Recent content by akdiesel

To update this. Brewed this beer and had a low OG thanks to a poor crush from my LHBS. Added DME to bring the beer to spec and man did it turn out great! DME = 1.009 per lb in a 5 gal batch by the way. Let me know if anyone wants the recipe.

Great to see some input. I realized thought that my home garage drill is 3/8" not 1/2" so I will likely be going with the mm3

After having issue with the crush at my LHBS I want to mill my own grain. I am torn between the MM3 and the MM2 with 2 inch rollers. Cost isn't an issue, they are the same price. I am a heavy duty diesel mechanic so setting gap with feeler gauges isn't an issue to me. Also I am not a fan of...

I have heard good things about the brew supply shop in Palmer but I'm not making a 6+ hour trip for supplies and I'm rarely down there. But I will keep it in mind if I head down there though.

Like the store quite a bit. The only knowledgeable person at Gavoras was Dave and I know they said he was leaving but idk if he did. I also find most of their employees rude. I prefer Brew Time and although prices are a little high compared to an online retailer shipping to my house kills the...

No that's awesome. On my days off I may go pick one up

Not that I have noticed. I use filtered tap water and live in town by wainwright

Thanks for the link and the rundown on what to expect. Definitely need a new laptop my wife's old one is on its last leg. Doesn't charge half the time, freezes in the middle of school work and I've began using Google drive for school work so if it freezes it's more likely to be saved and I can...

I did a 2.5 gallon batch but it was my first AG brew and didnt turn out well so it's bottle conditioning now to mellow it out. I just bottled my citra maris smash tonight. Hopefully will open the first bottle on new years

Alaska craft beer/homebrewing

Long thread didn't read through all of it but have a question. How does everyone like their Asus Chromebooks? I am considering one but had no idea or first hand experience with their build quality. Though I do know you get more bang for your buck with one vs a Samsung.I am looking at the C300...

How was soda? I recently made the jump to all grain and wish I would have from the beginning. Way better way to brew. I made a craft beer facebook page for up here but it's dead haha.

Yeah it just sucks dealing with shipping kegging equipment up plus a kegerator. There's one on Craigslist but they are asking a good bit for it. What all have you brewed so far?

I really like them. Good people! I should have a Maris otter/Citra SMaSH bottling soon...need to get into kegging though seems like it saves a lot of hassle.

All grain on an electric stove. Nothing fancy a HD cooler as a MLT and that's about it. Get all my supplies at brew time.