Recent content by coppergti

it's delicious. the only thing i would do is add a bit of flaked wheat to it to thicken it up just a tad. i have a lot of friends that really enjoy this one and i think i'll do it again in the next month or two. i will leave the 1/4 cup of bourbon in there for the future, it mellowed out to a...

Hops- .75oz Northern Brewer 8.00 (alpha) 22.7 (IBU) @45min .50oz Goldings - B.C. 4.45 (alpha) 4.8 (IBU) @ 30 min .50oz Goldings - B.C. 4.45 (alpha) 1.9 (IBU) @ 10 min I tried one the other day and it turned out pretty good. I think i should have left out the last 1/4 cup of...

letting it age for a while yet. i kegged most of it and only ended up with a 12 pack, so i want to make it last as long as i can. i will probably break one out this weekend to see how its progressing.

All-Grains 9# Pale malt (2 row) 4# Marris otter pale Malt 1# Crystal 80L .25# Black Malt .25# Roasted Barley .5# Special B Malt This was my first All-Grain. i didn't figure in the boil time and ended up with a 4 gallon batch instead of the anticipated 5 gallon batch i was looking...

brewing a brown ale in about 3 hrs from now.... :ban::tank:

13421 + 5 gal of summer wheat =13426

x2 i never thought to do that with everclear. let us know how it is.

+ 5 of imperial nut brown _________ 9779

5 gal of an english brown ale 5 gal of a "tommyknocker" imperial nut brown clone- 2nd fermentation right now... so that's 10g for this guy 6867.5+10 = 6877.5

i alway put in a "OAR" dvd. it's a nice mellow tone great for brewing. example

the dishwasher is good for taking labels off on used bottles and to give a good cleaning job i found. just dont use the dish soap in it and make sure to clean the food trap. what you need is the hot water and if you are cleaning 50 at a crack it makes it easier to wash them out

it's never a bad thing to over sanitize. i alway like to clean out everything immediately after i use it. (even if i'll be filling it up again) you can never be too clean, just remember to sanitize everything that your beer will be touching when you bottle your batch.

For what you're using it for it will be fine no matter what process you use. i personally prefer to mig weld all of my stuff just because i know it wont break then. tig welding with filler would be fine as well. i would think that if you fused it, it would be ok yet. Just make sure to check for...