Recent content by devinjames

Um. ...........

Temp has been rocking because of the weather but a large portion of that month was 70+ even 80+ down here in Houston. I figured I had enough temperature to get things going.

Sure. It was in primary for only about 4 or 5 days. About halfway through fermentation racked to secondary. (As measured with hydrometer) Finished off fermentation there for about two weeks. This is where I'm primarily concerned about lack of yeast. See linked post. From then it was in bottles...

So I did some things wrong on my first batch, sure. Detalied here. That could very well have left me with low amounts of yeast for bottle conditioning. But I'm thinking there's somthing more, and I'd like to get it fixed before my second batch goes into bottles. So after a while carbing, the...

Yeah, same here. Don't know why I took it. Maybe to see if I can still use numbers? Instead of abstractions.

Sure lots of these things can be fought in court, but the thing that really scares me is officer discretion. That cop has complete control over whether or not I spend a night in a jailcell and months for court dates regardless of whether a sensible person would think I was doing anything illegal...

tree top, cane sugar, montrechet, and a overly healthy shaking and i get the sulfur. at least throughout the cooler i'm fermenting in. conclusion. aeration is probably not getting rid of it.

the gingerman here in houston mosttimes has some st. arnold elissa ipa cask conditioned. i always try to get some when i'm there. good beer.

You know, I was at Two Rows last night (brew pub around Rice U), and look up in the bathroom to a Dixie Cup ad. Sure surprised me. devin

ronpaul2008! Sorry, sometimes it comes out. devin

can't beat the disposable camera i was given before a recent business trip that was sporting our company logo. and labeled. "best developed by march 2005" devin

didn't see any 10gallons at the target or walmart i looked at, but they had some at an academy sports around here.

Six of Sierra Nevada Porter. Couple Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. And a six of St. Arnold Divine Reserve 5 aging. Oh. And some tailgate leftover Lone Star Lights. Mmmm. Lone Star Light.

+1 Except it's more like 30 terminal windows and other programs.

Crawfish for you crazy non-Louisianians. Yeah, I live in Houston now, but I'm a New Orleanian.