Recent content by chachi

New computer...sounds like maybe the disk is bad (the hard drive). In my experience if they are going to crap out, they do so early in their life. Problems appear to be inconsistent...if it is new and you don't frequent "shady" sites, then you may want to start there. If you have some kind...

So, between the 9 month old and work, I can't seem to find much time to brew these days. I did manage to brew up a bohemian style lager (which I kegged tonight) and it got me motivated to try and figure out some sort of method to brew during the week. I work close to home, so I could...

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Yeah, we had some crazy smoke on the Peninsula (south of SF) last week, but the wind has shifted and I haven't smelled any for a few days.

I like the brat concept and the drinking concept. I was thinking though, when you brew beer, the last thing you need to do is get beer from "outside" sources.

I usually have lag from some WL tubes....this strain lagged when I first pitched it. I just re-pitched it from a primary fermentation and it went off without a hitch. But, the first pitch from the tube was over 24 hours before I saw anything.

I wonder what they would sell one of those for. That thing is pure genius!

That is crazy. At least you wore the proper protection.

Just brewed this one. OG 1.040, but I was amazed at how dark it was. I am pretty excited to taste this. Thanks for the recipe.

aww, I said screw it. Just finished. Not bad 4 hours start to cleaned up.

wouldn't that boil off?

I am confident this has been asked/discussed before. I have some grains that I prepared for mashing two days ago and I was planning on mashing them tonight after work, then doing the boil tomorrow after work. I figured since I am boiling everything tomorrow, there should be no problem. Anyone...

yeah, I would be interested to hear about using something aside from the $5/lb dark candy I used...

I like it. Everyone needs 20 kegs. If we all get 20 kegs then it will be "standard". If it is standard then it is ok to buy.:mug:

Yeah, I think someone reference that recipe in that thread. It is quite a bit darker than I anticipated, but I could not stop sticking my finger in the bucket during sparging. I am going to do a few weeks in the primary (last belgian I made fermented actively for 3 weeks) and then maybe throw it...