Recent content by jobrien913

I just used a starter for the first time about a week ago and although the beer is a good month or so from drinking...I can already say I probably will use a starter on all batches now. Before when I would use the White Labs vial alone, it took a few days for fermentation to start, and it...

Children of Bodom is a really good band too

and I can't forget Mercyful Fate / King Diamond King Diamond's Deadly Lullabyes is one of the best live albums I've heard...

As an old school metal head (old school Metallica, Megadeth, Maiden, Dream Theater, Sabbath, etc) I highly recommend the following bands: Trivium In Flames Iced Earth Beyond Fear and when you want a little less aggression: Nightwish Edguy The Vanden Plas

I have used this sanitizer on a few batches and the jury's still out. To me the first batch had kind of an off flavor, but no one else who tried it thought so....so it may be my own paranoia. Plus I also did a few other things differently w/ that batch so if there was any off tastes it could...