Recent content by sirhc1210

If it was a kit it probably listed what the OG and FG should be. If it wasn't a kit, post your ingredients and yeast used (or plug into a homebrew calculator) and you can probably calculate your OG. Assume you hit the listed kit OG or the calculated OG. Take a hydrometer reading and...

Love2brew has a retail location in Paterson, NJ that does exchange. Also this thread has a bunch listed from several areas: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=20024 It's an older thread but I think a lot of the places are still open. Good luck!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=3247553 Passedpawn did something with plastic bottles to see how the beer carbed over time.

My keezer is a chest freezer with an external temp control that keeps it at 45 for serving beer. Haven't tried fermenting in it but i'd imagine that would work too. Just set to a higher temperature. For fermentation it prob depends more on your ambient temperature. You may want a heater...

I'm in!

I'm in... any chance for a coupon code for the ITC-1000?

I'm in!

I'll be cutting down trees...

+1 on the 10gal pot... my 8gal gets pretty full during a full boil and I have to watch it like a hawk and turn the gas on and off until it gets going. I'd invest in a way to control fermentation temps ahead of a conical. Or do a DIY build for a ferm chamber if you do go with a conical...

I have the same one. Def +1 to the preheat... I also put a blanket on top of mine during the mash to try to help a little bit more. I used aquarium silicone and some SS washers. here's the silicone: http://www.dap.com/product_details.aspx?BrandID=67&SubcatID=27 No issues with taste...

That being said it looks like you can get Vinegar barrels that are untoasted if thats what you're looking for. http://oakbarrelsltd.com/5-liter-oak-vinegar-barrel-un-toasted.html

The product description says Dimensions: See Barrel Dimensions & Conversions Below Volume: 5 Liter = 1.3 gal Accessories: Bung, Spigot & Stand included Toasted: Medium to Medium +

Brewed this beer previously with great results... Def. the best beer I have made yet. How do you think this beer would be effected if I use the Trappist WLP500 or WLP530? I wanted to brew this beer using WLP500/530 then use the yeast cake for a belgian double or tripple. Has anyone...

I'm from Clark, NJ also... though trying to move out of home probally to somehwere else in N. Jersey. Was going to join WHALES but started working on a job in NY and couldn't make it back for meetings... in Grad school now and the one class i'm taking is convienently on the same night of the...

I'll be there... I think it's run by/through beerheads so hopefully it won't be too much of a CF. They run another Beer on the Peir which I thought was pretty good when I went a few years back.