Recent content by myelo

Be a little careful about dumping your trub outside. Hops can be toxic to some animal species, especially dogs.

Rebel Brewer is a homebrew shop that used to be in Nashville, TN. They moved to Minnesota for some reason.

Dixie beer has a really interesting history. They were caught several times making beer during prohibition, in the 1960s they had a batch become contaminated by construction fumes that really affected their reputation, the brewery was destroyed by hurricane Katrina, they have gone bankrupt a...

Well yeah, if you're just going to round off I guess.

Based on the photo I'd say 4 to 5. You can get color charts on line and compare them to the beer under the same lighting.

If it's truly just a few bottles, the most likely source of infection is the bottles themselves. Star San is a surface sanitizer so if there is a bit of gunk somewhere in the bottle or cap, it won't get sanitized.

I had a Tesla as a rental last year and loved it. I'm seriously considering it as my next car.

If you bottle, it's easy. Just leave the bottles at room temperature a bit before opening. If I don't want to wait, I'll sometimes run some warm water from the tap over the bottle a minute or two (usually for stouts, porters and dubbels in the winter).

It's fine to just keep the blowoff tube through the end of fermentation. The advantage of switching to an airlock are: 1. Easier to move fermenter 2. Takes up less room 3. Less risk of tube becoming dislodged (curious dog, toddler, etc). Any/all of these may or may not apply to your...

How close are you to south Chicago? I can put you in touch with my cousin, No Lips Joey. One visit from Joey ... problem solved. And his rates are very reasonable.

Yes, I would do it again. Because I still enjoy it. The day I stop enjoying brewing will be the day I stop brewing. Speaking only for myself, if my only goal was to have good beer ... I would just buy good beer. Because these days there are so many great commercial choices. I homebrew because...

Here are my thoughts while we wait on the experts to chime in. Just in case, I would make sure your gravity reading was correct; for example, correcting hydrometer for temperature, stirred well. Then you have several options. The best time to fix this is after the mash/before the boil. But it...

I have two styles of beer ... those I like and those I don't. I can't even spell BJCP.

My experience has been brewers appreciate unsolicited criticism of their beers at about the same rate parents appreciate unsolicited criticism about how to raise their kids. But if they ask and I get the vibe they really want feedback I'll give them my thoughts. But I always stress it's my...

I use 3/4 tablet (of the 0.55 gm potassium metabisulfite tablets.).