Recent content by steveg5555

Im opening a little brewery in Culpeper. Should be open by end of next month. Would love to host a Homebrew club. As soon as Im open Ill start posting a sign to see how much support there is for such a thing. Far Gohn Brewing, its on Facebook and thats how I will advertise soft and grand...

If you keg it will sour more slowly, assuming you refrigerate the keg. Just like if you took lemonade that looked like that and put it in the fridge versus leaving it on the counter. The plus is the keg (should) have a PRV that will blow out before it explodes, unlike bottles. My vote is to...

It is infected. Bottle and drink quickly. Within weeks after bottling you will have over carbed "beer soda" or bottle bombs. Most will be gushers after a month and basically undrinkable. Best bet to save them IMO, bottle and carb for a week than all go in the fridge. Figure out what...

I am starting a small brew pub. My logo has a brown background and I would like to use clear growlers simply because it would look awesome. I know about light and hops and skunky (I thought for years that M**sehead was supposed to taste like that, figured crazy Canadians) As beer heads what...

You are welcome to borrow. I live in Madison and work in Culpeper. Has 1/2" ball valve.

First advice Ive given on here. Thats a lot of roasted barley. Ive used 2 oz and thought it strong. If you are looking for coffee flavor Id dial it back to 1oz personally. As for yeast you could go a bunch of different ways but I would guess any british ale yeast would go well. Just...

So I took a smackpack of British Ale II and dumped it into the same size ball jar (8oz) that I put washed yeast. Turns out its pretty close to the same. There is some junk on top of the smackpack yeast cake that i presume to be inert stuff. I did not "smack" the pack. I just dumped the...

Im in my garage brewing right now and its 42 degrees. Only hit a high of 53 today here in VA. Unbearable. Had to put on a jacket. (fist bump any Canadians out there)

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BigCorona is right. I looked at a few bottles the other day and they look like snow globes with crap floating all around. Oh well. Now I have first hand knowledge of why we spend all that time boiling the stuff. The recipe as you can see if a "no boil". Time to dump some bottles, scrub...

Hop Machine, If you pull the trigger on the buy, let me know. I would be interested in several. If you're in VA I could pickup.

Yep thats exactly what I meant. Would be nice to be able to lift everything out of the way when moving the heavy stuff around, but still have the ease of access of the original lid for grabbing little things. Good luck. One other word of advice that Im sure you already know. Went on...

Just adding my experience to the list. Model below and link to my thread with a few other pics. I bought new kegs so their dimensions may differ (beveragefactory). The 4 fit on the floor but not even a 1/4" of wiggle room to spare. Im adding 2 taps by putting kegs on the hump bringing the...

Here she is in her new home, with my freshly poured IPA on top.

Fridgidaire 7.2cuft from Lowes. Model: FFC0723GB. ~$280 delivered. My requirements were inexpensive but not necessarily salvaged, black (to match my other stuff in my bar), durable, multiple taps, and easily made by someone with poor carpentry skills. I intentionally made this very tall, 5"...