Recent content by Chooch

Last year before I started, but knew I wanted to homebrew, I drank 3 cases of Grolsh for the bottles..I figured the bottles alone were about 2 bucks each, so why not get them with beer in them for 2 bucks a piece..They are great to use..You fill with one hand and bottle with the other at the...

Well I made almost the same recipe on MLK day and I'm about to bottle this weekend..I kept it in the basement the whole time. The primary and 2ndary have been wrapped with 2 tshirts and 1 towel to keep the heat in as much as possible and the light out. I think/hope that this will be a pretty...

Only used one coopers can, the real ale, but I added 3lbs of ldme and it is tasting pretty good..Much better than I expected. I also added 1oz of Perle hops because they were laying around in the fridge from a czech pilsner kit I didn't exactly follow correctly.

Good story Revvy, and I guess I learned form this one..I was just pretty mad at the time, money..Basically blood, sweat, and tears I put into it..That when I got a wiff of that smell I was crushed..I'm going to try the recipe again in a week or so..And this time I'll leave it alone..No matter...

Well unfortunately I was so po'd I did ditch the batch..I know now I should have waited it out, but this being the first time I have seen this, I swore it was gone so I dumped it..I see now that I may have over reacted, and thanks for the advice..Only been brewing for 3 1/2 months so I'm sure...

I 'm a 100% sure I had a bad batch last night, but I thought I'd run it by some people on here to see if I was right..I made an IPA about a week ago..Had it in the basement for the first day to day and a half..It was getting pretty cold in the basement so I thought I'd move it upstairs to my...

Thanks for the welcome..I can see Camden from my office window downtown..It's a pretty scary place now a days..

Whenever I have off(B-day, X-mas break etc.) I try and take advantage of it..I also can only brew when the wife is out of the house for a day or two due to the smell :) So I try to get it in when I can..The first 3 turned out ok-pretty good..The last one I did last week I'm pretty sure went bad..

Just wanted to say hello to the forum and introduce myself..I've been reading for a bit, but figure I'd join in on the fun now..There are a lot of knowledgeable brewers on here so hopefully some of that will rub off.. About me..Born and raised in Philly..Started homebrewing in September and...