Recent content by illadelphbrew

if you have a welding supply shop in your area u might be able to pick up a cheap mig welder for between $200-$300, the one i picked up came with an empty tank and and can be plugged inton any 120 electiric line.

Hey this recipe looks good. So good I had ago at it this Saturday, so it will be ready by memorial day, with some minor tweeks. I used 1 lb oh each of the steeping grains, 6 lbs of extract and 1.5 lbs of honey. I bumpeds up the fermentables to try to give it alittle bit more abv. But I do...

Thanks for all the info this is def on my to do list, after a watermelon wheat my girl is begging me to brew. (cant say no to her since she is the one who got me my starter brewing kit) but i do have one more question it is in both primary and secondary for a month each. just wondering since...

yeah i would def get the glass carboy as a secondary, i know other brewers use there bottling bucket as either there primary or secondary. but i never trust something with a spigot hold 5+ gallons of sweet sweet beer in my closet (which is were my beer ferments)

Its nice to see how many current of past yunkers there are in this site. I am a transplant from the northeast (mayfair). Currently BackSplash Brewery is out of my garrage at Manayunk and Rector. And both Keystone and Home Sweet Homebrew are great places. HSHB is so mom and pop plus Gorge is a...

I am a noob to brewing/HBT and am also in manayunk. I think we brewed the same kit for our first batch. Im only 5 batches in but I can already tell im going to be obsessed

Hey every1, to start off I want to say thank you to every1 on HBT. Even though I haven't posted much, I have been reading topics on this site almost every day, trying to improve my brewing. I found this site so helpful. So I was thinking about getting in to homebrewing for awhile but never had...

Thanks for the info, and do you bring the brown sugar to a boil with water the same way you do with the dextrose. And I dont have to worry about the hoppiness fading for me, my beers never last that long.

The 1 Lbs of brown sugar is that just for the bottling or does that go into the actual boil. Thanks, Snyder

And if any1 can post a fg and a abv for this it would be awesome. Thanks, Snyder

ill be at the night session of the philly craft beer fest tonight wearing a "do you like it raw?" t shirt from my favorite sushi place if you see me come on over and say hi

i know you are talking about the 2010 festivalbut im going to be at the night session of the 2011 one tonight. wearing a "do you like it raw?" t shirt from my fav sushi bar. if you see me come say hello