Recent content by Guyute

I've seen Sumpin Special at the store, was a wuss though and passed it up. Next time.

Those Little Sumpin's are brutal. Tasty, but packing quite a punch.

North Coast Old No. 38 Stout. Goes great with the Kings/ Penguins game. Go Kings Go!

I just gave it another look, and there is probably a good 1/4 inch sediment, so I guess all is good. I can't brew till Friday night though, (today is wednesday), should I leave it out or put it in the fridge until then? Maybe I should have timed this better :)

Thanks for the responses. There is barely anything at the bottom of the growler, maybe 1/16th of an inch of sediment. Think I'll just get some new yeast before I brew this batch.

The yeast was cool, maybe an hour or so out of the fridge when I pitched it. The wort was cooled to about 75. No I didn't take a gravity reading, that would have been a good idea though.

It was in a glass tube. They said they would send it in a cold pack, but it was just thrown in not refrigerated.

I ordered some yeast online about a month ago, and it arrived after being in transit for about 6 days and sat on my porch for a few hours on a 90 degree day. Sunday morning I decided to make a yeast starter, and I have yet to see any real activity. Definitely no krausen, just a little bit of...

I've got a little extra cash right now, and want to upgrade my brewing equipment. Two challenges I have now are chilling wort and keeping fermentation temps down. Which would be the better initial investment as far as improving my beer, a swamp cooler for my fermentation area or an immersion...

Crazy game, awesome finish.

Damn that looks good...

Sam Adams Latitude 48 IPA, pretty darn good stuff. On sale too

Man, I drank these too soon. It's now about a month since I bottled them, and they are really getting good. Only have about six or seven bombers left :(

I laughed

Opened my first bottle of home brew last night, the first batch I've made in about 6 years, and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Much better than what I had made in the past. I think the difference this time has a lot to do with cleanliness, sanitizing everything, and better...