Maylar-
First, thanks for the well wishes.
Mead, cider, and cyser are on the up. I'm working on sourcing some local honey for mead, and have set up a deal with an Eastern Washington cider apple producer to take custom orders of fresh, orchard pressed varietal raw cider. That part is still in...
Not using that particular model, but an 1800W 120V induction cooker puts out enough power to hit boil for a 5 gallon batch at 6.8 gallon preboil volume...just...with insulation...and being at high enough altitude that boiling is 204F up here.
So for a partial boil batch, yeah, you'll have...
Everyone, thanks for the input and great thread. It's good to hear more people are having positive experiences at the LHBS than negative, and I can report - in my case at least - your priorities, namely freshness and friendly, knowledgeable staff, are also massively important to me and what I'm...
Thanks jratcliff
Much of the feedback I get regards the indifferent or arrogant service received, so this really resonates. For what it's worth, I'm attempting to break the trend and be equally as helpful to the guy making an extract Gose and all grain Bud Light (both of which happened this week).
I'm happy to hear my first response is what I'm trying to do. Small businesses can't keep everything in stock, but I'm happy to special order something if you're willing to wait a couple of weeks until I can get it in. Thanks for having some love for the local guys!
LHBS people seem to have a bad rap around here, so, tell me what you want of a LHBS: and, go!
Seriously people, I want to know. 40+ malts and 40+ hops, plus the full line of Wyeast, with DanStar and Fermentis dry yeast! BIAB Classes! What am I missing?