Recent content by goose_on_fire

I will give this a shot first as it sounds like the easiest with least work. If it doesn't work, no loss. After reading that, I think I'll stick with abrasives and a respirator... the grinder got rid of it just fine, so it's a matter of either a Dremel or sandpaper and elbow grease at this...

Hey everyone, So I cut the top off this Sanke I want to use as an HLT, and that went well. Drilling and adding a ball valve also went well. My problem is that the inside of the keg has a brown, crusty residue coating it. It's hard-- my fingernail doesn't scratch it at all-- and rough...

Life is good! I have separated the glasses, and all manner of things shall be well! Unfortunately, this plan was stillborn. We just got a new dishwasher about a month ago-- I installed the damned thing, but haven't yet admitted to SWMBO that I haven't read the instruction manual and have...

So my wife put the pint glasses one inside the other while they were still hot out of the dishwasher (I know, I know, one more reason not to put them in there in the first place) and now they are firmly stuck together. Anyone have any tips for getting them apart? I'd rather not crack either...

Agreed, I like to think the alcohol disinfects my bloodstream the same way it does when they rub an area with alcohol before a you get an injection. As an added bonus, there's the Darwinian brain cell theory, which says that the alcohol only kills the old, slow, infirm brain cells, like a...

For my first brew I didn't know you had to crush the grains. So most of us have been there at one time or another. But yeah, lmao.

I turned an old ATX supply into a general-purpose power supply (I use it for my stirplate, among other non-brewing things), and looking at the sticker on the side, the 12V rail is good for 15 amps. So if you gang all the yellow wires together (or enough of them to handle the expected current...

To answer the question you didn't ask, I've got a 4-year-old and a 16-month-old, and my brewing time went up dramatically when I started doing it at night rather than trying to cram it on a weekend (and feeling like a ****ty dad for neglecting my kids on one of the two full days a week I have...

Honestly I would rather they put them in my ACM or IEEE mags, they could use it more

We managed to set the hose from the propane tank to the burner on fire the other night. Flames everywhere, but no damage except to the hose itself, which is 90% burned through. Hopefully I spent all my ******* points for Febrary now.

Yeah, the smoked porters are always the last to go from my 8-packs. I don't dislike them, they're just not as good as the rest of what's in there. FWIW, I've seen them at the Costcos on Morena and the one in Mission Valley, but that was the first pre-Christmas run, don't know if they're going...

I neglected to clean the mash tun (an Igloo cooler) after a late-night brew session on Tuesday night. Four days later, I open the cooler to dump the spent grains and promptly puke my guts out. Man, that stuff gets nasty. So that was my ******* move for January. I might top it in February if...

More like, "What DON'T I use?"

Yeah I love it when she puts whipped cream on the Wait what was the question? Edit for serious answer: Yes, especially a saison, poured into a slightly tulip-shaped glass, with a big column of foam sticking up over the rim. Like marengue. Merengue. Meringue. Ha, knew I'd get it...

Yeah, I also pour it in a glass and then swirl & drink the last half inch or so out of the bottle. Maybe my palate just isn't real sophisticated, but most of the time I can't tell a difference, textural issues aside. I pour so I can enjoy the clarity, retention, lacing, aroma... all that good...