Recent content by shamanjp

From a Budweezer drinker, hey this is different! From a cicerone, This is delicious! From my wife, yuck! From me, I think I will make this one again!

I find this one to be very nice for under $30. I got the 24 inch stem and that makes it easy to probe around in the mash or the kettle. It has a heavy duty feel and is quite accurate. The digital read out is easy to read. It is amazing the temp variations going on in the mash and in the kettle...

Three legs can sometimes be a benefit over four if you are not on perfectly even ground as three legs don't wabble but four legs do. Thats why photographers use tripods.. I have had great luck with my sp 10 and it has been very stable sturdy and reliable.

The oldest of my 3 big beers is a Belgian Double which is just weeks shy of one year old. I just opened one before I started typing this. I can tell when I open the bottle that it is not over carbonated or even near being a bottle bomb. It is nicely carbed and has a small creamy head that...

So far, i have done 3 "big" beers. Each time I have bottled after 3-4 weeks in the primary fermenter ensuring I had reached my expected final gravity and seeing no further movement for at least a week. I felt that it could age in the bottle instead of a secondary and therefore the yeast would...

I have an American Pale Ale bottle conditioning from big brew. Over two cases of Belgian Dubbel supposedly aging but I have sampled quite a few. And around 100 740ml bottles of assorted ales, dunkelweizens, and wheats. Normally I brew when I know I will have enough empty bottles so I usually...