Recent content by bfeucht

I had a dead guy clone I tried to do this last July and while it was in secondary I had temps jump to the 100s which was too much to keep my beer in safe fermentation temps and I ended up with bubble gum. To give the beer the benefit of the doubt I kegged it anyways and let it do its thing 5...

Whatever you buy first, make sure you go 10 gallon for any new purchases. You'll thank yourself later. I just started out buying a propane burner and 15 gal kettle I saw on-sale, so I could play with new equipment as I bought it. I just picked up a 2nd kettle and a cooler. Next brew should...

I back sweetened a bottle in the glass this weekend and the beer got a thumbs up from swmbo. I have to say it was pretty damn good and I'm usually not the biggest fan of fruit beers. I'm now trying to decide how to back sweeten my keg. Lactose isn't an option, so I've been reading lots of...

I'd go with a weld-less fitting from Bargain Fittings.

http://www.homebrewjunkie.com/2010/11/pre-orders-for-3-gallon-all-grain.html

I'm doing the same with mine. I have a taller 15 gallon SS BK already, but this will work great for a new HLT.

I did a huckleberry beer late summer this year. I used northern brewers cream ale (extract) as a base and tossed in about 3 pints of macerated huckleberries into my secondary for during week two of fermentation. I kegged and bottled the beer after fermentation had stopped and let her age...

I found them at this price at the Tukwila and West Seattle HDs

At two Home Depots in the Seattle area I have seen Brinkmanns aluminum 60QT Boiling Pot on sale for $61 which is half off normal price. I figured I would share as it seems like a good price for a HLT or mashtun. Here is the link to the Home Depot item...

Sharp looking setup! I'll probably model my build off of this. I just need to figure out how to get around the slanted driveway that starts at the garage door.

PNW = Pacific Northwest = Washington, Oregon, Idaho (Southern BC depending on who you talk to) The percentage of US hops grown in this area is like 90% or something similar. Yakima Valley (WA), Treasure Valley (ID), and Willamette Valley (OR) are the biggest producers of the PNW. If want the...

How much do freight costs run typically? How often do they show up on ebay? I'm actually some what curious as I'm thinking if I ever move from my current house, I will be getting an out building for a nanobrewery. I know this type of stuff shows up on CL in the Portland and Seattle areas from...

$550 for 35 Gallon Fermenters on Seattle CL: http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/for/1815568017.html The nano brewery is in my dreams, but I'm just not ready for that yet :mug: Seems like a good deal so hopefully someone here might take advantage.

Mine is a self proclaimed BL lover, but recently she has been changing her ways on her own. After I showed her calories per pint (vs per bottle of BL) of the NB Blonde I did last batch she has been drinking much more of my brew. The more she drinks the more she is deciding BL isn't as tasty...

From http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/rogue-building-its-own-malting-operation Rogue Nation Breaks Ground on Floor Malting Facility TYGH VALLEY, OR, June 28, 2010 – The Rogue Nation Department of Agriculture has broken ground on the Rogue Malt Floor located on the Rogue Micro Barley Farm...