Recent content by devin_mac

blah. i know my words can't help, but put my name on the "when the pipeline runs out i'll send beer" list :-)

Tonight feels like a good night for a whole bunch of beer and online flash games... Part of me is saying, "you're too old for relaxing after a long work week like that" but the other part of me is telling that part to f*ck off. :-) Anyone else have similar (not so ambitious) aspirations for...

so you guys pre-sanitize your kegs when you clean them? do you re-sanitize just before filling with fermented deliciousness?

yeah, i'm going to be taking them apart and inspecting/lubing the o-rings and whatnot. beyond that, it's clean and then hook up the gas with the keg filled with clean water, to pressure test them while i wait for the first to-be-kegged batch to finish secondary. :-)

i'm new to kegging (clearly) and just like the title says, i wanna sanity check that i can give my cornies a decent soak in oxyclean. i was figuring on filling them up with hot water and a scoop of the stuff, and then after 12 - 24 horus, empty and rinse, so they'll be good to go when i'm ready...

as an update to this, i have been drinking a couple bottles here and there, now that it's about 3 weeks in bottles. damn tasty. it ended up at 2.9%, and essentially tastes like weak newcastle. I think the only thing i might do is up the late boil hops a wee bit, to get a little more...

yeah, that was what i was scared about with adding it at keg-time. it's gonna spend at least two weeks in secondary, regardless, so that might be the best way to go about it. i figured on boiling it up like it was priming sugar and racking onto it and the vanilla vodka mixture.

ok, i brewed a nice thick stout a couple weeks ago, and i'm about ready to throw it in secondary with some chopped up vanilla beans that have been sitting in vodka for two weeks. i am looking to get a nice pronounced chocolate flavor with this one. The question i have is, should i add the...

put a little lubrication on the barb, and heat the hose end in a pot of boiling water, it'll slide right on. I have to enlarge that same type of hose for hydroponics projects all the time. It's a pain, and you need to cut it off if you ever need to remove it, but it saves you from having to...

it would seem to me that one of the advantages of going to a secondary for a couple of weeks, even after a long primary, would be that it's essentially just forcing you to give your beer some more age before you hammer all of it down. :-) how many times have i read "i wish i had waited a little...

if this is suitable kegerator hose, i'll snag one of the lengths. i'll be looking to build my first kegerator in a month or so, so as long as it'll work for that, i'll pay shipping. :-)

alrighty, this is what i've settled on, in case any responders are curious 4lb Light DME (late boil at 30 minutes) 2lb pale 2-row 2lb flaked barley 1lb chocolate malt .25lb roasted barley mashing those for 45 minutes (60 better?) @ 155 in about 1.75g of water (about 1.25 quarts per pound of...

this is one of the best commercial beers i've ever had. grab a bottle. you won't be dissapointed :-)

16 bucks i think i might stop in again tomorrow...

and stumbled upon a hell of an early christmas present... :-) also picked up some Left Hand Brewery's Milk Stout. very good... but i can't wait to open that chocolate bock with some good company... i'm drooling just thinking about it... :tank: