Recent content by deanoaz

I tried sampling a bottle of this Fat Tire clone after one week, two after two weeks and two after three weeks. The taste really developed to what I expected after the 3rd week, as well as the carbonation (by the way, I love it). This 1-gallon batch approach is really the best for me. Not...

Living in Peoria, I guess my go-to-place will be the Scottsdale store. I went to the Anthem store once and it was okay, but if it is gone, I guess I need an alternative.

Sorry, haven't been on for awhile. Have you ever tried What Ales Ya in Glendale (maybe "the other store")?

Being from AZ, do you have a supplier who sells grains in small quantities?:confused:

When I need to get malt grain for my partial mash, 1-gallon mash in, the small amounts give me away. I don't want to go back to the supplier who tried to make me feel like an idiot for my batch size. When I got the grain for my present, first batch, I found a great supplier who supported me...

Well, my grandson and I bottled my first batch of ale today. One gallon of a Fat Tire Clone. Very few problems: too little water, hops added at wrong time and slow start. 1.6 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine malt 1.6 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt 1.6 oz Munich Malt 1.2 oz Biscuit Malt .2 oz Chocolate...

Welcome from another Arizona homebrewer (I should say "beginning homebrewer"). I'm in Peoria and just Sunday, put together a Fat Tire Clone. Had to reload some more yeast as it was dead for almost 36 hours. It is going now. Hope to learn more from you experienced members.:D

I'M BACK!!! About a year ago, I had everything ready to do a 1 gallon batch of Northern Brewer Caribou Slobber when medical hurdles delayed it in mid-launch. After scraping it, I went to a local supply house and put together a recipe for my favorite ale, Fat Tire (a clone), that was a partial...

I was taught many years ago to spin the hydrometer as you put it into the liquid and that helps remove bubbles from it and makes reading easier.

I have had this in my bar fridge (in my shop) for awhile. I took it out because I wasn't really getting water from it and had an idea. It is 1.25 gallon, has a large cap on top and a tap at one end on the bottom, far enough off to avoid much sediment. It his long, tall and narrow. The large...

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Good idea. I bought some of those ice packs, so I think I will put a couple in the styrofoam cooler, around the jug....cool it down a little from 74.

Well, this newbie put on a 1-gallon batch of Caribou Slobber (Northern kit) on Sunday, February 14, mid-day, in a 1-gallon glass jug. I chilled the wort down pretty fast to about 74 degrees. Before adding the yeast the OG was 1.05. Even though the directions seemed to say just pour in 1/2...

Ahaa! Got it now. I knew it was probably a newbie question. I delved into Papazian's bible and got it clarified. Thanks all for clearing it up for me. :D

Explain how you can use the oven to do your wort. Unless you have extremely short work days, it sounds like you leave the wort there for ~4 hours @ 150 deg. My first kit has the wort boiling for 45 minutes. Is yours all-grain and you can do hold for that long at that temp? I know, I'm a newbie.