Recent content by NateG

The box for the top was from a previous project that never really worked out. That being said I didn't feel ambitious enough to do the same finger joint on the riser section, it is of notably simpler design. I coated the insides with marine epoxy and it is finally "dry" this evening, you can...

Two taps, just ordered the taps on amazon because I had a $25 gift card so only $36 for then :) At 6x6 it will probably be a little tight for the taps but I think it should work alright. Here is a photo of the box I will be using on the top, the open end will be down with some cleats inside to...

I am looking to add a tower to my kegerator since I am moving to a place where I can do so, the party taps are getting old. I am thinking along the lines of an oak box 6"x6"x6" supported by a 4"x4"x6" tall tower. I already have the 6"x6"x6" box which I made for another project and never finished...

Well it is still bubbling, the berries have floated to the top like usual and the closet has the nice aroma of fart :) All the while I fear I am drinking one of the last glasses of the pumpkin spice cider from earlier in the fall.

Well it was bubbling this morning so time will tell.

Well it ended up that I had to use the bread yeast, I put a teaspoon of it last night so hopefully it has taken off this morning.

I don't know, the place is unfortunately on the complete opposite end of town and it would take too long to go on my lunch even tomorrow. I might see if I can butter up my girlfriend into running down there tomorrow since she gets off earlier and she is a big fan of my cider :)

I went and started a batch of blackberry apple cider this morning with the intention of hitting up the local LHBS only to remember they are not open Mondays. I treated the cider with 5 camden tablets but crushing them up and adding them to the berries when I pasteurized them. The problem is I...

That's what I figured. I switched the stout back to a regular airlock a couple days ago because it looks like it has finished fermenting pretty quickly, which I have read is normal too. It might end up getting dumped into a keg when I keg the IPA and left to age.

I ended up at the LHBS and got the IPA kit and a 3lb bag of gold DME. Worked alot better this time, I used a smaller pot on the stove with a gallon of water, got the water and DME up to a gentle boil, burner didn't want to do much more then that, and tossed in about 3oz of whole cascade hops...

I got a gift cert for my LHBS for my birthday so I might run out and get the IPA kit and try hopping it up so I can get the pipeline filled.

Probably didn't hurt that I tossed in some yeast nutrient too. It is happily farting away into the jar of Starsan. I might have to go back and get an IPA kit to get going too since I am completely out of beer and have a bunch of hops to use up.

I had to quickly rig up a blow off this afternoon when I got off work, it was making a rather big mess of itself, first time I've had to do that.

How much of each spice did you use Jon112?

Yeah, it got cooler back into the closet it went, poor yeast probably don't know what to think. If this stout comes out good I might have to start brewing a few of the others since I find it hard to find time to do full boils lately, it was a fluke the last time I brewed that I had a whole day...