Recent content by thos555

Thanks for the advice. I've never oaked a beer before. The guy at my LHBS told me to use both spindles for 5 gallons, though I'm pretty sure he just read the package and didn't have any personal knowledge. I'll probably pull the oak this weekend, then rack to a tertiary in another month or...

Hi everyone. I've been poking around here for a while and this is my first post. My apologies up front if this has been discussed elsewhere, I couldn't find it if it has. I've recently tried my first Sour (and also my first partial mash) by brewing the recipe below I found on hopville.com...

This is my third season into my hop growing adventure. From left to right I have Mt Hood/Zeus (they got mixed up so I'll need to split them out next season), Cascade, Cascade, and Nugget. The cascades are in the closeup against my hand, I'll likely get a record yield from them this season...

I've been hanging around here for a few years and figured it was about time I sign up. I started out extract brewing in my college days and recently moved on to my first few partial mash batches. I've got a Flemish Sour in primary right now and a Honey Basil Pale in bottles. My yard is big...