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    ABOUT ME

  • Upper Michigan
  • Brewing, traveling, hunting, fishing, playing hockey, canoeing, hiking and camping are some of my obsessions.
  • brewing,winemaking,hockey,hunting,fishing,camping,reading,travel
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  • Way too many to list- classics, trash, mysteries, non-fiction, everything
  • I started with wine but realized it takes forever. So I started making beer with extract kits and gradually went to all-grain. I've become quite a beer lover!
  • Open to suggestions!
  • Italian Pinot Grigio (kit), English IPA
  • Italian Barolo (kit)); Spanish rioja (kit); Pinot noir; Sauvignon Blanc; Catawba grape/Merlot skins wine 2008; Malbec (kit); Shiraz (kit); Dandelion Wine; Chokecherry wine; Banana wine; Catawba grape wine; Sour cherry wine; Tannot/Merlot kit 2008; Crabapple wine; Fresh grape/chokecherry blend 2008; Oaked Chokecherry wine; Rhubarb wine; Apple wine; Cranberry wine (from whole cranberry sauce!); Plum wine; Blackberry wine; chokecherry, oaked with grape concentrate; cabernet sauvignon; zinfandel; catawba grape wine with merlot skins; crabapple wine; merlot; malbec; oaked chokecherry wine
  • IPA; hoppy American Amber
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  • Married

LATEST ACTIVITY

  • Posted in thread: proper way to carb. on 05-23-2013 at 05:21 PM
    Whoa, lolSo you want to maintain the same pressure throughout the entire process. This makes
    sense so you dont lose your carb level. But why does everyone drop the pressure to 5-10 PSI to
    serve? I got...

  • Posted in thread: Should I...or shouldn't I...? on 05-23-2013 at 11:57 AM
    I'd just make a small starter, to get them awake and active again.

  • Posted in thread: Fermentation temperature profile on 05-23-2013 at 11:51 AM
    Similar to diS (or is it daT :p). For most of my ales I'm cold crashing by around day ten and
    transferring in two weeks or less.That's similar to what I do. I pitch at about 62 or so,
    depending on yea...

  • Posted in thread: Questions on Campden tabs on 05-23-2013 at 02:49 AM
    I'm still a little unsure as to when you add the campden tabs. I do all grain so should I split
    a half tab between the ~10 gallons of strike/sparge water or can I put a quarter tab into the
    wort befor...

  • Posted in thread: Belgian Blonde tastes like Trub on 05-23-2013 at 02:45 AM
    I am a fan of long primary, and get no extra yeast character from the practice. This is simply
    incorrect...Really? I bet you do, but maybe you like the character. To say you get "no extra
    yeast charac...

  • Posted in thread: Keg force carbing, absorption rate? on 05-23-2013 at 02:30 AM
    I don't know the answer to your question about absorption rate, but it doesn't sound all that
    strange that 20 hrs later the gas would be absorbed - the headspace on a full keg is pretty
    small so how m...

  • Posted in thread: Fly sparging question: mash thickness and mash out water additions on 05-23-2013 at 02:24 AM
    Personally don't try and hit a certain efficiency, rather to hit the target OG and volume for
    the batch. I track my efficiency only to reveal issues and for planning purposes. I too average
    in the mid...

  • Posted in thread: Question on diluting wort... on 05-23-2013 at 02:21 AM
    Sure, you can do that. You can use a "dilution tool" to tell you about how much water to add to
    the volume to get a specific SG and volume.

  • Posted in thread: 2 qs on 05-23-2013 at 02:03 AM
    How long do they produce? I don't know the maximum for sure, but I've found some old hops vines
    growing on old farmsteads that are over 100 years old. They grow big, and actually spread a
    lot, and are...

  • Posted in thread: Belgian Blonde tastes like Trub on 05-23-2013 at 01:58 AM
    Generally, I never go that long either. But in this case I sorta mis-planned another batch and
    this particular beer got back-logged in the primary for a month. Based on what I have read on
    this forum,...

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Posted: 
July 17, 2008  •  08:03 PM
Hey hotstuff, I created a Michigan club on this side of the ******....[url]http://groups.homebrewtalk.com/Michigan_Mashers[/url]



Come be a member. (I don't know what it means yet...but at least it's a place for all the Michigan
folks to say hello!)



:D
 
Posted: 
July 23, 2008  •  10:12 AM
Yooper makes the best Pfeffernussen this side of the Pecos...
 
Posted: 
October 25, 2008  •  05:24 PM
Hey! You ever been to Short's Brewing Company in Bellaire?
 
Posted: 
October 26, 2008  •  04:59 PM
It's way up near the top of the lower peninsula. Make a trip! Joe Short is an extreme brewer. Those beers are amazing. I guarantee you it'd be worth the drive. =)
 
Posted: 
November 4, 2008  •  05:52 PM
Does adding a person as a friend simply because they send you free homebrew through the mail make you shallow? I invite more members to send me free homebrew and we'll see who's shallow then!



OK, so I'm shallow! :D
 
Posted: 
December 28, 2008  •  10:56 AM
I like pie!
 
Posted: 
May 28, 2009  •  02:09 PM
Congratulations on having the Top Viewed Profile...by a landslide. That avatar of yours works wonders, now if only you could figure out how to profit from it... (insert evil laugh)
 
Posted: 
January 10, 2010  •  05:06 PM
Hope you head injury stays non-serious and gets better soon!
 
Posted: 
March 27, 2013  •  05:40 PM
send me some of your lawn mower brew recipes.
I am very intrested to try. thanks john in florida
 
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