Recent content by ouphie

In for one.

I average about .45 beers a night (actually keeping track for my own curiosity). Though I'm going dry for the next two weeks due to a weight training diet. I'm sure it will go up when summer hits. Nothing like chilling outside in the hammock with a brew in hand.

Bottling 5 gallons tonight. Total: 12,215.5

I love shooting my bow. I find it relaxing being out in the middle of nowhere (thank you central Oregon) with no sounds save the wind and my bow. As for the Mythbusters arrow splitting episode: "Even after multiple direct hits on a solid wood arrow with the bone nock removed, a tail-to-tip...

I just purchased one from eBay for 6 bucks shipped.

Man am I glad I checked this thread before I started bottling. As my bottles and caps were drying, I did a quick skim of the first page and saw the pic of the bucket over the dishwasher with the bottling hose attached. Brilliant! Thanks for the info guys. Time to clean up and get ready for...

I'm thinking about brewing a 5 gal partial extract chocolate stout this weekend. The goal being a chocolate mint beer. I've got a slew of 1 gal jugs so I can do a control gallon and 4 different concentrations of mint (assuming a 5 gal batch). I also discovered EdWort's Apfelwein last night...

Howdy all, So a few weeks back I finally broke down and bought a brew kit. As luck would have it, one of my co-workers used to brew and had two carboys he need to rid himself of. So now I have the overwhelming desire to fill them all. But everything in moderation right? My first brew is...

Howdy... K, now that the warm welcomes are out of the way, a bit about me. I recently moved back to Oregon after taking a job working for an offshore surveying company based out of Houston, Texas. Ironically enough, I've got a BS in Electronics Engineering from Oregon Tech. Before I...