Recent content by ashton

There isnt a damn thing wrong with fermenting at 70 degrees. just sayin

If you do ANYTHING in San Diego, eat Mac and Cheese from Neighborhood. Everything else is secondary.

Great breweries have been listed so far! Also make a point to get into the North Park/South Park area and hit bars like Hamiltons, Small Bar, Monkey Paw, Eleven, Blind Lady Ale House, Tiger!Tiger!, The Linkery... Just ask bartenders or fellow drinkers for suggestions, people are pretty nice...

Thanks for this thread! This beer is ****ing radical and one of my wife's favorites so we are brewing it AS I TYPE(just added 30min Liberty hops)! Changed a few things up with hop additions just because I can't stand to follow all the rules, but the grain bill is from OP. Nothing really to...

oh no!!!!!!!:rockin: is actually wes!?!?

Wife and I got tickets to American Nightmare in LA on new years eve, anyone else??

yeah i broke mine yesterday. annoying. 382

My mom isn't a home brewer. She's usually willing to taste any craft beers my sister, wife, or I pass her way, but at the end of the day she is a Miller Lite girl at heart. She is, however, very interested in the process of home brewing and the history of brewing in the christian church...

he toured it with chuck ragan a few year ago. so bummed i missed that show when they came to SD

Descendents and Kid Dynamite played at FYF in LA a few weeks ago and we went up for it. Both bands totally ruled, but I honestly would've paid the $40 just to see Descendents. Those guys are still relevant and put on twice the show that most bands in their 20's do. I honestly haven't been...

it can't be done!

I've been brewing for a year and a half now and still only get patchy spots of beard-age. How long did it take most of you to earn trademark beer brewer's beards? :D

so what happened?

Thanks! She's rip roaring away right now. I checked about 18 hours after pitching and there was a ton of activity so I'm not sure exactly how long it took to start. I can post some pictures, but it really isn't any different from what you'd expect. One of the only noteworthy bits is that...

I can absolutely do that, they have around 8 hives and basically can't get rid of the stuff fast enough! I'll try it out and include pictures/info with interesting updates from the original yeast traps. Thanks for the suggestion!