Recent content by dmkern

I got an email from the Atlanta organizer saying the score sheets were sent out today. I guess we'll get them right at May 3rd when all results are released.

I spoke with one of the organizers of the event. I'm not supposed to give too many details, but here are some problems they might be dealing with... IF Dennis Decker swept the BOS and a decision was then made to DQ him, how will the new BOS winners be determined? They'd have to re-examine all...

I had the same question. One beer of mine sounded nothing like what I submitted but it was for the same category. I emailed them and they said it was most likely the right beer but there is no way to tell because they renumbered all the submissions. Bruce is pretty good with giving any info he...

I'm pretty sure they are blinded to this competition, so it shouldn't be a problem here. But you never know. But for the one in June they weren't blinded because we actually brought our beer up to the judges and told them what it was. Plus they came by when we were pouring.

That is an accurate description of how they handle their competitions. They ran the competition to see who went to the GABF Pro-Am with Dogfish and they were judges on the panel and were not blinded to which brewers brewed which beer (we were pouring for a crowd in a bar). After announcing the...

I mashed at 158. One temp for 90 minutes. Worked great. One of my best brews yet.

Shhhh... I'm convinced the $6.99 flat rate shipping is a glitch. Such a good deal. I tried a couple other places before I found BMW, but once I did I never looked back.

After 7 days of hot fermentation i got my gravity down to 1.009. Not bad considering i started at 1.077. That's 88% attenuation and puts me right at 9% abv. It's been lagering at 34 degrees for the last 8 days, and I'll bottle either this weekend or next. So far so good. Looking forward to...

Nevermind my last question. Just saw on page 2 of the thread that it is around 3.5-4. I'll probably stick to 3.5 and try not to explode any bottles.

Took my first gravity reading this morning (3 days after brewing) as the fermentation slowed down a lot. Right now the gravity is at 1.011 which isn't bad considering my OG of 1.077. It was a lot less boozy tasting than I expected, and once i got past the green beer and yeast tastes i could...

bmason, any luck with the boozy taste fading away?

Brewed this yesterday. Overshot the OG by some, ending up at 1.076 (1.077 after a temperature adjustment). Fermentation started quickly and hot! It was around 70 when i pitched the yeast. I have it in a fermentation chamber (a 5 cu ft freezer) with a newly wired ranco thermostat which keeps...

Agreed, sounds like a lot. If that's right, when is the best time to add all of that? All at the end of the boil? Some during fermentation?

you need to boil.

I'm in S Philly. Found this board when searching for a home brew club in the city. Doesn't seem like there's a whole lot out there... might be worth creating.