Recent content by misterVT

If you're in Northern Virginia and willing to drive to Maryland, claphamsa organizes some bulk grain group buys every once in a while.

been looking for something this simple for a long time: username: misterVT

Here's Sam's explanation... http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/sam/thanks-for-understanding.htm

I'm outta town til next weekend. I'll pick up next Sat if you're around.

You said it was delicious so just roll with it and drink it. And you have an excuse to drink it fast before you lose hop flavor and aroma.

Great job. Now the real fun begins!

Sounds like you really want to win this argument with your wife. If that's the case you've already lost. I've had similar arguments with my wife. My wife is quick to shut down and stew in anger. It diminishes my point and I always cool off first. Fortunately when my MIL comes into town it's...

Throw the extra in a 2 liter soda bottle and force carb with a Carbonator cap and drink. They sell them at AHS.

Here's an update with my 5 gallon barrel experience. I had the IIPA in there for a week. It's oakey, but not too much. I kegged it because I wanted to avoid serious oxidation issues (I haven't noticed any). I won't know how good the beer turned out for another month or two as my IIPA requires...

Was it www.golfbreaks.com?

My last purchase from AHS was 1/18. On Feb 7 I had an unauthorized charge for $490.07 and two charges on Feb 9 totaling $1,408.66 for a grand total of $1,898.70! All transactions had an international transaction fee. This is the third time my credit card has been compromised so I know the...

2 bags of Two Row 1 bag of Munich Thanks!

For my higher gravity 10g brews I was consistently 10 points below where I needed to be. As suggested here, I found the solution was to decrease the water to grain ratio for mashing and increase the amount of sparge water used. Good luck!

I've heard you can reuse 4 to 5 times. I'm guessing you can use it more, but it will take longer to get the desired oak flavor.

I heard the same thing. I'll be tasting every day and will report back. So far, one day down and all I notice is the beer is damn good. I detect a little bit of oakiness. I have 5 gallons of the exact same beer sans oak and plan to do a blind taste test with friends to see which one they...