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02-13-2012

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ABOUT ME

About Me: I'm 21 years old and enjoy being outdoors. Ive lived in Jacksonville, Fl for my entire life and suprisingly like it here.
General Interests: Fishing,Duck hunting,Brewing beer,Video games,Scuba diving,Surfing
Real Name: Barry
Favorite Music: Led Zeppelin, Cream, Small Faces, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Mot the Hoople
Clubs and Associations: CASK (Cowford Ale Sharing Klub)
Home Brewing Biography: In 1980 my dad bicycled through 18 countries in Europe and truely learned about the world of beer. Since i was a young kid my dad has passed on his love and appreciation for good beer to me.(but also to respect alcohol, were not alcoholics, haha) Im now 21 and for christmas of 2011 my dad bought me a basic home brew kit with the 6.5 gal. carboy and the bottling bucket, capper, etc. Also recently i met a guy whos been home brewing for about a year and a half and was kind enough to show me the ropes. Since then i've brewed two beers. The first was an extract boil, a Nut Brown Ale that just came in a kit from Brewers Best and the second was also an extract and was a Smoked Porter w/yeast starter. that me and my buddy tweaked the recipe some to add more chocolate character and boost the ABV. Its in secondary ferm now but is estimated to come out around 8-9 ABV.
Future Brews: I recently acquired a 10 gal pot, turkey fryer, and 10 gal cooler to use as a mash tun. So hopefully within my next two beers i will be trying my first all grain! I really like Stouts and Porters, as well as IPA's so i definatly plan on trying to brew some sort of chocolate stout, Oatmeal Porter, and a very hoppy IPA. I will be growing three varieties of hops this season also. Chinook, Willamette, and Magnums. These three varieties seem to handle well in the heat so hopefully at the end of the season ill do an IPA with fresh hops!
Primary: nothing now
Secondary: Smoked Porter(extract)
Bottled: Nut Brown Ale(extract)
Gender: Male
Status: Single

City: Jacksonville

State/Province: Florida

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: what is this bug?!?!?! on 05-17-2012 at 06:51 PM
i found this little worm making a cozy little nest by folding my hop leaf over and sealing
itself inside in a web type cocoon. i already killed the worm:rockin: but he wasn't terribly
big, probably a ...
Posted in thread: Is my yeast to tired?!?! on 05-04-2012 at 07:58 PM
Thanks guys I really appreciate the input. I tasted it today and it is really good! The smoke
and chocolate flavors are mellowed out quite nicely and the aroma and taste of oak is definatly
there but ...
Posted in thread: Is my yeast to tired?!?! on 05-04-2012 at 07:12 PM
A buddy of mine that had a beer sitting in secondary for months ended up having problems with
it carbonating. After a little research we concluded that a possible reason could be that the
yeast was wo...
Posted in thread: What do you use for IPA? on 04-08-2012 at 02:16 PM
There are two that I use the most- WLP001 (S05 in dry), and believe it or not, Wyeast 1335- an
English strain. I love that English strain, because it's not "English-y" at low temperatures
and it produ...
Posted in thread: What do you use for IPA? on 04-08-2012 at 01:52 PM
In my last IPA my i used the White Labs, California Ale Yeast 001.(It was an American IPA btw)
It fermented really vigorously and cleaned up well bringing the FG down to 1.015 from 1.093. I
had a budd...
Posted in thread: Hop Growing Question on 04-04-2012 at 02:54 PM
i live in northern Florida and this will be my first year growing hops. The people that i've
talked to say that specially for down here you want to have morning sun and afternoon shade but
the problem...
Posted in thread: Its really not that hard...(for newbies like me) on 04-01-2012 at 06:32 PM
Congrats! What are you waiting for? Fire up that kettle and get the pipeline built up.Cheers!+1
on getting that brew kettle going. I recently bottled my second beer and am bottling my third
tonight. I...
Posted in thread: Fruity Pebbles in secondary on 02-16-2012 at 02:54 AM
Im very curious to hear the outcome of this!
Posted in thread: Numbers of plants? on 02-16-2012 at 02:21 AM
I would suggest putting more than one hizome per hill, though. That way you are pretty much
sure that something will come up. Just one per hill means growth or total failure, nothing
else.I agree comp...
Posted in thread: looking to buy a new pot. on 02-15-2012 at 03:19 AM
Im also new to brewing but i just bought a 40qt. pot and turkey fryer so i can start AG and i
am COMPLETELY happy that i went ahead and bought a 40qt pot instead of a 20 or 30 qt. Also i
believe with ...

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