Recent content by ciaran987

I've been reading about hop bursting here on the forums, it wasnt something nearly as popular when I first started in 2009 but in the years while ive been away it seems to have taken over. It is something that has peaked my interest, but I dont feel like I should use 5 year old hops on my first...

Dog bumped laptop and posted before I was done.

Good idea. According to beersmith the aa rating should be around 4sh for the centennials. Any idea's as to how break up the pound of hops? I just randomly threw this together as a way to break it up. Beersmith says 83 ibu's with the cent at 4.4% aa. Would this need to be a double ipa? 1oz...

So I have a pound of centennial whole leaf hops from 2009. Its been in my parents freezer since I received them never opened. According to beersmith the aa rating should be cut in half around that point. I have no idea if they are still good or not, but the question is. If I open them and...

I got the sp10 bayou classic turkey fryer off amazon for 50 bucks, free shipping. Roughly 180,000btu if I remember correctly. Boils 6 gallons of water in less then 8 minutes. Totally worth it to me, opening the valve a crack was enough to keep the boil going. Its almost too much power.