Recent content by Mike123

Our Independence Day seafood smorgasbord was amazing, consisting of bacon wrapped jumbo scallops, crab claws with butter, crab cakes with tartar sauce, sautéed citrus shrimp with basil pesto, sautéed oregano octopus and a macaroni salad. As good as it looks. We ate the octopus and shrimp as...

Yes, my personal experience with hop teas is that you can't get an effective extraction with so little water. I would dry hop....I have had better results with that versus hop tea. I am no expert, but in my experience normal dry hopping rates are 1 or 2 ounces for a light to moderate...

I think that is a great idea. I tried a hop tea as I mentioned above, with lackluster results, but I dry hopped a NE IPA recently and the result was simply amazing. Best beer I have brewed and I've been at this a while (20 years off and on). In my case the dry hopping was done in two phases...

Yes we toured the Reichsburg Castle. As far as derailing my thread, that is OK, nobody had a recipe of their own to offer so I just went with the flow. Worked out, I got to show off my pics and bier experiences. Cheers!

This map shows the cities/towns we visited on the "Cities of Light" Viking River Cruise. It was amazing, possibly the best vacation I have ever had (Maui was close). I tried the local beers, and food, at every opportunity when I saw a small pub/brewery. Here are some brews I had, if anyone is...

Yes the Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas is a family favorite, and the beer is imported from the brewery in Munich. (I've only seen the Hofbrau Original, Hefeweizen, and Dunkel on the menu, and availability of each varies with the season). We always have a good time; the band puts on a good show, and I...

Maybe you are right, but every time I drink this beer it tastes exactly the same, so I think there must be a specific process and list of ingredients so they can reproduce it faithfully each time. The same, or very similar malt is used each time, and the same for the hop additions. I'm going...

Thanks SouthBounds. I had found the same "recipe" on the internet, and I compared to the limited information on the brewery web page https://www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en/beer/hofbrau-original, and unless I missed something the only difference was the hops used. The website indicates Herkules...

I love the Hofbrauhaus Original Lager served in their restaurants. I've browsed the forum for recipes already posted. Does anyone have a spot-on whole grain recipe that in your opinion, or better yet a tasting contest/group, considered very close to Hofbrauhaus' "Original" Lager? Thanks very...

I love the Hofbrauhaus Original Lager served in their restaurants. I've browsed the forum for recipes already posted. Does anyone have a spot-on whole grain recipe that in your opinion, or better yet a tasting contest/group, considered very close to Hofbrauhaus' "Original" Lager? Thanks very...

Tonight our lockdown menu features Seafood Gumbo with a French Bread baguette, and a frosty glass of my Isolation IPA (a NEIPA). I invited a couple o friends to share with, providing they wear the appropriate protective equipment.

Here is another more appropriate label for my Chardonnay.

I'll be drinking this all summer. Bottled 6 gallons of it yesterday. It has a nice citrusy flavor.....more like a Pino Grigio actually....which is my favorite. anyway a.

I have a New England IPA that should be ready in a few weeks, appropriately dubbed ISOLATION IPA. Here is my label for it.

Thanks Day_Trippr. I did try to re-start it but perhaps did not wait long enough for it to cool down, and yes it has a spill shield over it, and is mounted so perhaps it does not allow heat to escape adequately. So this plenum.....I assume you are venting air from the motor...or are you...