Recent content by Veng

Bobby M gives the part #'s for McMaster Carr on his website. (great write up on polishing by the way, I digress) While most of my projects are the kind that cause hearing loss, my family almost died last month because the local gas and extortion guys forgot to check their connections when...

I am interested in this quick disconnect fitting for CNG people keep mentioning. Plus the hoses seem pretty expensive! Any options without paramedics and insurance claims? Those things make my wife jumpy for some odd reason ;)

cheapest solution: ceramic mugs!

thanks everyone! I really appreciate this group and wish I had more to offer in return.

I searched and couldn't find anything definitive. Is it legal to trade homebrew for services, say , in California? I have this friend.....

THanks!! I work with German Shepherd rescue and am always trying to find ways to save money on food and treats. My fosters LOVE these!!

My thought is that earlier styles were all oaked. Early man must have had some wild variables in his beer

Thanks! I am unsure what BS and F are. Here is the link I found with a graphic representation of flavors by temperature; http://www.ehow.com/how_4519773_toast-oak-wood.html Looks like oak goes through a whole range of flavors before becoming acrid. If I really like these, I really might...

lol that came across wrong, she's actually got a sense of humor about my experiments, luckily. I am hoping to use this in secondary in a Barley wine ~Veng

OK, before and after pics posted. Amazing how much "dried" oak shrank in the oven and a subsequent two day trip through the Kamado. This looks pretty dark to me Prost

Eschatz, LOL as I type, the house still smells oaky even with an ionizer running since the experiment. My buddy gave me two split sections of dried American Oak, maybe 18 inches long. I Used an Axe and a sledge hammer to make remotely thumb sized staves as the Ehow article suggested. One site...

Eschatz thanks for the topic! I got two pieces of oak from a buddy and set off to make lots of small ones for the oven rack. Holy- these smoke! Any thoughts on an appropriate toast time? The chart on Ehow suggested Mid 400 range for more vanilla range. "easy" chants that demon on my...

I took today off for my daughters' first day of kindergarten. She was fine but it was painfully hard to walk away in spite of the kind teachers.