Recent content by joebrodie

I have been on island for about 1.5 years, but between watching the kids and doing school my homebrewing has halted for a bit. I only brew extract kits because I do not have the setup for anything else, but they are tasty. As soon as we move on to Kadena, I am going to start an Altbier and buy...

I'd love to check out any of your setups some day. Mine is simple: Two 6-gallon buckets for primary and secondary (carbonation) and Grolsch-style bottles for ease of bottling. I've done a few extract kits and Ed's Apfelwein, and I have helped in a partial mash before but I want to eventually...

I just bottled my Honey Brown Ale. That will be my 3rd batch I've ever done and it came out as 7.1% ABV. I am not into the forced carbonation yet, so I have to wait a few more weeks for the carbonation to occur. I am going to try a Blackstrap Molasses Root Beer (Non-alcoholic) next to see how...

I just registered with homebrewtalk, but have used a lot of the advice/recipes on the forum here. I live in Okinawa and have a couple of extract kits that I plan on getting started now that the weather is a little cooler. I would like to eventually move to partial-mash or full mash if I can...