Recent content by pattycakes888

So it finally happened, 2 years into homebrewing and I'm pretty sure my beer got a Lactobacillus infection. However, after searching this absolutely amazing discussion forum for information, I've notice that all infections seem to be full-blown infections. I made a pumpkin milk stout, and this...

Just built a cider press for myself! it came out awesome, all the supplies came to under 80 bucks and it works great. I know for apples you have to pulp them before you press them, but what about other fruits like grapes, berries, and peaches. I feel like they're so soft and juicy alone that the...

I too like the black and white.....I made a few more changes as you guys suggested and order 50 product labels from Vistaprint.com for 10 bucks to see how they came out.....I'll take pictures of them on the bottle when I get them, and let you know how they work!

and I haven't done that specific kit, but i strain like you said, cooled wort to primary

I fill my bucket about a quarter to half way up with the starsan and water solution, i soak the tools I'm going to use for maybe 5 minutes, or however long it takes me to get ready to start to brew. Anything I'm not using right away I leave in the solution just for precautionary measures, and...

Supposedly they're back up and running, my sister called hunter mountain to verify the event was still going on and they said it was. If it was canceled i would have been pissed!

No I haven't been there before but thanks for the heads up! I'm worried with all this flooding from hurricane Irene that traffic is gonna be real bad, so I'm gonna try and get there early.....It's ok to drink at 10 a.m if its a beer festival i suppoe

I love wood chuck cider, and love the granny smith taste, but don't have a fruit press due to financial funds. Is there a juice out there that resembles or is made out of granny smiths? Could I just throw some granny smiths into a pot with the cider and boil it to get the flavors? Also, any...

I would suggest skipping the secondary, I haven't brewed this one although i am interested so let me know how it goes! but with already a decent amount of time in the primary and that long period of bottle conditioning i think the clarity will be fine without the use of a secondary

That's Hunter Mountain New York for you out of state friends

Any guys going to the Hunter Mountain Beer Festival this weekend on September 17th and 18th? My sister bought me tickets for my birthday and this is my first beer festival, Super excited!

All the voters for steel reserve either don't have the internet or have died drinking steel reserve :)

Any feelings on dry hopping? my friend just found some wild hops in his back yard that he dried and gave me for free so I've been anxious to use them in a beer. I figured this one is cheap so if i mess it up not too much collateral damage. I don't know exactly what kind of hops he's giving me though

Sooooo totally not worth it hahahah I dont have $20,000 bucks to splurge on a license....I guess I'll have to get a real job :(

I updated the logo, tried a more simpler approach with more "beard" as suggested, thinking about stenciling this onto some pint glasses.....let me know what you think and thanks again for the help!