Recent content by dehn0045

I live in Houston, TX so I have two local shops -- B&S Homebrewers Guild and Defalco's. However, I almost exclusively use Midwest Supplies and just have my orders shipped. I have not had great luck with the two local shops -- Defalcos was often out of stock with certain items and B&S just...

Never heard of this beer either. But my mom was digging through her old boxes of stuff and found a bottle of it that she got as a gift 20 years ago. A friend of hers went to Germany and brought back a bottle. The funny thing is, my parents never opened it! 20 year old beer... I know all of...

+1, more flow is better -- since the water dirt cheap, let it flow. The tubing should have no problem holding back the pressure. Unless you have some wicked water pressure... Agitation is a must. Furthermore I have found that vertical agitation is much more effective than horizontal...

I use propane to boil my 5 gallon batches. I boiled 7 batches for 60 minutes on one tank of propane. That is about $2 per 60 minutes. Electricity isn't free either, you may spend like 50 cents for a 60 minute boil (just guessing). So, in the end you are looking at a per bottle price increase...

my understanding is that using a stir plate for a starter accomplishes two main goals: 1.) Keeps yeast in suspension -- which keeps the yeast busy rather than allowing them to settle and get lazy. 2.) Helps drive off CO2 and promotes oxygenation. The only way to achieve oxygenation...

KingBrian -- If you are such an expert on the topic, then why not share your vast knowledge? Clearly we have a group of people, most with good intentions, sharing their experiences with others that have less experience. To my knowledge, nobody on this post claims to have a Ph.D. in...