Recent content by bobby4

Count me in!

I know this is an old thread, but I have run into the same issue with Omega. Their tech folks confirmed that when the ‘soaker’ solution is gone, I am to use 4 or 7 buffer. I did order a new probe, and notice large bubbles midway up. I think this is indeed a case where the solution is to just...

Interested!

I feel the same way about it, ok but doesn’t grab me.

In!!

Canada

Please!

Eric - you judged one of my beers. My first competition, which meant of course that I had two disasters leading up to it. My pumpkin didn’t place with 35 scores (mistake?), and I got second with a dismal German wheat. It is a go-to beer for me, but something went horribly wrong in my rushed...

In

In!!!

I thought it was just me, happens to me all the time. They always end up ringed in duct tape to hold them together.

I am also in.

It am actually going to +1 Bobby on this, I wasted way too much time driving to 3 different hardware stores to find matching fittings. The braided hose is a miracle, it works incredibly well for me.

It should be called the 'worry', because when you start out brewing you worry every time you look at it.

I started brewing in the late 80s, and living in an apartment and being intimidated by the complexity stuck with extract. Finally, after way over-thinking it, I tried all-grain not that long ago. It is way simpler than I thought it would be. To make an award-winning stylistically perfect beer...