Recent content by Brooothru

Came across that same Weihenstephaner Helles last fall in a store in St. Petersburg, FL. Very enjoyable. Trouble was, it ‘evaporated’ much to easily.

Very nice…!!

Yeah, you’re probably good at :30 minutes rest at beta and alpha. As I mentioned, you’re already getting some beta conversion at 131F (really don’t need to start mash in any lower than that with today’s modern malts). I do 30/30 beta/alpha. My mash in is at 131F, and I dough-in the grains...

U.S. too. In the last six months alone we’ve stayed at least eight times at vineyards and breweries from the Finger Lakes in New York to Texas and now California, all basically for free. Except, of course, all we spend on libations with the host properties. We love us some Harvest Host!

The beta and alpha enzymes are ‘active’ at those temperatures, though not necessarily at their peak levels of conversion. Above 160F alpha will begin to denature, and both beta and alpha will be pretty much gone at 168F. Your step profile looks pretty good, but I like to perform beta rest @...

I remember about 30 years ago somebody thought it would be a ‘great’ idea to stock Hunting Creek with Rainbow trout. When Ike was President, he had loved snagging Browns in the wild, cascading stream when he visited Camp David (named, BTW, for his Grandson David Eisenhower). A smart naturalist...

Spent the day driving from Bakersfield, CA, to Paso Robles. Stopped at the truck stop along CA-46 where James Dean made his last fuel stop before heading West (literally and figuratively) before his fatal car crash in the 50s. Spending the night dry camping at Four Sisters winery, courtesy of...

Troeg’s and Rainbow? Where’d you find Rainbow on this side of the Rockies? There’s some amazing Brown trout south of Gettysburg on the Fishing Creek near Camp David/Thurmont area.

Inching ever closer to the West Coast. After hiking most of the afternoon in Joshua Tree National Park, I made a “refueling stop” at a local quick stop to provision with cereal malt rehydration. I found an interesting semi-local (for me, the out-of-stater) from a brewery in Coronado, CA. A...

Just the wink of an eye….

Here, hold my beer. SWMBO’d and I have #53 coming up shortly. I thought she had better judgement, but I guess it only underscores how we all marry ‘above’ our station in life. Congratulations 🎊, and best hopes for many more with the one with whom you share a loving devotion.

I’m about an hour from Lancaster (though not at the moment; we’re visiting with the aliens in Roswell, NM, tonight). This gives me a double-excuse to visit Troeg’s. As if I really an excuse.

Looks like a balanced diet, there, Remmy. I’ll trade “3 squares” for three “round ones” any day on Island Time. 🌴

👍. Leave it to Etsy! Monogrammed as well.

Aha!! Bingo! I knew I could count on my brew brothers, and sisters. Many thanks. My problem is solved.