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Thanks for the feedback guys. I think what I'll do is stir up a pint of starter as fatbloke suggested.

There is an intense debate going on at my house right now as to whether or not make a mead or just brew more beer. (hyperbole... nothing at my house is intense) After failing miserably at making mead using the vague instructions found at stormthecastle (tasted like turpentine smells even...

Ever realize the night before bottling that you are like 6 bottles short of being able to bottle the whole batch the next day? And then, the next day, suddenly find yourself 6 bottles too many and end up not bottling anyway because you have the flu? At least that's what I told my wife.

Brewed an all grain American pale ale. Hit all my volumes and OG. And drank a couple while doing it.

Ha! I'm totally married with two kids (both girls 8 and 5). I just know how to plan a weekend. It's called being awesome. I recommend it.

Not to brag... but: Bottled a 5 gal Amber. Bottled a 5 gal Bitter. Racked my 5 gal Barleywine. (Me own recipe! -Say it in a Scottish accent-) Racked a 5 gal 5 gal Cream Ale. Prepared a 1.5 liter starter for my Belgian Golden Strong I'm brewing tomorrow. (It's gonna be a partigyle, so I'm...

Well crapsnacks. I had no idea my busted bottle would have such a response. It's the third such I've had in all 12 years I've been bottling. The first two were of New Belgian Brewing origin. This fine sample was from the very first brewing kit my wife bought me from our LHBS for our first...

I'm thinking 12 years is about the limit for reuse on these things.

Ok. 1. Texas. Welcome to an uphill battle. I assume you are in College Station. I hope. While there are plenty of college towns in Texas, not many with the clientele of age you are looking for. The rest are cities that have colleges. 2. In Texas, a brewpub is a regular restaurant that...

I brewed a cream ale. Nailed all my temps and volumes. Even my scheduled OG. Drinking a porter I brewed some weeks ago.

Awesome idea! Do you steep those grains, or just run a sparge for those second and third runnings? I actually plan on doing another partigyle soon. A Belgian Golden Strong followed by a light blonde. Maybe this weekend if my supplies arrive today! I have a 60 qt converted gatorade cooler...

How it went: Recipe - Barleywine: 20.7 lbs American 2-row 2.4 lbs Crystal 60ºL 4 oz. Chinook @ 90 min 2 oz. Cascade @ 0 min 1 oz. Centennial @ 0 min WLP 001 California Ale Scheduled O.G.: 1.093 1st issue: This is the biggest beer I've ever tried. I researched the hell outta it. Despite...

I'm gonna do a parti-gyle brew as soon as the supplies come in. Here's what I got going on. I plan on doing three 5 gal recipes this way off one mash. First and foremost it's going to be a barleywine. My primary goal here is to do a barley wine. Anything after that is gravy. There is 23 lbs...

Starting a new thread called "Parti-gyle style". Would freakin' love your input!

Whew! I thought for a bit that I had committed a HBT faux pas in mentioning him. I've checked out your website. Turns out the design I used in making my mashtun leads directly back to you. So, thanks! I'm gonna bring this thread back on-topic now. Sorta. I'm in favor of the OP using Method...

Whoa now. The guy's not like my best friend or anything. He wrote up a bunch of articles with recipes and instructions. I had been taking the first runnings at mash out and then adding 168º sparge water, stirring, resting, and then draining for my full pre-boil volume. But my efficiencies...

I have a 50 qt converted Gatorade cooler. It's awesome. I researched the hell outta this prior to converting said cooler and building a CFWC. I settled on the method espoused by BYO contributor and brand spankin' new brewery owner Jamil Zainasheff (Mr. Malty himself). I mash at 1.5 qts/lb per...

I've accounted for a 60% mash efficiency when putting together my recipes. Rather simple ones at that. Batch 1 - Barleywine 20.7 lbs American Two-Row Pale 2.4 lbs Cyrstal 60º 4 oz. Chinnook at 90 minutes 2 oz. Cascade at 1 minute 1 oz. Centennial at 1 minute WLP001 California Ale (2 tubes...

I found a number of parti-gyle articles, charts and even some calculators. But none of them really work for me. I plan on mashing exactly what I need to get 6.5 gallons pre-boil volume for my barley wine that, if all goes well, will have an O.G. of 1.093. What I need to know is how much water...

Ok. Here we go. I've brewed big beers before, but quit and composted the grains pretty much without a second thought. And then I got to thinking about the next brew I'm putting together. I'm doing a barleywine with O.G. 1.093. Now, after mashing and sparging for a 5 gallon batch (6.5 gallon...