Recent content by NorCalAngler

I brewed 5 gallons of this and hit OG of 1.056 without the sugar. I let it ferment out until the krausen fell and then added 0.75lb of turbinado dissolved in a few cups of water. I let it sit for a total of 2.5 weeks and my FG is 1.002.. that yeast is a beast. Flat hydrometer sample tasted...

I pulled a sample last night to check the gravity. It is at 1.020 down from 1.080. I'm hoping it squeaks out a few more points, but even if it is done I can't wait to get this one kegged. This is the first beer where I sipped and enjoyed the warm, flat gravity sample like it was a finished...

I brewed this two weeks ago. My efficiency was terrible, only getting about 1.080 in 5.25 gallons. I'm hoping it attenuates pretty well because anything that finishes above 1.020 is generally too sweet for me. I added a little over 2oz of medium toast American oak cubes soaked in 50ml of...

This thing is amazing. I've been using it since v 2.0 for all my brews. Keep up the good work. The only recommendation I have is to carry over more info from the main tab into the brewday. For example, the hop schedule shouldn't be different so it would be useful to just carry that...

I entered beer and haven't heard anything. I was at the fair on Sunday and the exhibit wasn't up and I couldn't find a single person at any of the information booths that knew a thing about the competition. Where did you find the info?

jdlev is spot on. Look at the soda 8 packs that are deceptively packaged to look like 12 packs. You see them at $3 and think that's a decent deal for a 12 pack of soda... bastards.

Sacramento/Roseville folks, I've been following a new brewery that's going to open up this Summer with a tasting room called "Roseville Brewing Company." Their brewhouse is off near Washington & Pleasant Grove (conveniently about 2 miles from my house) and they're aiming for a small, low-key...

I bought a two keg kit with a taprite regulator, 5lb co2 tank and two used corny kegs. The kegs arrived a couple weeks after ordering dirty inside/out and smelling of soda so their claim to clean the kegs before shipping is false. I soaked both of them in oxiclean and replaced the orings with...

User NorCalHomebrew ... I love Untappd to keep track of what I've enjoyed in the past.

All he needs to do is release it under a new version year. BrewPal 2011 and charge another $2 for it. I would pay for it again if he made substantial improvements. If it is just a bug fix release then I'm not paying another cent for it.

"Yeast, yeast the magical fruit. The more you drink it, the more you toot" ~ Benjamin "Wheelbarrow" Franklin

"That's one small beer for man, one giant hangover for mankind." - Ben "The Fizzy" Franklin

I think a discount is fair. If you purchased a slightly blemished item in store they would knock the price down a bit and this is no different. That is a pricey pot at roughly $150 so 20% is $30 off, definitely cheaper than shipping it back and forth after you calculate the cost of handling.

In my world acronyms are supposed to be a faster way to say a long phrase. This is like the reverse of that. SWMBO bugs me... I guess it's the efficiency nut in me. It seems a more suitable acronym is SWMBKH... She Who Must be Kept Happy. Again, wife is a lot easier to say.

Any update?