Recent content by shizzy77

Same. A few years back I grabbed a 6 pack of Hand grenades to drink while working on my car. My roommate found me sitting here singing along to the radio with 6 empties...

I wouldn't be all too surprised. I use local honey as a helper for my allergies. It's something about low dosing yourself with allergens somehow helping your system cope.

Another big kitchen strainer in a funnel guy here. Makes all kinds of sense to me.

King Fisher Premium Lager. I had it ad an upscale, top notch Indian restaurant. I was in an Indian place and the beer came out of India. Even Ice cold, I could hardly choke it down.

are you outside or in the garage? I've brewed down to 10 degrees (here in Minneapolis) in the garage with the big door cracked a few inches. No issues with the propane tank. I leave the chiller in the basement and just carry the bucket down and chill down there. wool socks and a good...

I like all styles. I seem to go about 2-3 months on one before switching. I'm currently on a brown ale, malty kind of beer phase.

your boss tells you they are buying a vacuum sealing machine with nitrogen purging abilities and your first thought is "now I can properly seal my home grown hops!!!" :ban:

I typically go 4 weeks in the primary then in to the keg and it's put on the low and slow carb schedule. I don't pull a sample glass for at least 7-10 days.

both my Wife and B.I.L. do this to me all the time. it's some kind of mystery "kind of, almost plug" somewhere down the line. It looks like a clean flush, but for the next person to use it's going to be an issue. It's gotten to where I can hear the flush from the next room and I know. I come...

Not necessarily. Even though I've spent some coin here or there, even brewing extract, I can brew 5 gallons of quality beer for the same price or even less than some low quality BMC beer. 2 cases of PBR runs about $40 all the ingredients to make a 5 gallon extract batch are $30-$60ish...

Rule # 1 of hobbies is to NEVER add up receipts. :tank:

Silver lining....

Yup. Though NB is my LHBS, but they are top notch.

I'm not a Scientist nor do I play one on TV, but I have heard there is a change in efficiency of the heat transfer In relation to the temperature difference between the hot and the cold. In essence, the closer the temp of the wort gets to the temp of the tap water, the less efficient the...

Duh! :rockin: