Recent content by rowco

20 gals of oatmeal stout on Sunday. 15 to be dry hopped with Columbus, 5 a vanilla bourbon for the wife. 10 inches of snow due overnight so it should be fun!

Hey HBT's I live in Maine fairly close to Allagash's brewery so I was able to procure 2 Curieux barrels. My plan is to age a flanders red in one, and possibly an Oud Bruin in the other. I popped the bung (snicker) on one of them and although there is still a scent of Jim Beam, i'm getting...

Fair enough. I'll grind some grain then. Thanks for the quick reply.

Hey gurus, kind of a noob question here... I'm planning on brewing a nice dubbel tomorrow, and I went to make a starter this evening and realized I'm out of DME and my LHBS is closed. What are my best options? I have plenty of corn sugar lying around and a refractometer... Could I just make...

4573 + 11 = 4584!

Batch sparge btw, to answer the question.

Wow thanks so much for all the quick replies. I am looking at the 100 quart size, mainly because I own a recording studio and keep 2 - 3 beers on tap at all times. Over the last 6 months we've been burning through around 5 gallons a week, and I'd really like to build up a reserve of kegs to be...

Hey HBT gurus, Quick n00b question on a mash tun upgrade. I've been using a 10 gallon Igloo circular cooler and am looking to go larger so I can do both bigger batches and bigger beers without having to double mash/sparge. I'm thinking of going rectangular and getting one in the 25 gallon...

In please and thanks!

Hey Folks, as a reader of the forum for the last year or so I figured it was time to pony up and give back! I'm an amateur brewer from the frosty north with a dozen or so batches under my belt now. I've just made the switch to all grain and for my first batch I blew the top right off my...