belgian Wit recipe the other day and it turned out really nice. I took it to a local get together and one of the brewers from one of the local breweries really...

I was in Denver a few weeks ago for a winter beer festival at the Oriental Theatre and hit most of the spots mentioned above. I was completely blown away by the Taphouse, they had Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale on tap, in late January, also give the Green Flash a try while you're there. I also...

http://www.absorbentprinting.com/home-outdoor-products/wine-gifts-and-wine-sets/wine-openers-and-corkscrews/stainless-steel-6-bottle-opener I have this one and it's awesome, stainless, stylish, and tough.

I had a holiday spiced barley wine that I added champaign yeast to after it had mostly quit. I let it sit in the closet for about three months with absolutly no activity. I was about to give up on it when one day I opened the closet and it had a healthy 2 inch krausen on it. It probably didn't...

I did crash cool it in the serving fridge for 4 days, It worked awesome. It compacted really well and I kegged it last night, it tasted amazing, I've done about 30 batches and this one is by far the best. It's going to be on pressure for 2.5 weeks and then I'm going to be worthless. Another...

Hey everyone, I've got a not-so-quick question regarding an Amarillo Pale Ale/IPA I have in a secondary. I brewed it with: 9lbs of extra light LME I steeped 1lb of 15L Crystal 1/2lb of CaraVienne 4oz. of 2 row 9.5Alpha Amarillo hop pellets 60 min 1.5oz 30 1oz 15...

I have a very similar beer in my primary right now. I steeped 1/2lb. Chocolate, 1/2lb. 120 crystal, 1/4lb. roasted barley, 1/4lb. black patent, and 3/4lb. Flaked Oats. Added about 8lbs. of Dark DME and 1lb. Honey. I bittered with 1oz of Norther Brewer pellets and about 1/4oz of leftover...

Ok, I brewed a wit and pitched White Labs Wit yeast on Saturday night. Still no action in the firmentor. I didn't use a starter, and I did aerate, although I agitated the firmentor with the yeast already pitched. Temp started at 66 F and Last night (Sunday) I raised the temp to 70 F. My...