Recent content by firestem4

I just skimmed this article so I apologize if I'm repeating something someone else has already said, but I highly recommend that you DON'T use Chlorine Bleach to sanitize any stainless steel equipment. Bleach causes pitting and staining, and to effectively sanitize equipment with bleach it...

BrewTarget is a great, open source and free software similar to BeerSmith. (runs on mac). As the others have said, Beersmith is a great tool too.

The Monte Carlo has a pub that they claim has 300 beers on tap or in house. Might want to go check that place out. I passed by it but didn't have the opportunity to go inside.

CO2 is liquid under pressure (and extremely low temps). When the CO2 comes out it expands in to a gas. As Bobby and Brew say, the paintball place might not have the most clean setup. They typically leave their tanks outdoors or exposed to the wind and dirt and in my experience, they don't clean...

I had put this in another thread similar to these, big oopsies! But it makes me laugh because of how dumb I was. I started fermenting my first mead and I aerated the must every day for the first few days. I had read that a really vigorous shaking helps it out, but mostly I was afraid of getting...

God they are annoying! I've tried this beer. I quite liked it so it makes me cringe and agree with everyone here about how badly they regarded this ale. I love how they say "florals", smells like a mead, and they disagree with the beer label stating that it's a dry finish. It isn't super-dry...

I got 3 packs of Wyeast 4242 and 6 packs of Sake #9 from my LHBS for free. They were out of date so he didn't charge me and I decided to try to make a starter with them. The 4242 is happily fermenting my mead right now! :)

EDIT: Sorry, wrong post.

Never knew about this. That's really great!

Considering your region, probably a lot of the noble hops would do well since they come from a similar area.

This link might have some. A few EU sellers of rhizomes. You'll have to plug in your address and see if they ship to you. http://dnh500.blogspot.com/2009/12/buying-hop-rhizomes-in-uk.html Good Luck!

I've never had anything to drink yet when I've been brewing. Partly is I'd rather drink Homebrew at this moment. It seems to have more sanctity. But mostly because i've never had any homebrew, it's all been finished well before I get my next batch going.

Dear god I can't believe some of the ways those were opened. Especially the guy that chewed the beer can open.

I always think of this when I see someone say Acquired taste. Too funny :D

Great to know. Thanks all!