Recent content by jstanley2

Hello all, I just drank up my first batch of sweet potato beer. It was very good and I am needing some help converting the malt part to all grain. Original Recipe 4 large sweet potatoes 1 vanilla bean 12 fluid ounces full flavored molasses Boiled sweet potatoes until soft. Added 12 oz...

Well, Sir Fuggles is traveling in France while on Tournament and his Country (England) has not yet started using hops. Hence his introduction, or rather, seduction, by Madam Styrian. Perhaps in the future he will come to believe in the bittering, flavoring, and aromatic power of hops and decide...

Limericks are also acceptable.

The reason I find myself so skittish is because of one word. Programming. The last time I programed anything was in high school. I was programing equations into my calculator to cheat on tests and I took a visual basic programing class. I was *almost* able make a black jack game (I couldn't...

I see various postings about "brew porn". Wondering, is anyone so beer-centric and literary that they have wrote their own brew-porn? I am thinking, a short story where the emphasis is on the beer and its adherence to style. Something like, "The Brave Knight Sir Fuggles had never heard of hops...

About 8 months ago I started a job working in a factory. I am a 5'10" and was 190 pounds. Around the same time I got in to homebrewing. Since then I have dropped down to 155-160. It must be the beer and not the arduous job (HA). However, in regards to health, realize that there are more books...

I really like this idea. To make sure, the controller in the linked thread is is an STC-1000. It will control both a heater and a cooler. Meaning, I don't have to select if it will cool or heat on a given day, rather the controller decides that at 64 it turns on the easy bake oven device, at 72...

Snow day today! (Central Illinois). I have decided to drink up some home brews (sweet potato pie beer) and plan a new project. The biggest problem I have is maintaining a proper temperature during fermentation. My basement is between 50 and 55 degrees in the winter and about 58-60 degrees in the...

Hello all, First of all, this forum has been very helpful in the past, and now that I have done my first all grain (last night), it will be even more so. Last Night: I decided to make my first all grain a Saison (my current favorite style). I recently acquired a keg. In order to cut the top...