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03-25-2009

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04-11-2009 6:11 PM

ABOUT ME

City: tustin, ca
General Interests: sailing,brewing,formula one racing,rugby,soccer,cricket
Occupation: draftsman
Real Name: Samuel Wright Douglas Farnsworth
Favorite Music: mostly classic rock, the doors are the best, i'm also into old school heavy metal, dio, sabbath, and
Favorite Movies: snatch, the princess bride, lock stock, the 5th element, anchorman, i could go on and on
Favorite Television Shows: lost, monster quest, no reservations, how i met your mother, futurama, the venture bros.
Home Brewing Biography: my dad is a brewer when he was a kid, and he got me into it
in 1995 my dad my best friend and I brewed my first wine, i was more a grape picker and crusher at that time, but i still felt like it was my wine. in 2004 i brewed my first mead, i've always been into older traditional things and mead seemed like an older, more traditional way to brew, the first brew went very well, it was just a simple show mead, came out very clean, before i started brewing my next brew, i met my brewing partner in crime, on this site he goes by scinerd3000, he was impressed by my work, i was impressed just to find another brewer in the area. anyway, been brewing different things with him and on my own, last year i bought four 5 gallon better bottle carboys, and one 6 gallon better bottle, i also have two 5 gallon glass carboys and a 6 gallon drink mix bucket i use as a brew bucket
Future Brews: rose vanilla mead, smoked porter, peach mead,
Primary: Guinness clone, soon to be a chipotle stout
Secondary: orange mead
Bottled: kit ryePA working in bottle conditions
Gender: Male
Status: Single

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: kit Guinness clone to chipotle stout questions? on 04-10-2009 at 11:07 PM
thats what i heard bbrim, giggles, thats the way it sounded to me at first too, but i heard
that stone won serveral contests with a chipotle stout, so i gave one a shot, and it turned out
very nice,
Posted in thread: kit Guinness clone to chipotle stout questions? on 04-10-2009 at 03:55 AM
the beer is shaping up nicely, a bit more coffee in it than i would have liked, i may add some
heavy chocolate to balance, the pepper is coming through nicely at 1 large pepper per
gallonnext time i r...
Posted in thread: Airlock action 5 days after rerack on 03-27-2009 at 04:06 PM
glorybee.com is where i get my bulk honey, they are the best, make sure you buy raw honey,
treated honey leaves something to be desiredfunny, i just was about to go on a tiraid about
degassing but i s...
Posted in thread: kit Guinness clone to chipotle stout questions? on 03-27-2009 at 03:59 PM
hmmmmmmm mole stout, could be doable, i feel compelled to get my hands on some avo honey now
Posted in thread: kit Guinness clone to chipotle stout questions? on 03-26-2009 at 09:47 PM
i will keep you posted for sure
Posted in thread: Time to keep mead in Primary? on 03-26-2009 at 08:29 PM
nice, sounds like a fun brew
Posted in thread: Two Hours IPA - My Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA-esque beer on 03-26-2009 at 08:18 PM
looking forward to how this comes out
Posted in thread: H20...gatttoorrrrraaaaade. No really, just H20. on 03-26-2009 at 07:54 PM
if you had to switch from tap to anything i'd go with spring water, i've always gone with the
rule of thumb being that the better the water the better the brew, if you have an artisan well,
i'd go wit...
Posted in thread: Organic Yeast on 03-26-2009 at 07:48 PM
you could try a wild yeast,most anything containing sugar will ferment if given a little
waterbut you spin the yeast wheel of fortune, whick is a lot like the "bust a deal, face the
wheel" wheel form ...
Posted in thread: Possible slow mead fermentation on 03-26-2009 at 07:04 PM
churn away my friend, i won't say that you can't over aerate, but under aerating will hurt you
just as muchas far as temp goes i wouldn't raise it above 70, more than that is risky buisness