Recent content by dvanecek

Thanks reevey and captn. I joined your online club. I live by royal oak so Pontiac may be a little far. Is that where snob brews. I will go on your forum and repost the question. Maybe one of you guys can answer a quick question. I brewed a wheat beer keged it nov 15. When I tried it the other...

Happy New Year to everyone out there. I have a friend out in Grand Rapids that is a member of a local brew club and he loves it. He recommended that I ask around to see if there are any local clubs in the area. I am still pretty much a rookie in the homebrew world but I am looking at taking...

3 months seems pretty good. I have heard of people waiting 12 months for the raspberry flavor to mellow out. Glad to hear this. I know it is always a matter of personal preference but I probably would have hidden this from myself and not even touched it for 9 months. When you went to...

Sounds good... I am going to brew this on Monday. BTW... I love that you have 8 kegs. My wife bought me one and said that is all I needed. over the last year 3 additional kegs have "randomly walked into my house". I have a christmas spice ale on tap right now myself. Smelled great...

Steve... I am about to make a raspbery beer myself coming up soon. The last two times I have used artificial flavoring and it turned out well. My question is where do you get your raspberries? Do you use frozen? I have seen brewer grade raspberries before but now I am having a hard time...

Thanks for the response. I will transfer it off here shortly. You are right I do not have a temp control system. I have looked at it but I just kept a thermometer in there and it did not vary to a large degree... just a few. I honestly turned the fridge all the way up. I was cheating to try...

I am currently lagering a Boston Lager. I put it in primary for 2 weeks at 46-50 degrees and it was bubbling but not vigorously. The kresin rose about 1/2 inch and then I pulled it from the fridge to do a diactical rest when the kresin started to drop. There was about 2 inches of sediment on...