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  1. HillbillyDeluxe

    Anyone making sake?

    Gonna make sake soon. Looked at some kits and recipes and ait sure where to go from here. (Condesending arrogant tone) I'm a killer beer brewer with tons of experience and always make great beer(bull****). I'm scared of this sake thing though, seems like a high maintenance endeavor. Anyone...
  2. HillbillyDeluxe

    How long does an ale pail last?

    Most of my primaries are ale pales. My oldest pail has about 10 batches under its bely. I have replaced the spigot once. I sanitize every time. I did get an infection 2 batches ago in a WIT i brewed/ Wasnt bad, drinkable but infected just the same. Thoughts?????
  3. HillbillyDeluxe

    Callin all guru's, wannabe brewmasters, and anyone else to cut up a recipe!

    I'm doing a brewers best IPA. I normally brew all grain but i wanted to cook 3 batches this weekend so 2 of them are extracy. I am hugely disappointed at the hop schedule in the BB kit. Only 3 oz of cascades total. So i rewired it!!! OhOhOh.... More power. Added 1oz warrior at the...
  4. HillbillyDeluxe

    Should i use the Ginger?

    I normally all grain brew. I formulate my own recipes and have good and bad beer as a result. I love experimenting and i usually do this with an extract kit in the style i want to play aroung with. I have a brewers best ipA kit (i get them cheap) and planned on brewing it today. I have...
  5. HillbillyDeluxe

    Met my first HBT'er today

    I'm from lexington KY, in the Liquor barn today getting the ingedients for my hop hammer IPA(using death brewers AG stovetop method.... much props bro!) and heard these (Kids) talkin about how the guy was "addicted to homebrewing" and i had to strike a conversation. Now i'm probably not the...
  6. HillbillyDeluxe

    Brew gurus, cut up my recipe

    Hey all, i am getting ready t make an IPA and want you to cut up my recipe. I'm thick skinned so let me have it. 10lb pale malt 1lb 20l crystal 1lb marris otter 1lb malto dextrine 1oz bitter orange peel (15min) 1oz Warrior pellet(60min) 1oz Cascade pellet(10min) 1oz warrior (10min)...
  7. HillbillyDeluxe

    bagging hops?

    I'm a recent convert to AG. I dont have the really nice setups like most on here for it, in fact i'm doing it all stovetop for the moment using a method that deathbrewer has posted. Seems to be working great thus far. I did something different this batch though and wonder if it will have...
  8. HillbillyDeluxe

    No action starter help!

    I've made two starters using smack packs. I've had no airlock action. Current starter is a cup of extra light dme and 4 cups water with a smck pack (smacked and sat 12 hours) then pitched @ about 80f and stored at 70f for 24 hours. I have no action at all. Cn i save by aerating and adding...
  9. HillbillyDeluxe

    Think i really f'd up this time

    Brewed an all grain last night using a stovetop method(Modified) i got from deathbrewer. All went great, i reccomend it by the way. I then fell asleep in my recliner without adding my aroma hops. Beer sat tillmorning(Propane burner flamed out so no prroblem there but my question is can i...
  10. HillbillyDeluxe

    Deathbrewers method

    I'm gonna try out deathbrewers stovetop all grain recipe this weekend and need a good recipe and any advice frome someone who has tried it. I think i'd like to to a very hoppy pale ale. Like sierra nevada with a little more balls. I'm thinking of an IPA bittered with Warriors, aroma'd with a...
  11. HillbillyDeluxe

    I found a great vendor!!!!

    OK guys i am the first one to get on here that will verbally chastize and really gut a vendor so dont take this lightly! i ORDERED 2 KEGS AND 2 wHEAT Beer kits from homebrewing.org. They were great! they shipped my order quick(i recieved it in 3 days) and it was perfect! These guys are...
  12. HillbillyDeluxe

    Bought a keg from Yooper?

    Bought a keg from someone on Ebay last night. Screen name was yooper. Is it the same one? That would be one hell of a coincidence if its not.
  13. HillbillyDeluxe

    5.2 water problem

    I've started tinkering with water quality. PH hardnes etc.. I've uses this 5.2 stuff i picked up at the LHBS. Now i have two batches that taste like they have a star san chaser. Anyone ever have this issue? I think its the 5.2 stuff, all my other beers have come our perfect, till now...
  14. HillbillyDeluxe

    need equipment

    Where is the best place to get a kegging setup? I need everything, making a two tap system. I want to use cornys. Ive found a few i like but not surw what sites to trust. Really looking at kegconnection.com , they have what i want in a two tap setup with kegs included. I need extra kegs too.
  15. HillbillyDeluxe

    Do i toss this batch?

    Hey all, i think i really screwed up. I made a batch with my own recipe that was originally planned for ten gallon but i forgot to cut two of the ingredints in half. I was shooting for about a 1.060 OG and (please no hydrometer chastizing) i did not take a reading. It is still bubbling away...
  16. HillbillyDeluxe

    I'm makin a kegerator!!!!!

    Guys (and gals{yooper has already chewed my ass}) my wife bought me a full size fridge this pay day(my pay day) and said i can do whatever i want to it. Weeeeell, let's build a kegerator. I figure a 4 corney setup. Right now i got an argon regulator(convert to co2 maybe?) and some other...
  17. HillbillyDeluxe

    Party pig opinions

    OK geezers (Revvy, Yooper, Ed Wort :rockin:etc....) What do you guys think of party pigs? I've been looking at them and they seemlike a nice option for those of us who just arent ready to drop the cash for a corney setup. Give me some feedback yall. If you dont know what i'm talking about go...
  18. HillbillyDeluxe

    I need a simple sweet cider recipe

    I have never made cider. I want to do my first batch this weekend. I haveno idea what to do. Can someone giveme a simple cider recipe with easy stepby step directions and ingredients? I havent a clue where to start.
  19. HillbillyDeluxe

    Do i have my first bug?

    I just checked my airlock on my Hop head Amber and and i got bubbles again. I had good action for two days, it petered off and i checked today to rack to secondary and the bubbled are back. Not violent but 3 or 4 a minute. My OG was about 1.055 and i havent opened it or anything. I use a rot...
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