Recent content by tjp68

That's a good idea. You can get these at Lowes, if you have one close by. It's basically a Metro Shelving style rack. My Lowes sells the individual components. I'll have to check on pricing this weekend. It would also prevent the ring of rust from the bottom of the co2 tank. Right now, I have...

Stone IPA St. Bernardus Abt 12 Fuller's 1845 Celebration Ale North Coast Old Rasputin Orval

English Brown or APA.

Like a lot of others in this thread, my SWMBO is very supportive of my obssession. She even pretends to enjoy the beer. Everytime she takes a sip, the look on her face (half repulsed, but determined to like it) reminds me why I thought she was so foxy to begin with. I always have a brown...

Not much going on with this one...10 days from grain to glass. :D I don't really have anything to add to the recipe. Very ambitious. Let us know how it turns out.

For me, Belgian styles were the gateway. Before the American craft brewing explosion, I could basically buy BMC, Sam Adams and Corona. Sometimes you just don't like the same things other people do. I'm not a huge Dogfish Head fan, although I admire what they are doing and how they are doing it.

I personally haven't seen the gunk that boiling water/PBW can't remove from a corny. I would pour boiling water (using an aluminum pitcher...be safe) in, mix some PBW and let it sit.

Then it sounds like a winner. You will find claims of 70 - 75% attenuation for s-04, so 69% is right there. It sounds like your process was good. You can always take hydrometer readings to make sure it's finished.

Amazing work. That looks fantastic.

Untrue. You simply enjoy arguing. RDWHAHB. When you are a high ranking BJCP judge, do you get a badge?

You invented that out of whole cloth. Pot stir much?

Not true...you are looking for a fight if that's what you believe I said. I never suggested that I have a more discerning palate. I said that not everyone tastes beer (or food, or oxygen) the same. To each her own. I never once said or suggested that all beer is unpalatable prior to aging...

I would have just had my wife/significant other order the gear an hour later. I do think it's strange that they wouldn't ship QD's to an address in Virginia. We aren't talking centrifuges or encryption technology.

I haven't criticized anything in this thread. I've acknowledged that some recipes can be turned around quickly. You haven't acknowledged that it is ever appropriate to age a beer, unless of course the brewer is an inexperienced noob who obviously introduced off flavors through poor technique.

Really?