Recent content by HopGobbler

Thanksgiving turkey was a huge success, started with a 20 lb bird Dry rubbed it over night with herbs and spices Next morning fired up the smoker and injected it with butter and white wine, and stuffed it with garlic and onions Covered with cheese cloth and basted every half hour with...

Hello and welcome! I'm from Pittsburgh PA

Spray a mop or juice on with a spray bottle, that's the best way to get a bark to caramelize

Very similar to the cider I made recently, where I soaked a cinnamon stick in crown apple and vanilla extract and added to secondary, I definitely will try this version sounds good!

Made a tropical fruit mead, and ordered some more beer ingredients this past weekend.

Sam's Club had a killer deal on Pork Butts, so I grabbed a nice big 8+ pounder and smoked that sucker on Sunday. I spent way too long standing at the cooler picking through the meat until I found the right marbling. Dry rubbed the night before and gave it plenty of time to sit overnight...

Never tried brining, but I've done chicken many times with just a dry rub and a little bit of olive oil

Agreed

Kill it with fire.... I wouldn't move that thing

I clean everything after every brew day, I also immediately clean any fermenters or utensils immediately after they're used

Checked my Belgian IPA last night and it's happily chugging along in primary. Will be racking to secondary this weekend

Ribs, Shoulder, Bacon, Belly, it's all delicious

Always have a backup on a single point of failure with something like beer preservation. My first batch I didn't have enough bottles so I bottled in growlers with screw cap lids. Always have a backup plan, I have 2 wing bottle cappers, but plan to invest in a bench capper at some point. My...

Even though I have a shellfish allergy, I would destroy that plate! :D

Ship it to me, I'll take care of it for you