Recent content by Sasquatchula

Bottled 5, 14,796, and started a new one 15,002

I dropped my hose into just boiled water and let it sit for 1/2 hour. Then, with the tubing still soft, I rolled it between my fingers to loosen any gunk still in there. Next I stuck a funnel on one end of the hose and poured the still hot water through it to rinse. Finally, an overnight soak...

God, truer words were never spoken! I had to rig a blow-off tube at midnight last night, and couldn't get to sleep till after 2AM 'cause the "daddy" in me kept getting up to check it was going smoothly. Today, I had a crappy day at work trying to find out why I don't have the parts I ordered...

5 gallons bubbling away! 6425+5=6430

Update:Holy crap! What a difference a week makes. I chilled a second 12oz and had it tonight, it is VERY different. The kick in the teeth bite has all but vanished, carbonation is still lower than I like, but is uniform. Meaning the beer doesn't seem "flat" just lightly carbed. It's still a...

Original recipe called it plain ol' "Irish Stout" -In my mind I equate that as dry. Where this falls short is that I altered a recipe(BRB instead of RB & DME instead of LME) with a hazy, undefined goal. I was shooting for dry, with a big roast flavor. And I certainly got that. Now that it's...

Named after my, uh...proprietary racking method.:) This is the report so far. I chilled and popped a 12oz bottle this evening, and while I'm not ga-ga for the result, it is very close to what I was shooting for. This is what went in: 1 lb crystal 120L 5 oz black roasted barley 2 oz black...

I love big beers, and big stouts in particular. It's why I've started brewing my own, to eventually, get what I want out of a beer(or two) Like the poster above, I like one or two bottles and call it a night. One of my closest friends is a "session" beer man. 3-5% beers in large quantities over...

The thread title has awesome written all over it. Mmm, ham...

Yeah, 'bout 20-24 inches. Carboy on the floor, ferment bucket on a table. I wasn't watching the source end, that was the partners job. I was on the floor watching my beautiful beer when I hear "bloop...ssssllllrrrrrbbbb" and the siphon went dry. I just brain farted and couldn't get it going...

What can I say, I was inspired! As for the loss, I just got tired and dumped what was left. It was after 2AM, I was tired. As I look at the jug this morning I see it was probably not 2.5 gallons, maybe 1-1.25 that I lost. I had meant to keep in secondary for a couple of weeks, but given the...

I know, RDWHAHB! Tonight I decided to rack my stout from primary to a secondary carboy. EZ beans, or so I thought. About 3/4 of the way my siphon quit and I could not get it started again. Rather than chill, I panicked and decided to finish using a sanitized turkey baster. Went OK but I got...

Oh, don't worry, I'll be lurking with vigor and wild abandon! ...secretly stealing all of your knowledge. Heh-heh-heh...

Awesome, thanks for the response. That is what I did. Now the wait begins! :) See y'all in two weeks with the report. Slainthe!

Slightly OT. I'm an absolute noob who just put the lid on my first brew, a simple stout out of hombrewers bible. All went well, but when it came time for the airlock, I realised I don't know if water should go into the stem or just around it. Someone set me straight, please!