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05-02-2012

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05-22-2013 9:17 PM

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39 years old

Birthday:

10/4/1973

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ABOUT ME

General Interests: DIY stuff,brewing,wine making,electronics,physics and other science things in general.
Real Name: Mario Mendes Jr.
Favorite Television Shows: Science Channel, Discovery Channel and the like.
Clubs and Associations: P.O.O.P. (People Offended by Offended People)
Home Brewing Biography: Picked up a free copy of some Boston magazine once and the cover said something like "Home Made Wine Growing" or something like that. I didn't even like wine, but being the DIY type of guy that I am I decided to make some. Ended up with a few drinkable batches of wine until I decided to use my wine kit equipment to make some beer and was very surprised at how good the beer came out. A HopHead IPA extact kit, if a recall correctly.rnrnTried making some more about a year later, don't really remember the name of the extract kit, but it was some hoppy IPA. It failed to carbonate and ended up wasting the contents of all of the bottles.rnrnAnother year went by and I decided to give it another try, another kit called Opus Imperial Chocolate Coffee stout. This one was put into 4 of those mini kegs. It came out way too bitter for me, but a couple of my friends loved it. Another batch I did not get to enjoy.rnrnI decided to give it one last try and brewed an extract clone of Pliny the Elder. Drank the entire korny by myself in 2 weeks.rnrnThis last one was enough to get me hooked.
Future Brews: Who knows? I have come across so many interesting recipes in this site. I still have to pick one for another 5 or 6 gallon batch.
Primary: 1) Chocolate Cherry Sweet Stout, 1 gallon. My own experimental recipe to try to brew something for SWMBO 2) English IPA, 1 gallon, my own experimental recipe 3) Some sort of IPA, 6 gallons, my own recipe. Split into three 2 gallon batches. Bucket 1 fermenting with Wyeast Labs 1098 (British Ale), bucket 2 fermenting with Wyeast Labs 1318 (London Ale III) and bucket 3 fermenting with Wyeast Labs 1968 (London ESB Ale).
Secondary: None currently
Bottled: None currently
Kegged: None currently
Status: In a Relationship

City: Bedford

State/Province: MA

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Stainless Steel Bottles? on 05-22-2013 at 02:59 PM
Other than the brewer who likes shiny things, I'm betting that the biggest market for them will
be people buying them to gift it to the "brewer who likes shiny things" in their lives :)I can
picture i...
Posted in thread: Reverse Mashing on 05-19-2013 at 04:34 PM
Wouldn't the enzymes necessary for the lower temperature steps be denatured by the preceeding
higher temp steps?yes
Posted in thread: SS316 flexible heating element on 05-15-2013 at 03:59 PM
This guy bent his still have "test electric stove heating element INSIDE BK" in my to do
list, if only I could make extra time...Obviously, it would be sealed, isolated, gfci, yatta,
yatta, yatta.
Posted in thread: Thoughts on this counter flow chiller. The CRAB on 05-15-2013 at 03:53 PM
Why not feed 4 cold water pipes in parallel, while the wort flows through just one pipe in
series?This way, every 1/4 of the wort's way, it gets a new batch of cold water bathing over
it.Perhaps, even...
Posted in thread: I went "pro" - What it actually takes to do so on 05-13-2013 at 06:13 PM
Contras on the success, Cape!!!
Posted in thread: Kenmore 7.2 cu. ft. Chest Freezer $125 + Free Store Pickup on 05-13-2013 at 05:54 PM
Just ordered one! :ban:Thanks!
Posted in thread: Dont Do this, I Just lost 4 gallons of finished beer! on 05-13-2013 at 05:49 PM
Doh!I seem to recall some obscure rule of this site about banning people who do this sort of
thing...What a bummer!Sorry for your loss, man.
Posted in thread: Thoughts on this counter flow chiller. The CRAB on 05-13-2013 at 05:45 PM
:drunk:Dude, if you're doing it for the thrill of building it, go for it.Indian Villager is
spot on the pump/flow issue.It's a cool drawing though.The only other thing I can think of is
"way too much ...
Posted in thread: Source for mill pulleys? on 05-13-2013 at 02:57 PM
A couple of links should get you on your way:
Posted in thread: Proper Kolsch? on 05-13-2013 at 02:50 PM
I haven't tried a great variety of Kolsch beer so take this with a grain of salt, but every
single one I did try were medium-light to medium on the mouth feel.Are you maybe expecting it
to be lighter ...

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