Recent content by snooky

I pitched some crushed grains into warm water a few days ago to try an "easy" lactic starter. I smelled it today and there is a DMS aroma to it. Has anyone made a starter like this before and had this problem? Is it something that I can just hold out for a week or two and the lacto will take...

I guess my brother in law was able to get ahold of one. It sounds like Waterboy would be interested though. Thanks

So I finally got around to writing up the post about taking apart the mini fridge. While brewing one Saturday, I took some time and separated the internals from the useless (to me at least) outer shell. It was a lot easier than I had anticipated, all that was required to take this apart...

My brother in law and I were looking to get a beer exchange going, so we are looking for a bottle shipping container. I know I've seen them on here where people got them from beer of the month clubs and sell them for shipping costs. If you have one you're willing to part with, please let me know.

Well, I wasn't able to find anything too exciting. I stumbled across Himeji Beer which was a dark beer, but I still wasn't that impressed. As far as home brewing goes though, I found some ingredients and I plan on making a Japanese style saison. I picked up some Okinawa sugar which is a very...

I'll have to keep an eye out for Hitachina. I had a feeling that almost everything there would be an adjunct lager, but I was holding out some hope for a Japanese microbrew. I'm gonna be looking for some Bilk to bring back. Sounds kinds interesting.

I'm going to Japan on business (Himeji, Nagasaki, & Fukuoka). Anyone know of any beers I should keep an eye out for while I'm there?

Transcontinental IPA

They western planted in spring 2010, so the roots will be established, but hopefully not too deep. Hopefully a couple feet at most.

So everything on here is about growing and well maintaining hop rhysomes. Well, I want to remove some. Any thoughts on how to do this? Just dig up the ground in early/mid April and take them out? I'm guessing I just need to make sure I get all of the roots since its a rhysome. Is that...

You can add my change to the tip jar.

What if someone else is picking up the order for us?

Sounds good. I was planning on making the drive too, so however it works out. Paying half for gas and tolls is always better than paying all of it.

Check sent. Anyone from Buffalo or Rochester picking up on this buy? I'm hoping to save a bit of gas and toll money.

I bought my mini fridge yesterday and tore it apart today. I'm hoping to post a full tutorial of it in a day or two.