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10-21-2010

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05-17-2013 10:09 AM

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ABOUT ME

About Me: I've been Home Brewing since 2004 thanks to a friend in Vermont, and I didn't drink beer until I turned 23 when a friend introduced me to good beer.rnFavorite beer - Switchback AlernFavorite braggot - Magic Hat Champagne cask aged braggot - I drank it on a tour of the brewery, it never made it to bottles because the abv was too high. Magic hat released a braggot the next fall, but it was boring, ever since then I've been trying to come up with a good braggot recipe.
General Interests: Cars,Motorcycles,and of course brewing
Occupation: Engineer
Home Brewing Biography: Was introduced to homebrewing by a friend and co-worker, spent a lot of time at winooski home brew supply store in VT.rnCurrent equipment:rn30qt stainless and 20qt stainless brew potsrnCopper wort chillerrn2 primary containers (7gal 6gal)rn4 primary/secondary containers (2x6gal 5gal 1gal)rn2 5 gallon corney and associated distribution hardware
Future Brews: Unknown, but something summer-esque
Primary: 6gal Winter Lager (PM) 5gal Wee Heavy Scotch Ale (PM)
Secondary: 6gal empty 5gal empty
Bottled: King Cszar Stout Cream Ale Cider
Kegged: Soon...
Gender: Male
Status: Married

City: Terryville

State/Province: CT

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: What I did for beer today on 05-17-2013 at 11:45 AM
Last Night: did some prep work for Brew Class Session 2 that will occur on Saturday.Tonight:
make sure everything is in order for tomorrow; going to be a good day.
Posted in thread: First SMaSH -Blonde thoughts? on 05-17-2013 at 03:58 AM
I'll Mash at 153 F per my usual practice for this style, strike temp of 160 F (updated original
post with this info).I'm aiming for a lawn mower beer; trying to balance the hops vs. malt,
with a lean ...
Posted in thread: Possible to have too much hop flavor? on 05-17-2013 at 03:10 AM
well worst case scenario is that the initial bottle melts your tongue, then you wait a couple
weeks, and try another, then another, then another! until they are good - the one good thing
about IPA's a...
Posted in thread: noobie doing first brew on 05-17-2013 at 02:59 AM
So the good news is, you will have beer when all is said and done, so kudos for taking the
plunge into brewing; it's a great hobby. I started Partial Mash and moved into All Grain after
a couple years...
Posted in thread: First SMaSH -Blonde thoughts? on 05-17-2013 at 02:35 AM
I turned 30 on May 4th and a bunch of stuff happened...1.) My brother in law bought me a grain
mill - this prompted me to buy a sack of 2-Row from my LHBS :-)2.) Around this time, I set up
an informal...
Posted in thread: So who's brewing this weekend? on 05-16-2013 at 11:44 AM
Iv'e got two beers planned for this weekend, teaching a bunch of people how to brew (second
weekend in a row); blonde ale and a blueberry wheat, and about eight people in my kitchen.
Posted in thread: 4 year old hop "hand me downs".. on 05-14-2013 at 02:08 PM
not mine but someone else used lemon balm
Posted in thread: Help me identify this type of wild hops! on 05-14-2013 at 11:35 AM
It's cool fizgig, I'm just breaking stones. :mug:
Posted in thread: 4 year old hop "hand me downs".. on 05-13-2013 at 07:36 PM
I would just leave them this year - my thought process is, you've already transplanted them
once this year, they don't need the additional shock of being uprooted again.
Posted in thread: Help me identify this type of wild hops! on 05-13-2013 at 12:23 PM
TIL: fizgig is a necromancer.haha I just wanted to jump on that before anyone else did :-)