Recent content by zarfus

I think i have 10-15 extract brews under my belt...all of them were (at best) ok. All of those were top-off partial boils. My dad brews extract exclusively, full boils, and they are infinitely better. Then i did BIAB, and have 30+ under my belt. What a difference...amazing. These have all...

As far as "gray area", I drink daily, and have 4 kegs running at home. I rarely have more than 2 pints in a weeknight, but day-drinking during the weekend is not uncommon, depending on what's going on. This probably puts me at that 14 drinks/week. I feel like I drink more than normal people, but...

Thanks for the details! I'm starting this year, and would prefer to 'future-proof' my design, but plan on going with what you have here. Based on this thread, what do you think of this: -minor size increase from 4x4 to 6x3...fits my space better -keeping the boxes separated, not immediately...

Love this thread! Just curious how many rhizomes of each did you start with, and how deep are the raised beds? I hope this year is as kind to you!

congrats and good luck! I try to plan baby naps during mash and boil, quiet times. Otherwise I'm holding my brew assistant while doing things like hop additions, or he's in the high chair when I'm carrying 5 gal of hot wort to the chiller! In general, more difficult than I expected -- you...

I actually brewed my old ale with 1lb cherrywood smoked one month ago. Tasted awesome when I moved it to the secondary. I'll keep you posted, but I agree that it should just add to the malt complexity!

I suggest 22oz bombers of your favorite brew. A 6-pack is a ton ;)

Glad I'm not alone on the brewtoad thoughts. I have to use Brew Target in conjunction with brewtoad to get anywhere. Brewtoad is beautiful though...I think a monkey came up with their calculations though. So you guys are saying there's a market for a "cloud based" brewing app? I was looking...

Just star san, not beer foam. Honestly, the auto siphon was one of my best homebrew purchases. 4 bucks is a good price though

Not noobish, good work! Have you tried it with the same burner though? If it heats up much faster, may be too short.

I've been brewing for about 1.5 years with detailed notes as well. Here's how my data compares: 1) My best beers have been repitched yeast. Although these were also my biggest beers... 2) I have had one beer with a mash temp of 149 or below. Only thing I noticed about it is that it was my...

http://www.northernbrewer.com/refractometer-calculator/ Has proven to be accurate for me, YMMV I guess. I always have a hydrometer as a backup, haven't really touched it since though.

This method would only really work if you had a refractometer (or a giant bung hole O_O). The one I bought came with a 6ish inch eye dropper

I'd start with a brewstand like this: ($125) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00264G584/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Then get some new kettles for a HLT and MLT: ($500) http://www.midwestsupplies.com/15-gallon-all-grain-commercial-quality-kettle-kit-bundle.html Then I'd just use your current...

I've never thought of this...great idea.