Recent content by mjperry24

Yeah.

Whoa. That's wild. I was JUST talking to a guy who lives in an apartment I'm moving into in Scottdale who told me this, then I forgot the name of the place and googled it and found this post. Fantastic news. I hate going to Monroeville.

Good luck, let us know how it goes. I was thrilled with mine. Great feeling when other people tried it and their faces lit up.

I started with kits.. Then started modifying the kits a little bit.. Then downloaded brew target, picked a style, and randomly added ingredients til it met style. After experimenting that way, you still wind up with some decent to good beer and learn what different ingredients do.

I threw 4 lbs of canned pumpkin into the boil, 1 tbsp nutmeg and 1 tbsp cinnamon, as well as 1 lbs of the canned pumpkin pie mix in the boil for 5 minutes at the end. Straight out of the can. The pumpkin flavor was there but not overpowering, and the extra spices in the pumpkin pie mix and the...

I use BrewTarget to come up with my recipes. Kits taught me the basics. I'd follow along with the kit and the software and see what worked. Only did it for two brews. I now come up with my own recipes, which I am improving and perfecting through trial and error. It affords me a lot of...

I was going to suggest the subscription to BYO. Great magazine.

I've got the same kit (modified slightly) in secondary now. I didn't steep the pumpkin, just threw it right in. Going to create an incredible flavor... Just wish I would've not been a moron and added enough water when I racked to primary... I went from 5 gal to about 3 because I...

Rdwhahb.

"Prelude To A Homebrew"

Possibly both borderline sexist and hilarious. Not touching either with a ten foot pole. I like beer.

Probably adding 5-6 lbs. What kind of bag do you reccommend? I was planning on filtering when I bottled or reracking to a tertiary... but this seems like a much more convenient option...

:confused: :drunk: Eh... Doesn't sound like it. Unless food = garbage? Anyone?

I really prefer to be drinking before, during, and after. That is, until I eventually burn myself or something. It just makes it more fun. Granted, I don't get plowed while I'm working, because I'm too busy watching for boil-overs, keeping an eye on timers, etc..

Simple question, looking for simple opinions. I know there are a bunch of ways to do this. Brewing a blueberry porter. Going to add blueberrys (frozen then thawed to room temp) in secondary. I've read a few places that say temperature needs to be controlled a great deal, other places...