Recent content by Ridgerunner

FWIW, I also have about ten five gallon pickle buckets with the yellow lid and black seal inside that I got from a restaurant in town; I also have a bunch of two gallon food grade buckets that once held sauerkraut; I have bleached, soaked and rinsed all of these and I have yet to make a beer...

+1 I am still quite green as a brewer, but agree that it is possible--and IMHO, important-- to learn as much as we can from all brewing processes...even if they seem basic. Personally, i still enjoy an occasional extract batch or partial mash brew day as a way to practice writing recipes or...

My own two cents worth of very noob thoughts: I know how you feel; I was personally terrified after I rushed my first batch to bottle a month or so ago (despite all the veteran and not-so-veteran voices on this wonderful forum advocating patience) I had visions of exploding bottles and bad...

Another hello from Bloomington. Best of luck with your brews!

As another noob in Southern Indiana (Bloomington), I say welcome! best of luck with your new (addiction) hobby! Cheers!

Thanks to all for your warm welcome! Yeah RM, the wife and I are pretty thirsty folks. :) have done an APA that will become our house standard, our own take on a continuously-hopped IPA in the Dogfish Head spirit, and an English Red. Planning to do Centennial Blonde--or some modified...

Thanks for the welcome blitz! Good to have a little experience and feel I have something to actually share. Yes, doing wine and beer; specifically, I have 5 gal of EdWort's Afpelwine bulk aging in the cellar as well as 5 galons of a white cranberry/peach concoction I threw together. Those...

Hello fellow homebrewers, winemakers and enthusiasts. After starting two batches of wine and Getting three batches of beer under my belt, I finally decided to register and join your community. Thanks for all of the help so far; I hope I can be as helpful as you have all been. :) Cheers!

Hello fellow homebrewers, winemakers and enthusiasts! Hope i'm doing this right...Just wanted to introduce myself. Have finally joined your community after getting three batches of beer under my belt and determined that this hobby is, in fact, for me. :) thanks for all the excellent info and...