Recent content by Jolly McStanson

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All of them until now. I haven't had a home brew sense last April. Time to get back into it. I still like all the commercial beer, including Bud, Miller and Coors. Plus all the fancy stuff.

Sarcasm? I cant differentiate between sarcasm and reality any more...........dump the batch its ruined, lol

I dry hop all the time. I sanitize the scissors and hop package and funnel. I dump them in and thats that. My last batch I dry hoped with hop plugs. So I had hop leaves to deal with. I put the syphon into the middle of the beer and syphoned from there. Eventually it clogged. Iv had no off...

Does beer get any better then this stuff? My latest batch boiled down to a little less then 5 gallons by mistake. Now its thicker and malt yer witch balances out the bittering hops even better. The taste is explosive and citrusy with a big nose. It has a thicker mouth feel and slightly sweeter...

Some guys are leaving the air lock off and putting a sanitized piece of aluminum foil over the top of the carboy. I'm doing that on my latest batch so the fermenting beer can breath. If you leave the air lock on and shake, I dont think it will give the yeast oxygen. The yeast used all the...

I always pitch my yeast into the boiling wort. Haven't had any problems yet so far. :drunk:

I bet your beer is going to very dry. You may get a little sour going on. When iv left my cooler full of spent grains over night, it got a little funky smelling. Bacteria love sweet wort. In your case, ones you boil the wort, your golden. You may discover a new recipe.

This is the link to the Stevie Nicks pic. Just coppy and past it, or click on it. http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/splits/Photos/stevieNicks.jpg

Stevie was ones my favorite too. She had the sexiest singing voice in the 70s.

No matter where the braid is, it doesn't affect the dead space. All the fluid will drain out the outlet.. until it reaches the outlet level.

I brewed a batch of Lake Walk last week. God i love this beer. This is my second batch. The Orange/Cascade pale Ale is a close second for me.

Brewed up another batch of Orange/Cascades. Took about 4 or 5 hours. Not many curve balls. I cant wait till its drinkable in a few months

My great grandmother was Swedish. I miss her Swedish cooking.