Recent content by mwesle

All right..... I'm down to about two cases of brew and need some advice. The last two brews I did were all grain. The first was a northern brewer "American Wheat" bear. I enjoyed this one very much but felt it had no real depth, it tasted great but as soon as I swallowed it was...

Ok sounds good. Just have two more questions now. Can I use my 6.5 gallon bottling bucket in the fridge for a couple days or will the oxygen in the bucket hurt my beer. Second question is when and how do I prime my beer. Normally I would do this when I rack from my primary to my bottling...

And this wont chill the yeast so much that it wont carbonate when I bottle? Just want to make sure.

Alright here goes. 8 days ago I brewed my first all grain beer. I brewed a Honey Kolsch Kit from Northern Brewer. Overall the entire process went very well. I had been doing a lot of research, and built a lot of my own equipment. I was pleased that every thing went well with the brew day...

I can not agree that Minha's is all that bad. Yes Lazy Mutt is just another "ok" beer. It definitely is not my first choice. With much regret i must admit my hometown brew is brewed in Monroe. (Rhinelander Beer) However with that being said they do make some decent beer. Try any of...

Natty, Keystone, and the Beast??? Come on. Some of my best memories, and lost memories come from nights of Natty, Keystone, and the Beast. In fact I will buy those three beers on occasion just to remind me of the good old times. Everybody came from some where, and my love for beer started...

I'm kinda upset after reading all these posts. I love my home brews those of my friends. I think they are some of the best beers I have ever tasted. But Pabst, Old Style, Old Milwaukee, High Life, Schlitz.......these are the beers of my home state (WI) and are the beers that I "grew" up on...