Recent content by bkboiler

Not that I have much to contribute here ...just a fun, kinda related story. I used to bake a lot of bread from a book called The Italian Baker... One time made a "saltless Tuscan bread", that was apparently historical referring to the notoriously frugal Tuscans who wanted to stick it to the...

Brewing a kölsch soon...looks beautiful. Just want to understand, what yeast is it you like? Both? Thanks!

Hmm ...that's an interesting flavor...so you taste the beer prior to putting it in the keg and it's not there while it's in the fermenter?

Serve them a Budweiser (czechvar) and enjoy explaining to them about why it's called that. Just suggesting as it sounded like you don't mind ruffling a few feathers...

What is this unlabeled bag of white powder? It's probably dextrose. (Just ended up throwing it out)

best yeast I've used for mead (only made a few) was be-256. Nottingham was ok iirc, but produced better results with making a simple cider.

Just placed an order to get things back up and running after taking a "life is busy" hiatus from brewing. Thanks for running such a great business Bobby. No annoying pop ups or over the top marketing/gimmicky products. Just really good quality stuff picked by a knowledgeable guy and sold for an...

Red Poppy Sour on draft at The Lost Abbey

Beautiful and I learned several things by watching! Thanks for sharing!

English Dark Mild American Brown Ale close second Been brewing about 13 years Have heard a common hearsay that many brewers prefer lagers despite being obliged to brew IPAs. I've not seen that be true amongst homebrewers so much though

Modern Times is pretty good and fairly close to where you'll be staying.

sold 3 of 4 items...marked down mash tun from $260 to $240

Hi All, Getting out of homebrewing trying to lower my cholesterol and weight and have more time with my kids. Local pickup only. SOLD - 2 tap keezer $400 insulated, 7 cf, can accommodate 4 cornys as far as I planned...just never got around to adding the two additional taps. Intertap, flow...

Hmm...when I was a teenager I'd just use wd-40...would work for a short while, then it'd need reapplication. That's how they get ya!

Have you thought about putting a glycol chiller outdoors and skipping the cold room? I've seen pro breweries do it that way. Not sure if you already have your Conicals with jackets or coils...