Recent content by SaltyPirate

Yay free things!

You can photoshop mileage, but you can't photoshop dignity...

Just bottled my first brew (the Fat Boy mentioned previously) and it tasted great out of the bottling bucket (I drank 1/3 of a bottle because the last bottle didn't get filled completely). I can't wait for it to carb up. :mug: I'm going to brew my second one tonight. And I'm going with...

Metal parts in the transmission. My civic is DONE. Going to look for a new car this week...

It has an auto transmission - because that's relevant here, I promise. Anyway. It was an extremely hasty purchase because I needed a car to get me home from VA to WI (leave time. I moved from Pearl Harbor)... I ended up making a huge mistake and spent 2k making sure it was good to go for the...

Can anyone recommend a good wine thief and test tube? Found plenty lying around Amazon and brew sites but I figured it'd be best to take a recommendation from experienced folks... thanks :)

Hello as well from Norfolk, VA. I just started brewing myself. Hm. I suppose I can provide my noob opinion. 1. I let my beer ferment at room temperature in a closet. The temperature in the house hovered around 63-69 so I didn't have a problem. I just racked to the secondary and it seems...

Welcome! I actually grew up in Waukesha and Oconomwoc. Best state in the US :)

I practically grew up off of New Glarus' beer. LOVE IT! I get it every chance I get when I go home. :)

I've been grabbing whatever looks tasty from the package store. Home brewing gives me plenty of reason to buy lots of beer - FOR THE BOTTLES, duh! At least, that's what I tell the wife... :)

What is the benefit to leaving the beer in the primary until it's ready to be bottled? And I'm not certain how to operate it logistically. e.g. If I choose not to rack it to a secondary, would I leave it in the primary for the same duration? How would I determine that it's ready to be bottled? I...

Oh yeah. Recipe. It's called Fat Boy Amber. My OG was 1.049 and it fermented in the primary for 7 days. Going to leave it in the secondary for about 10 days and the bottles for 2 weeks before busting it open. (as suggested by the brew store folks) Indeed in hindsight I probably could have...

I'm currently making my own I transferred the 'ol beer to the secondary fermenter last night and I decided to take a taste test to ensure there wasn't any rampant contamination (a silly mistake warranted that action.). It tasted a very watery with a hint of alcoholic carbony goodness. And I...

I'll keep all this in mind. As a general rule I don't like grabbing the cheapest ingredients for any recipe I use. Thanks for the insight.

For the most part I'm most people :) I can certainly agree with your suggestion of diminishing returns. I had a friend once who was 100% alcoholic and spent a lot of money on wines (and other booze...). When I drank with him I could very rarely determine a difference between $50 and $30...