Recent content by joe6pack

It's been a while since I last visited the site... I forgot to search before asking. Sorry everybody!

I just picked up an IPA kit that has toasted oak chips in it. It says to sanitize them via steam like you were steaming vegetables. Basically when I do that I just put the veggies in a little water and nuke them for a couple minutes. Is that sufficient? Also, it says to put them in for the...

Cool. Thanks.

I don't think its time in this instance. They are from the same batch and it was from one day to the next. You are right though about the beer aging. I thought it was a dud at first but after 6-7 weeks in the bottles its pretty dang good. Maybe I poured it a lot different I don't know.

Does a longer time in the fridge lead to a bigger head? I found an IPA that got pushed to the back of the fridge last week, and when I poured it, it had 5x the head than the one I poured the day before (which had been in the fridge for 1 night.)

A pound of body fat is 3500 calories. I'm sorry, but you can't gain 4 pounds from four beers.

Cool, thanks Nurmey.

Should one put their pellet hops into a hop bag, or is the hop bag only for plug and leaf hops?

Yeah after I posted the question, I figured people would think it was another extremely impatient noob wanting to bottle after 10 days. It's been in there for about 3 weeks now. How long can it sit before developing off flavors from being on the yeast cake? By a couple months, do you mean up...

How long is too long in the primary? It's a kolsch if that matters. Production has been exceeding consumption resulting in a bottle shortage. Guess I need to get :drunk: more. This is first time I've used my carboy as a primary. Not the best call in retrospect as now I don't have a...

Nice Score!

Is there a very noticeable difference in taste between identical beers made with the same yeast strain, one liquid, one dry? I know there is more choice in yeast strains with the liquid, but other than that, why is it worth it? Please enlighten me

I heard that. Good job...

Pull your dry hops out and let it wait. Check your gravity when you pull your dry hops and then again in a few days.

If you are going through Durham on the way, there is a really really good beer store you should check out. Sam's Quik Shop It doesn't look like much, but the selection is phenomenal. Oh yeah and the list on the website of beer is a small sampling of what they actually have.