Recent content by suddenlysamuel

Crypto is absolutely an interest of mine. I am a tax accountant (CPA) who works in financial services though, so that would be inevitable ... I'm long on Bitcoin at the moment after staking a small investment when the price was around 10K. I'm also in ETH and LTC as of very recently. Currently...

Tax accountant (CPA). Being very exacting is definitely a transferable skill into this hobby.

My latest Marzen recommendation is Flying Dog "Dogtoberfest." Tastes amazing! Should be available widely. As soon as I get into lagering, I would love to do a Marzen right away. Maybe practice on something a touch lighter first.

Came here because I essentially ONLY get either low interest (friends just being polite), or questions like "is that legal? does it actually have alcohol in it?" or other misinformed responses! Frustrating! How does one acquire friends who are actually interested in beer? It may be local...

Been about a year since comments, but I'm giving this thread a try. As it is one of the only search results pertinent to what I'm about to do tonight: which is throw some of my sourdough starter into a one-gallon test brew (a red ale), and let it ferment out. I have a baking background and a...

Thanks all. For $60 I have gone in on the cool brewing bag. The brew jacket looks totally amazing and it may be a purchase a little while down the line, figure in the meantime I will be able to play around at least a little with temps.

Thanks for some of the suggestions. As I just threw in for a new kettle and such, I'm only looking to spend about $100 or so more right now. The Cool Brewing Bag along with a thermometer hanging in the carboy is probably what I'm going to do, and change out ice packs to keep the temp more...

Hello all, first-time poster, all-grain BIAB brewer here. Not super new to homebrewing, but nonetheless have only ramped up my brewing practices over the past year or so. NYC located, hello to any fellow NYC brewers! I've begun to make some equipment upgrades recently, including a 10-gallon...