Recent content by mrkeeg

You guys rock! (Any local homebrewers want to join us for a day in any of these places? Or share some homebrew with thirsty travelers?)

Oh! Thanks for the heads up on the "beer mapping project." All these suggestions... we're going to need more than 4 days...

PS.... Re... "want to come" ... really? We're thinking 4 days around the march 12-13 weekend.

It's on the list! (Moose Drool... mmm...)

Like all bad - I mean great - ideas, this one started over beers. About 8 of us are planning to pile into my short bus and do a 4 day blitz of as many breweries as possible. We're leaving from central Alberta, heading through BC, down through Seattle to Portland, then back through Montana...

For the guy who is about to brew his first batch ever, there's an even easier way to do things. Mash, boil, cool, add yeast. Your hands will be full getting a handle on the main, important bits. You'll get a decent beer. Don't sweat the math and gravity till next time (at earliest!)

I think this was moderately successful. I forced the CO2 onto the "out" post of a corny, I left the keg lid on, and bled out pressure through the relief valve. Did this for maybe 5 mins ... would have done more but was worried my C02 tank was nearing empty. DMS taste was reduced to a...

Skipped the sexies and went with some lambic beer, foot rub, and a few other stocking stuffers. Probably for the better! Thanks folks. ...oh and GOT a refractometer! Can't wait.

Hmmm... You know, the advice is kinda secondary to the fact that this thread is now officially FUN. I'm not sure I could get away with giving in to the requests for pictures. Maybe could find one of her with a mash paddle? Starting a siphon?

Don't know who else to ask, so I guess you guys are as good as anyone... Honest question... is lingerie a real gift? I am totally stuck for good xmas ideas ... I couldn't find a few things that would have been PERFECT. Aaaaand of course I'm a guy so now it's the last minute...

20 gal Ed's Haus Pale 5 gal Barleywine 5 gal cinnamon toast ale 10 gal cream ale 5 gal 'leftover ale' 10 gal chocolate porter = 55gal = 35,565

Experiencing HUGE cooked corn flavour in a light cream ale. The recipe had a good amount of Pilsner malt, and also a good amount of flaked corn. Also, my thermometer broke... but I didn't realize that until I had WAY over heated the mash through multiple decoction. (So... there is a...

Brain still... computing... Thanks ajdelange

Not a nay-sayer... DO this experiment and let us know! Just came across something to consider or put in your report for interest. From Fix's "principles of brewing science" "[calcium ions] continue to interact with malt phosphate during wort boiling ... the primary reason that wort pH...

Auto siphon wins for most hated AND most loved item on this thread! I've tried two different ones and hated them (didn't seem to work well, stirred up the yeast trying to get them to go, harder to sanitize...) One of my best purchases has been an infrared temperature sensor gun... does anyone...