Recent content by damashiuchi

glad i'm not the only one with a crappy LHBS ... way overpriced ($2.75/# for 2-row!) and the guy who owns it is kind of an a-hole ... he goes to my church as well, and he even scoffs at me when i try to say hello to him there! I'll still occasionally grab yeast from there to make sure it's...

i did actually take a preboil reading - just for my notes - just took 4 oz out after sparge and let it cool for a while ... Took the reading and adjusted for the higher temp ... Didn't do anything with it, but it did match up with my post boil after boil off losses, etc. Wort was just getting...

that, so far, has been the hardest - but most rewarding - lesson i've tried to learn! Thanks again for all the help ...

Wow, you guys are quick! That makes sense ... I guess a lot of it is just experience and knowing how to make corrections on the fly to get the results you're looking for ... I'm still in the mindset that recipes are meant to be followed to a T, so i need to work o that!

Hello, I brewed my first AG batch a few weeks ago (Yooper's Cream Ale recipe...YUM!), but missed my gravity by a few points - came in at 1.044 instead of 1.052 - I chalked it up to inexperience with mashing/sparging and just went with it, and the beer turned out pretty good. But I did some...

thanks guys - i was kind of afraid of the answer before i asked the question, but decided to give it a go anyway! commercially, i'd say urquell and stella are probably my year round favorites - though i always look forward to spring when sam adams noble pils is out! i never thought of...

hello - i'm very new to this (first batch of pale ale still fermenting!) i am a huge fan of pilsners and would love to attempt one, but eveything i've seen on the subject suggests that lagers and pilsners are alot more difficult than ales to get right for the home brewer ... i have no real form...