Recent content by brewhaha1964

I think you've missed a golden opportunity to call your brew "no strings attached" golden ale :ban:

Doing a Pale ale today, things are going much better :D

My first all-grain experience was a nightmare ! It started out great, mashed in and hit my temp perfect. Started to recirulate, everything still good. The Lauter is when things went bad. Stuck manifold, I blew on hose and stired mash it start to flow again only to stop 2 sec later, stirred...

1 can Guiness foreign extra stout, 1 lb stew meat, carrot, potatoes put in slow cooker for 6 hr on low.........best stew ever !!!!

I thought so, Just wanted to be sure. Thanks evryone

I picked up some DME to make starters with, I wasn't paying attention and bought wheat DME. This is my first attempt at using starters. Will this make any difference ? Change taste or give it some cloudy issues?

I now have a goal !! Seriously, I don't mean to dis the guy too much. He was really helpfull in the beginning. Maybe owning a brew store give you a feeling of expertise. I think maybe he's a little locked in to old school thinking and myths.

Like I said he's a real nice guy and means well, so I won't name the shop. I would love to have all the stuff he talks about, just have to work at it a piece at a time. In the meantime, I don't need to be reminded that to stuff I'm using is less that perfect. I just want to make good beer.

My LHBS owner is a nice guy and I have learned a great deal from him, but I wanted to start all-grain brewing and I didn't want to go bankrupt doing it. I told him I bought a Aluminium Pot ( Oh ! you don't want to do that,you got Stainless Steel). I was going to use a old cooler and SSbraid...

What a great idea.......Killer buzz honey brown ale!!!!!

I was brewing outside. The wort chiller was working on cooling my wort. I would go inside to top off my coffee now and again. When my wort was cool enough , I started to pour it in my ferment bucket. I notice a dead bee in the bottom of my pot. Will Mr Bee ruin my beer? I went ahead and pitched...