Recent content by Chuck_p

Welcome and hope you have a great time. Let us know how it turns out

I have read many of post and a few books about brewing. For me I think that you start off trying what you read and hear others talk about but then find your own way of doing the same thing which may be the same as someone else or a different twist on how someone else does thing. The main thing...

This was a "Back to Basics" Beer kit that I got from www.homebrewheaven.com and my first plan was to make it into a cherry ale, but I found out about the whole VT deal while it was still on the stove top boiling. I did add 1 cup of brown sugar in the main boil and I did not want the beer to get...

It's time for my "Hokie Ale" to be bottled and set aside to age. My heart goes out to everyone. I will make another post to let everyone know how it turns out once I try one. I am thinking of making a label one with each students name that was lost with there photo if I can find one and set...

I am about to move all my beer up to my computer room just because of the same reason. I have not had a batch go bad from the heat yet but its now just started to get warm here on the Eastern Shore of VA. But from all I have read just like others say the cooler the better.

Thanks Yooper Chick. I knew that Irish moss is made from seaweed but I did not know if the Whirlfloc Tablets were made from the same stuff or not.

I am still new to brewing thing or I guess I would not be asking this question. In all my brews so far ( will be 5 after today ) the kits that I have ordered to start with have all come with a Whirlfloc tablet to use as a clarifier which has worked just fine. I know that Irish moss is can also...

I have only brewed 4 batches so far, but am going to try to get where I am making a new batch every week or every two weeks at the most. I am working on getting a better setup for all my equipment after that I will be going like a mad man.

I have brought a fair amount of items from www.homebrewheaven.com I have been very happy with them so far. Shipping is just really bad for me being 3000 miles away from them.

I am going to move all my brewing equipment to my computer room which in the summer I keep around 68 or so. I have only done 4 brews so far so I am still a near total newbie.

Thank you for the spelling correction. Also the name of this brew is not set in stone it was just the first thing that came to my mind. So if anyone else has a good name please post it.

It was Monday morning and I was still fast asleep when I got a call that I did not have to go to work because of high winds. So after I did get myself up and going I was thinking it was a great day to start another batch of some good Ole home brew. I was just done steeping my grains when a...

I am new to homebrewing have only made 3 batches so far the first one is GONE and was the best beer I have ever had, and I am just not saying that. It was a West Coast Blond Ale. I gave my first sample to some friends that have road there Harley Bikes around the world and on there trip they did...

Welcome, My family has been going down to the "OBX" for over 50 years now, and I have been for one week a year in my 26 years of being in this world. Things have really grown like crazy there over the past 15 years. The past 10 years I have been down there we have been staying in Duck if you...

Hey, Welcome I am from Birdsnest, VA a small bump in the road on the Eastern Shore of VA. I have gotten hooked on brewing I have made 3 batches in the past month and I am drinking my first batch down like something crazy it's just great the best beer I have ever had.