Recent content by Zguy

I'm in!

They got me to sign up just for this!!!

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a carboy cleaner today.

I can't throw out this ruined beer. I'll make a long story short. Beer got infected but threw in keg and cooled before infection could get very far. It tastes a little funky but not horrible. Cloudy as all get out. Was about to toss it today but after getting it out of the fridge I became...

I'm still pretty new myself but I just listened to the latest Sunday Session on the brewing network. They had the founder of Hair of the Dog on there and they talked about barrel aging. In particular they talked about the limited number of uses a barrel has before it is not good for aging beer...

Winning!

Signed Up

My eyes are open now!

Wouldn't heating your yeast to 250 degrees as per the instruction kill off all your yeast?

Did a quick search but couldn't find anything on this topic and I don't have the time to read through 17 pages of posts, so if this is a repeat question I apologize. I'm not too worried about the pitching rates and the yeast itself. I'm more interested in other variables that could have played...

Yeah I was hoping for something closer than a couple of hours.... I guess I'm not the greatest planner because I can't count the number of times I've run to the lhbs for emergency ingredients or equipment

Just moved here from NM. Looked online but didn't see anything in the way of a local homebrew store. Am I missing something?? Now for the important question... I haven't brewed for awhile because things have been packed up. This itch is getting unbearable now but I have one problem. In NM I...

Hey Hawkseven, I'm up in Las Cruces but I work with several people who live and brew in El Paso. You already hit the nail on the head. You'll learn your UPS guy's name by heart, and might even get a Christmas card! There's nothing in El Paso unless something opened up yesterday. The on...

Wow thanks for all the support guys!

So I just brewed my first beer last Sunday and tonight I noticed the bubbles had almost stopped. So I did what everyone on the forum has said (see I pay attention) and took a gravity reading NOT just go by the bubbles. Well I read 1.020 with my OG being 1.052. I think this is great for my first...