Recent content by nsmills83

from my above post

Ok, I gave up the brewing hobby a few years ago, but I quit with a carboy of apfelwein in daughter's closet. It's been over 3 years now. Obviously the airlock has been out of liquid for most of that time. There's a little funk on the top that looks kinda like yeast. Do you think this would be...

Thanks guys. Just got back from my weekend of beer drinking in bend, to find the hop island starting to fall apart. I think it will be good. Cheers

I'm dry hopping my IIPA with some whole hops from a friend of mine. They've been in the secondary for 5 days now. The whole hops take up so much volume that the ones floating on the top aren't even saturating in the beer. Should I be concerned or do anything to push down the hops? Thanks

Maybe it's because I'm new to brewing, but anytime someone is excited to drink one of my concoctions, I enjoy sharing. For me it's one of the thrills of brewing, to make something that others want to drink. Although half a gallon is quite a bit, and I agree it's a good time to teach them how...

I'm not a biologist, but I think it's the Y that prefers home brew and the X that prefers toffee :) (genes, nerd humor)

Add a new quote to the list of watching water boil or the grass grow... "it's like sitting around waiting for a cider bomb to blow"

I'll start off with what I did yesterday for beer, which I'm embarrassed to admit in this forum. Since I'm tight on cash, in between paychecks, and it's hotter than hell, I decided to head to the grocery store with my last moneys. To stretch it out til payday, I decided to spring for an 18...

Every time I see the "What I did for beer today" thread scroll across my feed, I think to myself this is going to be funny. Then I realize it's a serious thread about being a productive brewer, which is also great. I am still left somewhat unsatisfied wondering what great things people have...

Thanks a bunch! And thanks again for the recipe. It's a great one to get us newbs excited about cider. Cheers

I did my first ever cider over a month ago. It's upstatemike's caramel apple hard cider. I didn't have time to stovetop pasteurize, so once carbonation was good, I stuck the bottles in the fridge. Now, a few weeks later, these bottles have turned into gushers. I have a few questions: 1 -...

+1 to this and the FOB. I make my living importing cheap automotive crap from Asia and the Chinese will try just about anything to save a penny. I would recommend seeing if they have any referrals from US customers. Possibly someone you could hitch a container ride with. Or, hookup with a...

Where's Lester? I picture a small town where trolls go to build their doomsday bunkers

Suds and Suds is where I learned my appreciation for good beer. Made it "around the world" 3 times. Sounds like the beer scene has expanded a bit since I lived there about 6 years ago. I hear flat tail has some good beers.

Thanks! I got around to bottling today. Final gravity was .998, with my original gravity was 1.068. I'm assuming abv calculation is same as beer? that gives me 9.3% before adding concentrate. Does that seem correct or even possible, or is something wrong with my calculation? Taste is...