Recent content by Candyman84

Done that. Added a dreg from Avery's incredible Lunctis Viribus as well as a week later dregs from a Paradox Cherry Sour as well as the fantastic bottle of Allagash James and Julia. These should fare well. Question, how man dregs do you usually add over time? Go big and bold or is there...

Like just about all styles more or less, the only one getting close to hate is Pilsner. Damn close. Growing up in Germany, the single minded focus on that style alone just made me hate it. Was always a Hefeweizen kind of guy and switched to the many great styles in a heartbeat when craft came...

Same here. The ones I bought seem to be too small. Does anyone have some extras? Would of course chip in for cost, shipment and hassle!

Quick update. I am almost done reading American Sour Beers, which was a good exercise reaffirming some of my existing knowledge, piecing together some isolated bits and gaining all-new knowledge. I still have my concerns over the previous batches aged in the barrel, imparting too much flavor...

Flanders was also a thought I had, but granted it is not quite one of the easier styles to brew, I wanted to avoid that for first attempts. Same thoughts, same concerns, which is why I opened this thread and I was already moving away from the thought until... That is exactly the barrel I...

Hi all, apologies if this has been discussed anywhere here, already, but I searched the heck out of the forum and google and could not find a proper answer. I have 5 gallon Whiskey Barrel that I have used for 2 batches of Russian Imperial Stout and now that I am finally ready to dive into...

Just scored my first 5 Gallon Whiskey Barrel from Balcones, Distilling. Super excited, but just as intimidated to mess it up. Being concerned to loose too much of the Whiskey goodness, I am reluctant to go down the road of filling the barrel with water to have the staves swell up. I don't...

Awesome review. First detailed post I read about this thing. Sounds all perfect and worth waiting. Is the Copper on the Kettle itself a pita to keep clean and nice looking or not as badly affected as the decals on the burner? I am thinking about the 10gal pot, so whirlpooling a 5gal recipe...

Sorry for the delayed response. Been away for a bit. Did you find that in some reviews? Sounds odd and much like the kind of first Gen issue you most of the times get with newly developed stuff. Hopefully something they can easily fix. The other pics look pretty impressive and reaffirm...

No answers, but not even any views of this thread? Wow, I would have thought this kettle is more coveted? No one interested in discussing this piece or sharing some frustration while waiting ;) ?

http://www.northernbrewer.com/edelmetall-bru-kettle After getting seriously passionate about homebrewing last year, I have pretty quickly outgrown my cheap 6 gallon aluminum kettle, that I have bought initially just to get started. After long considerations, I finally got settled on which my...

Does the stir plate handle a 5000ml flask?

Sounds delicious. Did you ever have the Schneider Weisse Tap 5 - Hopfenweisse? The only authentic German Hefeweizen I know that was going down the heavily, fruity hopped road. I absolutely love it. Never brewed Hefe before, though as a German, it used to be and still is my go to style in Europe...

Thanks. Good to get the reassurance that I really need to get behind water chemistry soon. Brewed with this water last weekend again (DIPA) and got a 4.8Ph. Either I have to check/calibrate the Ph meter or this water really is not the source I should be using. If I wanted to use L.A...

Yeah, I know, I know, got carried away a bit here :D you are right. I did use Mosaic as the hero on the end, but it really is not anywhere close an all Mosaic driven beer like yours. I definitely know the KS commercial example and love love love it! I may sometime soon actually go for something...