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  1. Balue

    Merry Early Christmas to ME!

    Picked up a 2013 2SS with 1LE package as my new track whore!
  2. Balue

    Growler One, Finger Zero!

    Shattering growler finger, Finger shattering growler. Nice to meet ya!!! Well at least no Beer was harmed during the making of this event! Luckily it was the gallon growler I use too store star san in which was almost empty. Not much loss there and hey I know it was a "clean" cut so...
  3. Balue

    It's Alive!!!

    After visiting Stone brewery and the Ballast Point Brewery the hitting my homebrew taps I managed to get my stater going!!!
  4. Balue

    Stout on boil on a Sunday afternoon!

    Watching football, drinking a homebrew and brewing a stout. Today is a good day!
  5. Balue

    Count Fair results are in!

    So got my results back today and my stout scored a 44 and didn't place. Was hoping for a bit of feed back but pretty happy with the scores! Aroma 12/12 Appearance 2/3 Flavor 18/20 Mouthfeel 4/5 Overall 8/10 Comments: no head retention Tried uploading pic from phone but the HBT app...
  6. Balue

    Competition category help please? Cheers!

    New to entering brews so not too sure what I would enter the following under? Chocolate Stout Coffee Vanilla Porter Sent from my DROID RAZR using Home Brew Talk
  7. Balue

    Fruit Beer SWMBO's Lemon WIT

    OK so SWMBO had been bugging me for a Lemon Wheat bear and this is what I came up with and it turned out great. People are loving this. Comments I get is "I could drink this ALL day!" 2lb Pilsner 1lb US 2row 1lb White Wheat 1lb flaked Oats .5lb flaked Wheat .5oz Cascade 60min 2oz Dry...
  8. Balue

    Raise a glass to a lost friend!

    Well, before leaving for work I got a call one does not want to hear. A family friend was found passed in his home today. :( He had dropped his daughter off at pre school and never showed up for work. Work called one of his contacts another friend who went to check. Our daughters were the...
  9. Balue

    SWMBO's first brew testing/tasting day!

    Took a gravity reading on SWMBO's lemon wheat and my porter! Both tasting very good at this point! This was swmbo's first batch she ever brewed! 1.050 at 1.016 now. Will pull another reading next weekend and keg from there. The porter is going on to some vanilla beans for a couple weeks next week.
  10. Balue

    Calculating cost effectiveness verification/help with calculations please!

    OK trying to do some math here and set up some future orders for the year. Due to small living space I am limited to partials with up to 6lbs of grain. Now trying to reduce costs I would like to purchase in bulk on line to save costs. So the following is what I am looking at as a starting point...
  11. Balue

    Very proud of my SWMBO today!

    Well it has finally happened! SWMBO brewed her first batch today! :mug: So SWMBO has been bugging me to make her a Lemon WIT. So I put together a recipe for her and took her down to home brew mart yesterday and we put together a partial recipe with a 6lb grain bill and a bag of wheat extract...
  12. Balue

    Brew hiatus, going under the knife on Wed!

    Well less than a week ago I was able to get my latest IPA kegged and on tap, should be good to go in another week or so alongside the SWMBO WIT that just finished carbing up. So Keggerator is freshly stocked. I have 2-3 cases in bottle reserve. Now my problem, I will be going under the knife...
  13. Balue

    Goooo Shaaa-aaaarks!

    Woo hoo western finals here we come! Sharks!!!!!
  14. Balue

    Success!!!

    Success!!! Well brewed SWMBO a WIT beer a few weeks ago not my beer of choice but had to please her for letting me "extend" our kitchen counter this past weekend by building a kegerator. Racked the WIT to a keg and boosted it for 24 hrs then turned it down. After 4 more days I could not hold out...
  15. Balue

    Scored a Sanyo 4912, project K set for the weekend!

    Just scored an excellent Sanyo 4912 off of craigs list for $50, it is currently holing a steady 38 degrees. Going to stop by the beverage warehouse tomorrow to pick up stuff for a dual tap tower and some corny's tomorrow! :ban: Gonna be busy this weekend! So I can just drill a 2" hole dead...
  16. Balue

    Cleaning out the closet and what is this?!?!?!

    Well Happy Saturday to me! Doing some annual cleaning and I come across this tall box buried in the corner. Hmmm look at that there is a floating thermometer, hydrometer and test tube, caper, some caps and sanitizer in this small box inside it. :) Lets see what is under this small box. ...
  17. Balue

    Back in action in San Diego, CA!

    Hello HBT! I am back in action here in San Diego! I used to brew along time ago and stopped for various reasons. Well my girlfriend got me one of the best Christmas gifts I have received in a long time! A home brew kit with two batches of grain! Well this got me right back into it and I pulled...
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