Recent content by Nightbiker

Irish Red, please!

Only a few reasons it would have done that (that I can think of off the top of my head) - one, you didn't let it finish fermenting before bottling (most likely, since you said it was great after two weeks in the bottle) -two, you messed up in the sanitation department and a bug got in and went...

I dunno, Max, thats a very very fine crack -I'd be concerned the flux didn't penetrate the ends very well -and if it doesn't, the solder will never seal. If the poster has access to someone with a tig (or a local shop -or depending on the cost of sending it to the last posters' shop) I'd...

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you as well. I give thanks to all the farmers and purveyors of Hops Malt and Yeast (as God makes the water and I pump it out of the ground, I'm glad of that as well) -not to mention the sharing of some great recipes. Going to spend the day with the wife and family...

After racking from the primary (even if I don't opt for a secondary) I take a healthy measure of the primary yeast, wash it, take the cleaned yeast and will pitch THAT into the next batch if I'm doing multiple with the same yeast -though in truth if I was doing multiples I've dumped right onto...

No, I really don't drink a lot. I'd have to say I give away most of my brew. I rather enjoy watching others enjoy it even more than I enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE beer, I just don't drink a lot. I do use it when I cook -and when I'm smoking meats (like pulled pork or ribs...

Is it any wonder the wife thinks I'm a bit tweaked in the head? :D Besides, its no more than anyone else on here would do (its a great crowd!). I think you would like this: AFTER they extubate (take the breathing tube out) you -at least when you've been on the vent- they give you a "swallow...

THAT is not a bad thought! Been a while since I did an extract -and it sure would make for a shorter day (and easier cleanup.) -Glad you mentioned it!

My birthday is December the 18th. I am an RN at a local level-1 trauma center and teaching hospital -I work in the ER as a care coordinator (first level of case management at our facility). 1/2 hour into my shift on Dec. 17, I was walking to my first post of the night to begin my shift duties...

Mine was a bit more expensive, but yes I have converted it with a controller from my LHBS. I fit 4 kegs (Pepsi kegs) but CAN fit 2pepsi and 2coke kegs but its tight. I carbonate with a large co2 bottle and maintain pressure with a small one that fits inside the keezer.

I'm in! :ban:

I recirculate my mash water through a coil in my HLT, I also have a 'bypass' ball-valve that allows me to bypass my coil. I find maintaining my mash temps quite simple -the HLT is kept at about 160, and I crack open the bypass AND coil-flow valves so that some of the flow goes through the coil...

Thanks for the input! If anyone does have experience using aluminum for a mash tun, please speak up! If I (finally) break down and just do it, I'll post results (and pray to the Beer Gods that I don't regret the conversion) -I did get (the other day) a donor half-keg from a friend who found it...

I need a bigger MLT (mine is only a 9gallon stainless) and after getting over the shock from the cost of stainless 'tuns (not to mention those big round coolers -boy are they PROUD of their product!) I ran across some (very) large aluminum cooking pots that my local 'mostly mexican' grocery...

I'm on board!