Recent content by Fickle Beast

George Street Ale House is a few doors down from Harvest Moon and has a very good tap list. Food is pretty good as well, but it is a little pricey.

chuckger, what did you order from them? I'm still waiting on the ball lock cornys I ordered in April. I filed a BBB complaint and received no response. Maybe I should start calling them again, and leaving messages that don't get returned... Fickle

I'm still waiting for the kegs I ordered from this tool on April 16th. What's worse, is that there was a mistake in the portion of the order that did ship (Sent the wrong length shanks). Amazingly, I was able to get him on the phone and he sent me the the correct sized shanks. I then sent...

Success! Catt22 was right. After reconnecting everything, the flame was 10x higher that it was over the weekend. Thanks again for the help!

Thanks for all the responses. I'll check out the OPD valve fix and report back tomorrow!

Well my first attempt at brewing outdoors was a failure. I have an Eastman 90314 burner (65,000 BTU), and used the 30 qt pot that came with it. Outdoor Burners & Stock Pots: Eastman Outdoors Revolution Propane Burner I was attempting to boil 5 gallons of water. Initial temperature was...

Has anyone gotten a response from this vendor lately? I placed an order 30 days ago and while I managed to finally receive most of my order (after two weeks of emails/phonecalls), I still have yet to receive the two ball lock kegs that I ordered. I was told two weeks ago that they were...

Hey guys, I'm getting ready to attempt my first partial mash, a Rye IPA. I'll be using the procedure outlined in BYO: http://byo.com/feature/1536.html Recipe is for 5 gallons Partial Mash (will be in a big grain bag) 3# 2 row ~1# rye malt .5# Crystal 60 4# light LME .5# DME...

Thanks for the responses! Good to know that it's not just me :)

I'm having a problem keeping my carbonation consistent between batches of beer. Sometimes the carbonation comes out perfect, but other times the beer seems to be too flat. I currently add the premeasured (for 5 gallons) packets of corn sugar from the LHBS. I boil it with a cup of water...