Recent content by Ponduke

Thanks for the quick replies. You have both confirmed my thoughts. External it is!

Hi all, I don't post often, but lurk incessantly. I had to post this though! I wanted to tell some folts who would appreciate this find and also may be able to help me out with a question. I just bought a Perlick tower kegerator from a guy deserate for cash. It's a somewhat older model, but...

Sunday I brewed two 5 gallon batches of beer. The first was a Fat Tire clone, the second a Brown Porter. Both are somewhat similar in ABV, hop rate etc. The biggest difference was I added Irish Moss to the clone and forgot to add it for the Porter and used different yeasts. I got them both to 68...

Howdy from Boonville. You're gonna like it here.

Brew Hauler huh? I believe I'll be ordering one of those immediately. Thanks for the tip.

I wonder how it would have tasted… Well, I brewed Saturday. Made me an Ale I called “Brown Porter Wagner” 5 gallon full boil, specialty grain, etc. Got the wort boiled for an hour, chilled with IC, racked to fermenter, lifted the carboy to move to ice bath, didn’t...

Excellent idea!!:mug:

Thanks for the reply! I was hoping I didn't have to wait too long to drink it so that's great news. Especially since my kegerator is now empty once again! As stated elsewhere, I've been very fortunate to have some friends and family who for one reason or another had some equipment they didn't...

I've been quite lucky, as I've stated in another thread.:D Kegerator - Free Full 5# CO2 tank w/ regulator - Free 8 corney kegs - Free 4 five gal. carboys - Free Wort Chiller - Free Misc brewing supplies, Hyrometer, funnel, carboy brush, floating thermometer, etc, - Free medium sized...

Well, I had myself a fine brewing session Sunday afternoon. oberon, I again want to thank you for the advice, and it came in quite handy during the brew even though I ended up brewing a different beer. I printed out the thread and have put it in my log book for further reference as I still plan...

Cool! Sounds like a plan! I do believe I'm FINALLY set to brew some beer. I'll let you all know how it goes!:mug:

Man, oberon you just keep on giving! When I get some experience and knowledge under my belt, I plan on paying it forward and helping future nOObs wherever I can! I will about to give up and just go with some other recipe that seemed a bit easier but I will now proceed as planned, with one caveat...

All right, I lied. That wasn't my last question. Sigh...I just got off the phone with my LHBS and found that he doesn't have some key ingredients I need to pull this off. The list of no-shows is as follows. (Keep in mind I'm not really worried about hitting Jamil's recipe exactly, I'm more...

OK Last question I promise! :D I can only boil about 6 to 6.5 gallons max. in my brew pot, and can only end up with 5 gallon of wort max. due to my carboy being 5 gallon. So is there any issue with the fact that Jamil is starting with an 8.08 gallon boil and ending up with 6 gallon, whereas I’ll...

Thank you once again oberon! You're instructions are about as well thought out and clear as any I've seen. I'm fully confident now and am looking toward my first real batch of beer! and DaleJ, I'll be brewing this up in southern Indiana, but it'll be during a large family function with all...