Recent content by 4everHomebrew

Finally taking the step forward after 4 years of bottling and I'm gonna purchase a kegerator, but was looking for a few opinions on the quality of these brands first. http://www.beveragefactory.com/refrigerators/beer/dkc645bls.shtml...

Don't get too excited about Sean's food.. It was a good meal, but it wasn't great. He served a Mexican style dinner with salad, chicken mole, and flan. The beer he used to cook with (Rogue beers) didn't even shine through as an ingredient until the flan came out. The flan was a very original and...

The Town and Country is only actually within walking distance (probably 20mins or so) of the nearest BevMe... like someone already said, they don't have the best selection but if you have no car and don't want to cab it all over town, this is your nearest/best option to the hotel for some grab &...

and btw, they still sell this beer in stores.

I remember listening to the Jamil show and he discussed a few Lagunitas recipes with the head brewer. I think they mash all their beers around 160F. I know it sounds a little extreme, but if you drink any of their other beers, they all have a similar sweetness to them.

Is storing at 55 the low threshold the sugars need in order to do their job in carbonating properly before halting them at 40 degrees?

Thanks for all the accolades! I just hope my wife doesn't divorce me for all the beer brewing/talking/drinking/crap that I put her through on a daily basis...DAMN, this hobby is soooo addicting!!!

So I'm only on the 2nd week in lagering of what is gonna be a great Vienna lager..and since I don't have the equipment for kegging yet, I am forced to bottle everything. Since this is my first lager beer, I want to know how to store the beer after it is bottled in order to get the proper...

My fault, it is 10%..I don't know why I thought it was 15. As for SDBC, it's not exactly our favorite place of all places to drink at...with that being said, this is one of the few places where us crazy drinkers can get together, bring our own beer, have half about 1/3 of the bar to ourselves...

If any of San Diegans want to join up with a beer club once at month at San Diego Brew Co., we meet up once a month on the 3rd Saturday each month. I only started meeting up with these guys about 3 months ago but noticed that whether you're a beginner or expert, this club has everyone in...

I like the link you provided...helpful in making decisions, especially when trying to formulate an IPA recipe to my liking!

La Mesa is a great place to be now that I've lived here about 2 years and am probably somewhere down the road from you..crazy how that happens. Anyways, nice to have another person from the same area on here.

I agree with just about all the breweries everyone has mentioned...The west coast is really known for their big hoppy beers, especially Stone beers. I was briefly looking over everyone else's responses and opinions but I didn't notice anyone mentioning Karl Strauss or Gordon Biersch. I know...

Greetings to all! This is my first post on this site. I have read multiple posts in the past while trying to find the answers to many of my brewing questions. Now that I've been brewing almost 1 1/2 years, I finally decided that I need to join up to get even more involved with other foamies on...