Recent content by Davidsons

Ron, that sounds pretty cool. Just be careful with older buildings. I've seen a lot of startups run through all their cash trying to appease the historical district and the city. I'm actually working on a brewery myself. We're starting with a 2.5bbl system that we purchased from a brewery that...

My friend just opened a Homebrew Supply store in Rancho Cordova, his prices are much lower than the other Homebrew Supply shops around. I don't need to venture all the way out to MoreBeer anymore 😀 I think he gives a discount on first purchases to.

The Brewmeister is only good when your in a pinch. And they don't have a good hop selection

Brewmeister is like $10 more per sack than More Beer though. Just go on Craigslist and find someone that will commutes from the bay regularly. That's what I did and it only costs me a few 22s of home brew every month

Am i to late?

I just found out about this and the lineup of breweries looks pretty awesome! Its this Saturday at discovery park. Anyone going? http://calbrewfest.com/brewers/

I do spiced ales all the time and normally add some spice and orange zest to my mash and than add my primary spice flavors into the secondary for 2-5 days. This way seems to work the best for me.

I was told that the experimental variety called 6300 is similar to the chocolate coconut. Has anyone tried the 6300 out?

Okay guys I just tried the pale ale out and it tastes pretty cool. It has a lot of spicy citrus notes and a nice coco butter/ coconut flavor to it. Its very interesting. I decided against dry hopping it because this variety seems pretty oily. I'm thinking next time I'm going to mix it with...

I harvested my first year hops last week and got 3 1/3 oz of Chinook and almost 2 oz of cascade after drying. But it looks like my cascade has new blossoms so I might get another oz or two.

Like I said, I need a better variety because I brew so often. I go to the brewmiester in roseville all the time and its a cool place when your in a pinch. That one on Auburn Blvd is my least favorite place to go. They never have a good malt selection all their products are covered in dust and...

I'm planning on going out to morebeer in a couple weeks to get some grain. I brew a lot and really need a better selection of bulk products. If anyone wants something hit me up. I'm planning to go the first week of October.

I had registered 10 beers but due to some family issues I was unable to send my beers in ontime. Next year its on!

I used 2 oz and broke them up 1/2 @60min 1/2 @15min 1 @ 1min

So I'm still waiting for this beer to ferment but I can already tell this hop is unlike any hop I've ever used before. My pale ale was just a simple recipe of two row with a dash of crystal for color. The hops had a strong fruit floral smell throughout the boil and the finished wort tasted...