Recent content by paleale

i try to keep mine between 155 and 160. i also do my boil with only the wort from the grains. i add the hops as called for and add any lme or dme at flame out. my brews have been lighter in color since i started doing that.

i've really had alotof great remarks about brewers best witbier. i even like it myself.

flying dog in heat wheat would be my go to beer.

i see alot of banana flavor in your future if your in the high 60's. i try to keep mine down in the low 60's if not 60. i made the same mistakes before.

i brewed this late in the winter. i have had it sitting on the shelf in the brew room for over a month. i tried it the other day and loved it. i did something differently when i made it. i put the seasoning pack in when i did the steeping instead of in the last ten minutes of the boil. i really...

i did the brwers best kolsch over a month ago. it has been in the secondary with the temp set at 40 degrees for about 2 weeks now. i let it set for a ittle over a week in the primary, secondaried at 60 degrees for two weeks and have had it set on 40 degrees for 2 weeks. the tempature never went...

let it sit for 2 more weeks. then cold crash it. i let mine sit a month at least before i think about anything.

a feral cat is like a house cat, but was born in the wild. they don't like humans,kill chickens, rabbits and so one. around here they are a large problem. the multiply like crazy and all the farmers around here shoot them when we get a chance. there was a den of them about 250 yards behind my...

1. yes. i have a chamber i do ales in and one i do lagers and pilsners in. 2. i love furel cats. moving targets are more fun to shoot at.

i have buckets and carboys. i have several 6 gallon better bottles and several 5 gallon better bottles i secondary in. i have used each. each works. i like the carboys and better bottles myself. i like to be able to see what my brews are doing. my fermentation chambers are in a basement room...

i have tried them all and i really liked the wb-06 best. i would say it is more of a personal taste thing. i have noticed there are no two people who believe the same way on anything. best thing to do is try several batches using different yeasts. keep notes and figure out which one fit your...

sorry man. heck i'm 38 and started brewing beer when i was 18. my grandmother(she is still aliveand in her late 80's) had me helping her make wine before i could drive legally :mug:!!! i was driving years before i could legally:tank:!!! my average homebrew is around 8% abv:rockin:. my...

bugs and what looks like bug eggs. i had friends who claimed they washed them out bring them to me. they had dead flies in them and little sacks that looked like bags of eggs. i gave them to the dumpster!!!

it's funny. me and a friend can sit down and drink a 1/5 of the new jim beam devils cut and not be hung over the next day. we drink alot of coke with it. when i drink a big glass of water before bed i don't get hung over on home brew, but let me foreget that big glass of water and the monkeys...

yep. been there done that. often after just 8 or 9 i feel like a dozen monkeys with hammers are trying to get out of my head. i used to never get hangovers, but at the age of 38 they are just something i get used to. i don't puke or anything just insane headaches. i have been drinking a 16 oz...