Recent content by blues_N_beer

Was big into MGD in college before one of my professors turned me on to Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter :fro:

Sigh... As good as Palmer's book is, I'm learning that there is A LOT of knowledge and experience that goes into making a good extract beer, especially when you're on a budget. Good thing I'm taking a lot of notes! Looks like I'll be putting together a swamp cooler for fermentation :smack:

I picked up a copy of Dave Miller's "Brew Like a Pro" for really cheap on Kindle. I'm getting ready to brew my first ever batch (extract), but this book seems like it could be a good adjunct to Palmer's book when I get to the all grain level. Towards the beginning, Miller states that a lot of...

I'm glad those of you that posted these accidents are OK. I have to thank you (and others in this forum) on warning about the dangers of glass carboys. I'm placing my first order for brewing equipment today, and after reading a number of different posts, I've settled on buying a plain ol'...

beersnblues: That's funny how similar our membership names are! Blues and beer sure are a great match!

Stumbled upon a couple of small, similar type posts. There's not a lot of info I've found, but these may help someone else with similar questions: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/anybody-brew-any-palmers-recipes-any-them-worth-65859/...

Thanks all for the generous responses. If anyone else feels like chiming in, please do! Due to my schedule it will likely be early March before I get a chance to brew, so I have plenty of time to think over all of the opinions!

I'm going through the ever popular How to Brew and planning my first session. I'm going about it in a rather anal retentive fashion, as I want to have a successful first batch. I've searched for reviews of the beer recipes from Palmer's book, but haven't found much out there. Anyone tried his...