Recent content by beowolf1911

most Belgian brewers I have read about recommend under-pitching, it promotes ester production. I would just ride it out and let it ferment longer.

I have been attending many beer fests for many years now and the one thing that has been consistent, except of course beer, is the unusual and fantastic attire. I have seen everything from kits and lederhosen to banana suits and beer tees. I am a hat man and generally pull out a nice fedora...

brew day tends to be a beer only day or me.

I think the funniest thing I have heard was "my (insert crappy miller product here) went skunky" Despite the fact that it is in a can, and there are no compounds in that beer that can cause that particular defect.

Didn't brew it was a bottling day, 40 pint sized friends getting ready to play in a few weeks. I al calling this one Gone A-Rye Stout. Dry stout with rye, you see what I did there, do you.

I don't know that controller but unless you have something in the fridge to generate heat it is not gonna do anything.

My fridge is in the shed, Over the winter I use a heat wrap to increase the temp in the fridge, the fridge it's self barely ever turns on. Today it got warmer so it did, that's why I went with a two stage, there can be big temp shifts in PA.

at the risk of revealing my forum noobyness what is RDWHAHB?

I use vinegar then barkeepers friend.

I prefer glass, I have used the same glass fermenters for years with no issues. I tend to let beer sit for longer than many posters here, often a month in primary and a month in secondary. I am a bit concerned (likely needlessly) That the plastic will get a scratch deep enough to hold a bug I...

Just opened a Ommegang Hennepin, my favorite beer in the word.

I do the same thing, works pretty well and costs next to nothing. I do sanitize the mesh.

not so much something I have heard but a regular occurrence. Here in PA if you order a lager, you get a Youngling. If you try to explain that lager covers half the beer world you get an array of odd looks and disbelief that bud is a lager.

the sprayer on your faucet doesn't unscrew? I use a garden hose but I used to have to take the cap off my faucet and hook an adapter to it.

yeah same steps for re-fermentation in the bottles.