Recent content by Marsdude

We need to have a sticky on this subject. I comes up a lot. As everyone has said pin locks are fine. That is what I have. Having said that, I believe that ball locks have two small advantages. They have a pressure relief valve that is handy and it is a little easier to remove the ball lock...

BE CAREFUL! Using your auto siphon in the described fashion could start a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the universe itself! Of course that's a worse case scenario...

Welcome. I grew up in St. Joseph. Hmmm, a LHBS that also sells fake dog dodo. That is how I remember Missouri. :D

If you want to do something like this I would suggest making a batch of EdWort's Apfelwein. Here is a link to the recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/edworts-apfelwein-33986/ This is very easy to make and is really good. Thousands of gallons of this has been made since it was posted...

Last Thursday the SWMBO and I headed to Denver to celibate her birthday. She decided she wanted to visit Great Divide Brewery and take the 3 PM tour. So after a couple of half pints in the tap room we did take the tour that only had my wife, myself, and one other guy, Mike. Mike asked if there...

Welcome. You have a great brewpub there in Golden!

Victory makes some great beer. I have never heard of Yakima Glory though.

OK, I am very new at AG with just one batch under my belt so help me understand why you indicated this is just a 5 gal system? It seems to me that the limiting factor here is the 10 gal HLT, but couldn't you just add more water to the HLT to heat up for sparge during the mashing?

+1 on the Surly. My wife just returned from a visit to our daughter who lives in the Twin Cities. She brought back some Furious and some of their Fest. Great stuff!

Vast amounts of quality home-brewing knowledge be damned! I joined for the sticker! :rockin:

The only advice I have is... You better hang on to that girl. If she and her friends are doing this for you she sounds like a gem!

You probably want to just stick to bottles. The larger keg, I am assuming it is a half barrel, would have too much head space.

Have a question.... I just brewed this as my first AG. It came out quite good and I was pleased, however, I was a little surprised that it wasn't more hoppy. It has a very good malt/grain tasted with a little hop flavor. Is this normal?

I am not an expert brewer. All I can do is relate my experience. I began with liquid extract and had a "twang" taste in my beer. I bought the extract at a LHBS that sells a huge amount of the stuff so I assume it was fresh. I had an old fridge so I bought a temp controller and made a...

Nice! That soda dispenser is very interesting. I think you are correct, I don't see why it wouldn't work for beer. What did you have do give for it all, if you don't mind sharing?