Recent content by HowardMBeers

I'm probably pretty close if you want to meet up. I'll send a PM...

There's a bunch of clubs in and around ATL. Usually, they center around a geographic area. INHBC - Marietta/Woodstock Brewmasters - Alpharetta/Johns Creek Covert Hops and Final Gravity seem to claim the entire ITP region. There's a whole host of others...

Will an entrepreneuring someone please make a manly apron to wear while brewing? There's a few nice ones for grilling, but homebrewers have different needs.

I think I remember something about yeast eating the most simple sugars first then adapting to eating just those sugars. So it might make it more stressful to eat the normal wort sugars. That was my thinking, but I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Thanks, Peter. I've used WLP007 for Barley Wines and RIS's without issue before. It was a meticulously temp controlled ferment with proper pitching rates and oxygen. My best guess was that all the simple sugars stressed out the yeast somehow.

I'm planning an old ale with about a pound or more of Indian Palm sugar (Jaggery). Last time I fermented a high-gravity ale with sugar (turbinado) and WLP007 the results were way too estery and I ended up dumping the whole batch. Does anyone have a good suggestion for an English-style yeast to...

Wow. Great list! Curieux Stone Enjoy By ABT12 Dragon's Milk La Folie Three Philosophers

Beer_Goggles, The Black Prinz should be fine. My experience is, the darker the malt the longer you can store before use milled or unmilled. I'm planning on using this recipe as base for a Black IPA I'm brewing in about a week. I made adjustments for my BIAB system by upping the base malt...

"Hot Scotchy" anyone? http://beervana.blogspot.com/2010/11/greatest-beverage-in-world-hot-scotchy.html

I know it's just a placeholder right now, but your beer list is making me thirsty. Although, I feel that way every Friday at about 3pm....

Toward the bottom of the page... http://starhousefoundation.org/rbf/ "NEXT BREW: COMING IN 2014 – CRAFT BREWERS COMPETITION Next year’s event will include a Craft Brewers Competition so start working on your master brews and be on the look out for information in 2014." Lots of...

Picked up my sacks today. Also picked up some beers. Thank you sfrisby and Hop City!

Awesome news that this is back for a second year! I see something about a "Craft Brewers Competition" from last years page. Is that like a Pro-Am contest?

Check their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProperSoda

Okay. This might be easy? Ingredients: 1.Hop Shot - Northern Brewer 2.Phosphoric Acid - Northern Brewer 3.Agave Nectar - Grocery Store 4.Water - Tap or Filtered Mix the above until you like the taste. Assuming the hop shot extract can be mixed into the rest of the ingredients...