Recent content by Kuglehaus

did anyone else jump to Harbor Freight to price out that lift table... the mind wanders... you know.

Born and raised PA farm boy (Ft Loudon)... stuck in maryland for now.....welcome.

I'm up to 3 people now that find this the same. I gave my wife (we'll say an independent 3rd party who did not know what I was doing) a sip of the apfelwein from my glass (she liked it) and I asked if she wanted another drop (I then poured her some from the gewurtz bottle) she drank that and I...

I have the same pot, part of a turkey fryer...comes with a drain already in.. bought at lowes

I have 5 of the 15gallon ones, they work great, and are cheap at the LHBS near you :)

In case someone wants to pick apart the process: 5 gallon of Sam's Choice Apple Juice 4lbs honey 1 pkt ec-1118 (champagne yeast) Ferment it out, cold crash on the lees, keg and serve.... Then ... well.. you know the rest ;)

Yeah, well, I'm not gonna lie here. I had never heard of the stuff. Until I wiki'd it after I posted, I assumed it was made from apple... It's a "sweeter" wine apparently..so maybe the FG's are inline? I have a poor tasting palate, so I'm curious to hear other opinions.

I had a friend come over and try the apfelwien, he made an off comment on how it tastes like Gewürtztraminer. We went out later and bought a bottle, and I'll be damned... 100% match, you couldn't tell the two apart. Anyone else notice this? Or is my apfelwein really not acting correctly?

1.) Worst of all time - Schlitz Ice... we used to walk around frat parties and give it away just to watch their faces... 2.) For all you Mid Atlantic folks out there, when I lived in Ocean City, MD for a summer there was this beer... Maryland's Best that was 3.99 a case... a case. God what a...

A beautiful piece of art! And functional too...

When you do an all grain process the incremental cost to work is very small, you will probably start going to 10 gallon very soon. I personally would buy for a 10g barleywine and never look back. I have a 60qt from sams and it's perfect.

you can't chug from a bottle without a straw, lighter, and a neat bar trick... wait... sorry, this is a serious thread.. I like a glass better for the aroma of the hop monsters, for the plain janes... either will do if it's force carbed... If it's a natty carb.. glass only.

do I get partial credit for ecramsey's 5? I did text him through it...lol 12867 + 5 = 12877

Was the fermentation temp steady? Sounds like you were fermenting in a range of temps, that can do what you describe.

I made a big Wheat beer and ground an oz for the secondary. It's a shock at first, but people can't stop drinking it... I would say if the beer has the body and bite, it can handle it. at 9% though... well... let's just say I served at poker night and my rims setup was free :)