Recent content by aronius

This was the last bottle of the batch. It was a very good batch. I was keeping one bottle so I could try it after a couple months. I'm guessing it was something in the bottle. Not a single distinguishable piece after the explosion except for the cap. I use the 4.5 oz priming sugar packs...

SWMBO's father: Too much flavor. I don't drink cause I like the taste, I drink to get buzzed. I'm thinking: ???

Was a random bottle left sitting on the counter for a few days. Sounded like a gunshot. Shattered a measuring beaker and flower vase nearby. Left glass shards embedded in my coffee grinder and food processor and walls. I was only three feet away just starting to transfer my wort and somehow...

South Austin checkin in. I've brewed many AHS kits. I like their west coast pale ale and the American amber. Just brewed their American red and dry stout. I've been startin my brews around 7 pm and goin til the wee hours of the morning to avoid the heat. Any Austinites wanna come by on a...

After weeks of reading about mash tun designs and designing my own I finally built my own 10 gallon, copper manifold, brass ball valve and nipple system using the original O-ring that came with the cooler only to find it leaks. After several trips to the hardware stores (nice that there is a...