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ABOUT ME

About Me: Texas born and raised.
General Interests: alcohol,tobacco,and firearms
Occupation: Accountant
Favorite Music: Rock and/or Roll (Experimental Rock, Alt rock, psychadelic rock, etc) - Tool, Pink Floyd, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Animals, The Mars Volta, Circa Survive, The Dear Hunter, Brand New, ...
Favorite Movies: Too many to list.
Favorite Television Shows: Too many to list.
Favorite Books: House of Leaves, The Road, Blood Meridian, The Gunslinger, The Stand, Only Revolutions, Starship Troopers, Hyperion, Cloud Atlas, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, so many more.
Clubs and Associations: none yet
Home Brewing Biography: Recently got back into home-brewing. Did the bucket thing with the extract kits for a few years, but eventually lost interest. I recently discovered all-grain-brewing, and now I'm working on upgrading my entire set up to improve my brewing, fermentation, and kegging techniques.
Future Brews: Edwort's Apfelwein, pilsner, cream ale, dry stout, ...
Primary: a void that needs to be filled
Secondary: What's a secondary?
Bottled: I'm tired of washing those damn things. It's kegging for me!
Kegged: Bock, Golden Ale, Porter
Gender: Male
Status: In a Relationship

City: New Braunfels

State/Province: Texas

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Texas Native Beer on 05-23-2013 at 05:51 PM
I bet you could grow decent hops there (it would just require lots of water for irrigation).
There are some decent Texas wines made with wine grapes grown in Texas. Considering that the
prime hop grow...
Posted in thread: why use rotating racking arm? on 05-23-2013 at 04:00 PM
I have a rotating racking arm on my conical, and I've never needed to rotate it. I just leave
it in the downward position and it racks fine. The only reason I could think to rotate it might
be if you ...
Posted in thread: Texas Native Beer on 05-23-2013 at 03:50 PM
Texas just really isn't a region well suited to growing beer ingredients (I'm not aware of any
hops or quality barley being grown here), I think you'd have more luck trying for a Texas wine.
There are...
Posted in thread: Hydrometer question on 05-22-2013 at 07:54 PM
You should be fine, 0.001 over 4 days is little enough to be an error, it may not have even
changed at all. Your fermentation is probably finished.
Posted in thread: Poor mans all grain on 05-22-2013 at 04:45 PM
I wasnt sure if all the grain and water would be able to fit in the 7.5 gallon pot or not.
Previous posts said that I could do like 3 gals of water with the grain the pull that out and
sparge with the...
Posted in thread: Poor mans all grain on 05-22-2013 at 04:28 PM
I do all-grain with 3 vessels, but brew in a bag (BIAB) is definitely a cheaper and more space
efficient route. Your method sounds like it could work, but you really don't even need the
cooler. You ca...
Posted in thread: Friends have taken a interest and taste towards my beer. on 05-22-2013 at 04:17 PM
I've given away six packs before, but I'd rather someone just come over and have a couple beers
with me. That way it doesn't feel like I'm just giving away my hard work, time, and money. I
love sharin...
Posted in thread: Showoff Your Cider(s)! on 05-22-2013 at 02:10 PM
Is that cat still alive? ;) I'll be furious if my cats do that but they're good and i wont
leave 4gallons unattendent.Its days are numbered. I thought my cider was safe and sound in my
kegerator, but ...
Posted in thread: austin homebrew on 05-22-2013 at 05:26 AM
I did their Fat Tire clone (all grain). I turned out pretty good, though I wouldn't say 100%
match. That was likely my fault though, as it was my first AGO attempt at the time.
Posted in thread: Showoff Your Cider(s)! on 05-22-2013 at 04:19 AM
123583Here's mine. See the recipe in the "Better than apfelwein" thread. I used the 3068 yeast,
and it came out great. Until my cat dumped 4 gallons of it onto the floor...