Recent content by SMIB

Got a cousin that is GF, decided to try and brew him something when he spoke of a visit. Standard sorghum/rice GF recipe, but in the secondary I put 5 lbs of fresh blueberries that I had picked, then froze. Upon thawing they went in the secondary, let it sit there for a good 3 weeks. Very...

I went with standard 10' PVC, and the bottom 5' is slid over a chunk of 1/2" rebar. Will see how it goes this year, might have to add a couple of feet - and can already see that I'll need some sort of a pulley system too.

My first attempt at hop farming, growing some Willamette's.

Well in that case, I'm looking forward to poppin' the Porter! Thanks folks, appreciate the info!

Up until my last batch of brew, I have not filtered. My wife is of the belief that because I do not filter my beer, I have chased her out of the bedroom some nights with noxious fumes....:drunk: SO - I did some rudimentary filtering of this last batch, but just read over on the WIKI that...

I did a gluten free over the holidays for visiting relatives, wasn't sure about the outcome when you consider that I was told that all the commercially available stuff tasted like Bud Lite. The recipe I used was much like you have posted. The reviews were great, they loved the beer - hell...

First off - What a great forum! :mug: In my real job, I travel all over the world, and I make it a point to consume locally/regionally brewed beer. I've drank beer on Chech street corners, beer "hauses" in Germany...hell, I've even drank decent Ethiopian beer in a hotel that only turned its...