Recent content by Realispatt

Thermapen. Im a chef and use them regularly in my line of work. Also use it for home cooking and in all my home brewing. I have one pot that has a brewmometer but only because it came with with the pot. I find nothing wrong with brewmometer it gives me a ballpark idea, thermapen gives me...

Sam Calagione states in his book Brewing up a Business that when DFH first releases a new offering, that they intentionally make less than there is demand for it. "We make sure that the first time we release something, there is not enough of it to satisfy demand. This sound crazy, and we...

They love it. Make sure to let the grains cool first. I had a bin I had a colony in, dumped the grains right after i finished the sparge. The heat from the grains killed the majority of my worms. Had to start a new colony, now i let the grains cool off before adding.

I steam it. I read that recommendation somewhere but can not remember from what book.

Code Please

Jesus Juice, IPA with Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic, bittered with Warrior. Going for a tropical fruit type taste. Will see what happens.

23, was also my first and only thus far. Comments were solvent off flavors from fermentation temp too high and body too thin.

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I used to live on 5th street in Surf City. You are correct, where you are is a horrible location for a craft beer lover. Forget a grocery store or gas station. Best bet is Swing Bridge beer and wine, but they are limited and winter is slow for then. They have a lot better turn over in the summer...

Think I will soak some oak in this.

Great idea. Below is a little piece I wrote today concerning my feelings toward Memorial Day For the past few days I’ve been seeing commercials for large discounts on new cars, watching news anchors discuss what they would be doing with their time off this weekend, hearing radio host...

this guy. A saison.

Its about the diffrence of coors light and miller light. The zest has a slightly diffrent flavor than normal orange zest. The flesh has a much diffrent flavor. when mixed with food the diffrence of using one zest over the other wont be noticed by 90% of the population. (Im a chef, and Blood...

It said the shape does not matter. It said the volume (that would be the size of the wort) had a "Significant Difference". The answer to your question is in the reference material you have provided. I'll just echo what most everyone else has said. They are not going to ferment at the...

I can only speak for Austin, they will throw it all in one bag or put it in seperate bags, the choice is up to you.