Recent content by ABushman

Hi folks, Just a quick question. I have reviewed a number of threads and recipes regarding fruit beers, and it seems that everybody adds the fruit (raw, puree)to the secondary ferment (or the extract just before bottling). What would be the effect (positive/negative) of adding a fruit puree...

I suppose that keeps the vampires away from the hops too!

Thanks for all of your suggestions and comments. In retrospect, I don't believe it was a rodent problem at all, just inexperience on my part. However, that brings me to another question. Of the four plants that I have in the ground, three have sprouted nice healthy leafy stalks. The fourth...

Well, further investigation exonerated both the rabbits and the squirrels (and the slugs). It turns out that yesterday, when I checked the plants, it was cold, windy, and overcast. Today, it was warm(er), calm, and sunny. And guess what - the stalks once again have leaves! I guess I wouldn't...

Hey everybody. I’ve got a question about who’s eating my hop leaves! (I don’t suspect anybody on the forum – but you never know!). Anyway, my plants have been in the ground for almost two weeks now, and are one to two inches tall. Yesterday, they had leaves – today they are bare stalks! Do...

Thank you for the information. I was afraid to use the sealed hops after I saw how much they were compressed, as I feared the oils may have been squeezed out and stuck to the bag or something. But it sounds like I should be ok. Thanks again! Allen

Ah, ok, that makes sense. Thank you for the replies. Hopefully before long I with graduate to all-grain and actually understand what you all are talking about! Allen

Hello everybody. I have a question about storing hops. I have purchased a bunch of hops that were pre-packaged in (I think) nitrogen-filled sealed packages. But, I don’t always use the full package amount all at once, and have to store the leftover quantity. My questions also has an ulterior...

Hello everybody. I have a question about steeping my grains prior to the main boil. Keep in mind that I am a newb, and have only made about a half-dozen 5 gallon batches of beer so far, all using a variety of dry extracts and different specialty grains. But, I’ve been reading recipes and...

Well, I'm the newbie, so I can't really welcome you - but your thread floated to the top, so I had to comment. I commute to Tehachapi daily, so just thought I'd say hello. I'll wave as I go by on the way to work tomorrow! Cheers. Allen

Googled "Homebrew forum" with spectacular results! (Hey, I'm here, right?)

Greetings everybody! I’ve been perusing the forum for awhile, absorbing all of the knowledge that I could – I guess I should finally introduce myself. The name is Allen, and I live in northern Los Angeles County in a small mountain community with my beautiful wife and three Labrador...