Recent content by lumberteria

Jim, I'm curious to know how your hops have faired in the fabric pots the last few years. I need to move my hops to another part of the yard this fall and I am considering using fabric pots. Please let us know. Thanks.

Yes, the good news is it's drinkable. So, I'm going to pop one open and go order a 10 gal. brew kettle. Then tomorrow I'm going back to my original brew shop where they measure the grain and the hops come in vacuum packs. I'll give it another shot next weekend and then update this thread once...

Man, you guys are awesome. I really appreciate all the input. V-Fib, I did see that recipe from Zymurgy but my recipe was from TheBrewingNetwork.com, mainly because they said they had some direct input from Vinnie. Recipe is below. I mashed for an hour at 153 deg. This recipe was for 5.7...

I'm not exactly a beginner but I feel like one as I haven't brewed in 9 years until this summer. My first batch, about 3 months ago, was a pale ale clone that turned out OK. But my next batch a few weeks later... it just didn’t work. I tried to brew a clone of what is probably my favorite...