Batch primed.
Boiled water/dissolved supplied corn sugar poured it into the bottling bucket. set bottling bucket on the floor. Ran tube from better bottle spigot to the bottom of the bottling bucket, opened valve on BB and let it flow down and around. self created a low grade whirlpool.
I...
In trying to create a round image that doesn't cover image components outside the colored ring.. Well I used Gimp to create a transparent background and dropped the round cutout of the image onto it. Which resulted in the odd shading effect seen below. It also for some reason would SHOW in...
The Old name: it was a bit generic, and didn't lend itself to a theme.
It was also something of a mouthful to say.
The New Name, more Sci-Fi which is my style. And it allows me to work in references to anything of that sort.
Also rolls off the tongue easier. I still need to work in the...
3 flameouts before I even got the 5gallons of water to steeping temp! Go away you damn wind from the hurricane hanging of the eastern seaboard! And I'm on the western border of SC! Gotta abort for today..
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?products_id=12795
I received no instructions for how to install this but used the pattern from the Brewometer I also purchased on the same order..
My installation is like this (outside In)
Valve Body, Washer, O-ring, Kettle Wall(7/8...
brewed the Pecan Porter from AHS as a extract kit (liquid). Primary for 2 week, moved to secondary with bourbon soaked oak chips for 1. FG same for 3 days. Boiled the priming sugar packet they sent, let it cool a bit then poured it into the bottling bucket. drained the wort onto it from the...
How do you folks handle temp swings in the garage? high 77 and low 48 tomorrow.. JC A419 is set to heat mode at 68 with a 2 degree allowance. 5min short cycle.
my garage hit 75 today and the high was 69.
Brewing the Pecan Porter I got from AHS.
Soaking Grains
Boiling its little blessed heart away.. Early on.
And a video of beauty in action...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v230/nova5/Beer/?action=view¤t=video-2011-01-29-14-58-32.mp4
More to come. 45 mins left in boil.
Package from AHS heads from Austin to Atlanta GA, then to Charlottle, NC... Hmm strange... NOW its in Greensboro, NC... IT SHOULD BE HEADED TO AUGUSTA, GA! Destination SHOWS properly So AHS did it right. Some monkey is stuck in Retard mode.
Picked her up from a local rescue organization, not a full bengal, she's a mix of Bengal and another breed. She and her sibling were found outside and brought to the rescue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/nova5/Lexie/lexierescue.jpg...
Had to cancel weekend plans with a friend when a new job of hers interfered. Next **** went wrong at work.. that was minor. Then my xbox 360 died. After that the TV blew its bulb apart, and now i have a migraine.
Fortunatly its the end of the week, tomorrow should be better.