Recent content by kgrave61

we tried to make as much as we could custom like the stand, shelf, lids for the kettles, stuff like that. I'd say for a bunch of youngins we did alright

The stand is made out of all unistrut just covered in some high heat paint which has decided to start to chip off already. I got the materials from the fab shop at my Dad's work which saved quite a bit of money

yeah we figured as long as you are paying attention it's not a big deal to do everything manually and either way it takes time to brew

so me and my friends decided to move up to the big leagues and make an all-grain system. I think it came out pretty well and our brews on it so far have been pretty good. Here are some pics from our first brew day.

Welcome. Used to live in Waltham here

awesome! sounds like it will be worth the drive over

Keep On Loving You- REO Speedwagon

hahaha guilty as charged Yeah I guess only time will tell. Might as well try to enjoy before that's the case

Yeah I might as well just throw them in the fridge for a week and let them do their thing. Just have to start drinking the other 100 bottles of homebrew sitting around while I wait. I think I can handle that

I finally got a hydrometer so from here on out I will be able to take readings which should make a huge difference rather than guessing

Either way it tastes absolutely delicious so I'm not overly concerned at the moment. But thanks for the helpful answers. :mug:

I know it wasn't infected. Everything is always sanitized properly and well sealed and also checked regularly. I think it just might have been a sugary kit and not letting it refrigerate properly probably caused it. I will be checking them again Friday since I am at school and have to go back...

I didn't check gravity but it sat in primary 4 weeks. bottles in 3 weeks. They were only in the fridge for about 36 hours so I'm assuming that was the problem

I made a blueberry cream ale a while back using blueberry extract from my LHBS. I used the amount of priming sugar that was recommended in the kit directions (4oz) for a 5 gal. batch and cracked one open the other day after almost 3 weeks in bottles. Poured one in a glass and there was about a...

power to fat people