Recent content by rebeltruce

When Guiness still made Guiness Gold that was my beer of choice when feasting on Crabs.....that or like someone else said Nattybo!

I took a few of my batch to a BBQ last Memorial Day, had been in the bottle for a bit longer then yours, but I had the same results..... Allot of Bourbon up front, very little head....but very tasty!! The batch has been aging for over a year, I haven't touched another bottle. I plan on taking...

I love em any way I can get em...... My first choice is raw with a drop of Tabasco and a bit of horse radish...second choice would be freshly shucked, rolled in cracker crumbs and then flash fried.

No breading!!! Here is my Secret Recipe..... Buy the largest Wings you can find. Cut them into three pieces and save the tips for stock or toss them. Place a wire rack into a cookie sheet and put the wings on the rack be sure they don't touch one another. Put the cookie sheet in...

I'm ready to bottle the same kit this weekend......been wearing the little yellow wrist band since I brewed it.

I heard the same thing from my LHBS two weeks ago....but the guy told me that the recall was complete and that Nottingham had replaced all of his recalled stock. His main gripe was that he had to replace the Notty packet by packet in all his kits that used Notty. He mentioned that the...

I bought everything and then let the stuff sit....then I needed a couple pounds of DME for something else....slowly but surely I used everything but the hops for other brews.....so I have a allot of expensive hops and nothing else. I need to make a trip to LHBS to pick up the grain and some...

I've always had good luck with the guys at Fermentation Trap....I'm in Culpeper so it's just a 30 minute drive....I'll have to check out 5th Season next time I'm in Charlottesville.

Thanks to both of you....excellent information......I'll move the carboy to the basement tonight. Cville.....on another note do you do business with the Fermentation Trap? It's just a few miles north of Charlottsville on rt29......

So I bought a gallon of cider from a farmers stand close to my home, the cider label said it was Flash Pasteurized. Sat it on the table and kinda forgot about it for a few days.....I noticed over the weekend that the gallon jug was bloated and about to burst. My first thoughts were that it...

Have two more batches going now 1451 + 10 = 1461

I do it all the time....so far so good.

Rule of thumb for fresh herbs.......the shorter the cooking time the fresher the taste...last minute additions are almost always best for fresh herbs. They don't get bitter if cooked along time....the flavor just gets lost. Dried herbs different story....

I'm what they call a late blooming type 1 (discovered this about 10 years ago)....I use insulin to control my blood sugar. I've never really had a problem drinking beer.......I just keep an eye on my levels and make adjustments to my insulin accordingly.

I use the zest of 10 lemons per 1 750ml bottle of Grain Alcohol. Let it sit in a cool dark place for two months. Strain it, make a simple syrup (equal part sugar and water) add it to the strained Grain to taste. Leave it sit in the dark place for another month. Then into the freezer...