Recent content by sambogi76

Thank you very much.

I'm looking for the 2 main base malts used in the Glacier brewhouse imperial blonde clone that was in the July/August 2012 issue of BYO. I have most of the recipe in my beersmith but some how one of the base malts is missing and I can't find my issue of BYO. I appreciate any help.

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I am looking a hydrofarm hmdph200 meter. Does anyone currently use one and what are your thoughts on one? I have seen good reviews on here about a Hanna model but not on this one even though this one seems to be better for the price (going on the stats)...

I am visiting some family in the southwest now and I am thinking about make a batch of beer with some local ingredients ... juniper berries and mesquite when I get home. My question is do you pick them green or wait until they are dry? Then I am thinking about using the mesquite to wood age it...

Back in October I found some people with the same idea, they were farther along than I was in setting one up so I just went with them. We have quite a few members now. You can check out our new website here and we are on facebook as well.

This happened when I was trying to break the inter pouch so I can make a starter tonight; it is just a pin hole leak. I swabbed it with alcohol. Has anyone else had this happen? And should I worry about an infection?

No agitation necessary, after testing I found that only if their was a huge difference in HLT TEMP and MLT temp (I'm talking about 50-100 F). And during a mash I will never see this. And I have checked the temps at 2 inch depth of my HLT and it was in sync with my probe that was ~15" in depth of...

I force carb and no matter how good I am at leaving the sediment behind in the primary I still always end up with a little sediment in the bottom of my kegs when I empty one. But neat idea! Just hope you don't have any cops that live on the block...

Hey James it's Sam from SIB, When I did mine (my keggles was cut closer to what I wanted) but I had to smooth out the rough edges and take some off so my lid could fit, but this is what I did: Before Before What I used After This can do a great job of cleaning it up and to make sure you...

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I do 2 batch sparges and I have to use 185 deg for the first and then 170 for the next I usually can hit 165 grain bed temp.