Recent content by joknatson

Compromising Health to the Utmost, Gladly. I'm gonna have to get in on this chug business, they seem pretty darn active!

Oh man. I soak 'em for an hour in hot water and scrape 'em with the dull side of a butter knife. This has brought the realization that some breweries use what appears to be GORILLA GLUE on their labels (Karl Strauss) while other labels nearly fall right off (Ballast Point). Kirkland beer from...

About 5 all-grain batches so far, but nothing really successful. My beers are plagued by a smokey, corny flavor. Thinking my fermentations were getting too hot in the summer, causing off flavors. Waited until it cooled off to start spending my money again. Have a hef in primary right now. I can...

Man Steve, your equipment is mine exactly (got a ball valve on that 8 gallon kettle?). I skipped extracts...went straight to building the mast/lauter tun and all grain brewing. How long have you been brewing? What do you use for chilling? What about software? Hows your SG/FG efficiency? Am I...

That's what I did with my last IPA. Bottled it anyway, but it didn't even carbonate. Whatever soured it must've attacked the yeast as well. Wretchedly undrinkable. I suppose my best so far was my bastard wheat, simply because it was reasonably drinkable. Is bleach a viable sanitizer? I have to...

Thank you thank you. I started with a blue moon clone for the girl...didn't work out very well...found it's way into the SD sewer system. After that... 1. a pale that tasted of smokey corn and failure 2. a bastard wheat that wasn't terrible 3. an IPA that also tasted of smokey corn and more...

Did I mention I have LOADS to learn? =\

Hi everyone! I'm a brewing-nubblet in San Diego. Just got started at the beginning of the year and have been lurking through this forum for just as long. I was prompted to sign up by my absolute need of help and discussion and idea-bouncing and all of the other etceteras you can think of...

Hey! I grew up in Bowling Green! I'm new too...should probably post my own intro before doing anything else.