Recent content by deremer

Thats all I have to say.

Just poured my first brew from a tap. A vanilla porter that is great. A little under carbed, so i turned the pressure back up and will give it another 24 hours.

I met a guy at a brewery tour and we got to talking about homebrew. He want's to start brewing so I invited him over Saturday to brew. He showed up with a 20 lb co2 tanks and a corney as a gift. He saw a restaurant closing and the owner was throwing out 3 tanks and 12 corneys. All I need is a...

Wait to add top off water until the end and you have chilled. You may not need it.

That is the one I had tonight

Being our first cool day of the season I think it is time do dig a Barley Wine out of the back of the fridge.

I saw on a episode of brewing tv that said as long as the ph is under 3 you are good to go, well i think they said three. I used it for the first time last week and it was cloudy.

just got the brewzor app and it looks like there is a lot of good stuff on there

I have had a problem with a sour taste in my last 4 batches I have made. I have changed out every thing that touches my wort post boil. Is it possible that I beveloped a bacteria in my plastic mash tun that is giving me this bad taste and smell. I usually just rinse and dry my mash tun...

just found a 4 pack of dog fish head punkin ale is it is very good. the other 3 are going into storage.

I just found a LHBS that is not to far out of my way. I priced a recipe online and then at the store. The shop was only one dollar more. When I took every things to the register I sighed up for their "club" and received an extra 10% off, so the recipe was $2 cheaper. I also got a few small...

I have had an infection in a single bottle. I don't think it was rinsed well when emptied and then grew some funk in it. It was the only one in the batch like that, and that's the best explanation i could come up with.

joey- i was stationed at coast guard air station sitka

I used to work with an old plumber who taught me fittings need to be just tight enough to not leak.

The last time I did I was stationed in Alaska at a going away party. My daughter had just turned 1, and was in one of those kid backpacks, it was pouring down rain and I was holding an umbrella. Yes, I had the fastest time by far.