Hello all! New So Cal user here (lots of pictures cause everyone like pictures!)>>>

Hi I'm Paul



Got the girlfriend a gift certificate to BrewBakers (a local place for making your own steeped/extract brews) for her birthday and after two hours, we were hooked... here's some shots from out first brew













and of course, lots of tasting!






Sure enough I ended up with the MB setup in a gift exchange, it was on! After stumbling upon this site i didn't even give the first recipe the 'by the book' treatment.

Now I've got three 2g. primaries, bottling buckets, hydrometer, fixed thermometer, hop sacks, crimper's, more bottles around the house than I know what to do with and an entire fridge shelf dedicated to homebrews, hops and yeasties.



Next plan is to boil various hops, dme, grains, ect to educate my palate on the flavors. maybe even cook up a case of single bottle brews just to see how the yeasts alter the flavor....

Here's what I've brewed thus far>>>

MB Whispering Wheat +



- 1 Can MB Heff
- Booster
- MB Yeast
- 1 tsp coriander dry to primary
- 1/4 cup honey two weeks in
1 month primary

3/25 BOTTLED
prim w/ dex (maybe too little do to a miscalculation)

4/9 TESTER



Little carb
No head
Strong corriandor
Slightly sweet
Mouth feel consistent with dish water
Tested with more honey -, paprika -, nutmeg -, combinations all negative

4/21 TESTER
good smooth malty
little to no carb

5/1 TESTER
carb progressing
flavor very honey light

5/11 TESTER
TBD


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Stumbled across a site Little Bastereds Brewing and decided to take a stab at one of his recipes with some tweaks thanks to SouthBay Brewing

OVL+ - Brewed 4-7-12


- 1lb 2-Row
- 4oz Crystal 60L
- 1/2lb Munich malt
60 minute mash 150-155*, dunk and sparge in a separate pot a few times 170* and pour over.
30 minute boil
- 1/3 oz Hallertauer hops added for 20 minutes
- approx 2/3 oz Hallertauer hops added for 7 minutes
- 1/2lb wheat DME
flameout
- 1 can MB Octoberfest Vienna Lager
cooled to 76*
- pitched safale us04



4/30 Bottled
3.3oz wheat dme prime
72 deg
FG 1.026


TESTER....not for another month or so

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MB High country canadian draft Brewed 4-11-12


- 1bl golden light dme
- booster
- 1oz citra 30 min boil
cooled to 76*
- pitched safale us04
7 day then 1/2oz citra dry hop in primary


4/30 bottle
2.1 dex prime
FG 1.014 @67*
used a paint strainer bag in my bottling bucket during the syphon to minimize the hop chunks






5/1 TESTER
Late bitter
Grapefruit finish
Smells awesome

HCCD was a success and is officially in the rotation. another batch starts on Tuesday






Brewed an IPA while drinking the HCCD and then took a look at my OVL + which later led to another 'tasting'



first time using warflock, pretty neat stuff



got bored and decided to boil some different hops for an hour to see how the flavors change

mmmmm....the dark one on the right in the last pic looks divine.
Nice set up! Looks like you are having fun!

Nice, but some advice, no more pictures of your legs....and more of the missus.

Welcome...thanks for sharing the pics!!!

All I saw was that NSX pic, boy I want one soo bad.

Welcome to the group, from CO.

Saw the NSX Concept, wow.

She loves brewing! That's called a keeper.

Hammy71 said:

Nice, but some advice, no more pictures of your legs....and more of the missus.

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Speak for yourself. Not that she's not gorgeous, I just float another direction in life.


My first brewing experience was at Brew Bakers. Actually, did a team building event there and had so much fun. Unfortunately, we never saw the beer because the guy who was supposed to pick it up just took it home. I miss their cheese jalapeño bread too.

Welcome to HBT!

Just stumbled across this thread somehow...looks like a fun place!
My girl likes me homebrewing, mainly so she can drink it though!

Hey Guys!

It's been a while, ok looking back on the photos above a long while.....But do not fear as I have continued to brew over 30 five gallon batches ranging from XPA,IPA,APA,XXIPA,Marzen,American Stout,Espresso Stout,American Hefeweizen,Bavarian Hefeweizen,IPL,Winter Ale to Rye IPA.

Tapped into http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows
and have since turned my 2hr daily commute into a learning session where I've listened to the better 2/3's of The Jamil Show and Brew Strong.
I've dove into water chemistry, phun intended
I've been propagating yeast
Received a few competition scores in the high thirties
and acquired a larger kettle, kegerator, keezer, three-five gallon fermenters and more knowledge than I know what to do with!

Although I still and probably won't ever know all there is to know, I enjoy the learning and will continue this venture

Here's what I've been up to>>>

http://instagram.com/socalbeerguy
or here (a bit easier to navigate)
http://pinsta.me/socalbeerguy

Wow. You've been a busy brewer bee.
All this from a good idea for a birthday gift certificate!