Recent content by RayInUT

Adding calcium chloride will give you a thicker yogurt too but the easiest way is to strain. Most commercial brands seem to add thickeners.

Last month I had the great opportunity to be in Italy. While driving through Tuscany we stopped the car and I picked a ripe olive off a tree and popped it in my mouth. I almost threw up. I didn't know they were cured before you ate them.

It's funny to hear that Chippewa is a happening place now. That used to be the ****hole of the city. We will most likely be living in Niagara County though as I hear it is hard to get a handgun permit in Erie County and I do have some guns that I'll be bringing back from Utah. I talked to a guy...

The warmer you can get it during ferment the better. Start cool and get it up into the eighties. The phenos are what make it so good. I'm brewing a ten gallon batch in the morning and am pitching a one gallon starter and around 60 degrees. I hope to ge it up in the mid eighties to dry it out. I...

Buzzy's in Niagara Falls, NY has the best wings.

I'm going with SWMBO...best answer yet. Only problem is that sometimes the restaurant is closed and then I've got to find something in the fridge.

Great posts! I gave up on the Bills after the third superbowl humiliation. Effington...Provo still sucks. Snow is not a problem, in fact it is one of the reasons we are moving. We live in the mountains and we generally have six to ten feet of snow in our yard during the winter (which lasts from...

I've been brewing for a while. My wife and I have decided to move to Buffalo/Niagara Falls where I grew up. I'm looking forward to meeting up with some homebrewers in the area.

Just say no to boneless wings.

savor the hangover...

I had one similiar to that before and didn't care for the heat distribution...too hot on top, not hot enough on the bottom. I threw mine out this past spring. I think I've tried just about every kind of smoker. I really like the char-griller best because I just go to a place that sells firewood...

I have both a char-griller and a Bradley. I really like both. I use the Bradley for smoking sausages but pretty much use the Char-griller for everything else. The Char-Griller makes a great grill too! I can get that thing so hot that it glows! It's great for searing thick ribeyes. I'm sure you...

Whatever you add at 60 minutes is just going to be bittering. You won't have any aroma or flavor left from the Amarillo. Yes, you can add it but you might as well just add more Cluster. I wouldn't mix Amarillo and Fuggle for flavor and aroma. Stick with the Cluster and Fuggle. Get the book How...

Make an extract by chopping up the walnuts and put them in some everclear for a week or two. Add the extract to the next porter or brown ale that you brew.

Wow! Thanks for the heads up on the new low prices. I'll be placing an order tomorrow. Who cares how long they take to get here? I've ordered from them plenty. No worries!