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04-22-2009

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ABOUT ME

City: Hazleton, PA
Occupation: Physical Therapist
Home Brewing Biography: My dad used to make his own wine, but got away from it. It just so happened that I inherited his equipment he used for fermentation. With that I was able to do extract batches, but I definitely wanted more control. Therefore after research, a lot on this site, I was doing all grain as my second beer with a coleman 48qt cooler set up.

Unfortunatlely I am a cheapskate and didn't want to sink money into a large pot, so I can only do 5 gal batches.

Hoppy beers are my favorite, but I am trying to touch base with other styles. I am not a fan of belgian beers, but then again I wasn't a fan of wheat beers, and now I have a session wheat beer that is awesome. Subtle clove and banana, with some citrusy ahtanum hoppiness.
Future Brews: Coal Miner's Daughter Porter, and "American Wit"
Primary: Addy's Amber Ale
Bottled: 1 Vienna Lager, Erin's Irish Red, Christmas Doppelbock, German Pils
Kegged: ESB, Blonde ale, Christmas Doppelbock
Gender: Male
Status: Married

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: NO airlock activity?? PLEASE HELP?!?! on 05-20-2013 at 01:42 AM
Stir it up real good, that should do the trick. Typically when using yeast from a previous
batch you want to plan accordingly. Your first beer was big. You should work your way up to big
beers. I.E. b...
Posted in thread: Northeast PA on 02-06-2013 at 11:21 PM
I'm in drums pa. Just north of hazleton. JRA I thought northeast PA was in regards to the
geographic region. I just mapped ur location and ur near North East, Pa town. Is there a thread
for Erie or we...
Posted in thread: Northeast PA on 01-25-2013 at 08:34 PM
Figured I'd bump this. Totally forgot I even posted it.
Posted in thread: Using vanilla in a porter??? on 10-06-2012 at 11:01 AM
The most recent van porter I had was breckenridge and really wanna get the same intense vanilla
character. I guess I'll have to see how much she actually uses and hopefully it is 5 as you
suggested. Y...
Posted in thread: Using vanilla in a porter??? on 10-06-2012 at 03:08 AM
I have a good robust porter recipe I'd like to add vanilla to. My neighbor bakes and offered
vanilla pods without the black specks. Questions would be: can I just use the spent pod? How
much? And what...
Posted in thread: Esb on 10-06-2012 at 02:57 AM
I've made a couple ESBs so far and def one of my favorite styles. One thing that I tried to
play with was using crystal malt that was lighter than one of my first batches. I can
definitely tell you no...
Posted in thread: What are you drinking now? on 07-22-2012 at 03:34 AM
Flying Dog El Dorado Imperial IPAWhat do u think of this? My one friend lives in Elkton MD and
had him look for it, but he couldn't find it. Def wanna try it. Drinking Yuengling Premium and
8 wk old h...
Posted in thread: Need some quick advise/suggestions on my first AG batch on 05-06-2012 at 05:21 AM
Then top off with some dme cooled down if you wanna boost your OG.What is your gravity on your
3.5 gal
Posted in thread: Second batch in a row that's over carb'd on 05-06-2012 at 05:14 AM
From what I know, bacteria is not going to produce those kind of results in such a short time
Posted in thread: i just broke my hydrometer!! now what on 05-06-2012 at 05:09 AM
I think you have your plans already in place. From what I've seen, most people on this board
are asking questions. If you like option 3 it will work:mug: