Recent content by ThufirHawat

My LHBS is an hour and a half away (how local is that?) so I often need to order my grains on line. I've had no difficulty with measuring using an old kitchen scale I got at the thrift store. Honestly, I enjoy the prep work on brew day so I woudn't have it any other way. :)

I wish I would have found this thread a few days ago. I just fought my way through a 6 pack of Bulldog cider. I would have taken an sg on it had I thought to. Now I don't want to buy it again. It really was just not good. Horribly sweet with nothing at all to make up for it. There was some...

I've found Brewers Friend to be very useful in putting recipies together. That, paired with a good book read front to back on the subject, say "Designing Great Beers" by Ray Daniels will give you an excellent foundation. I'm currently working my way through that one. Another good source of...

I'm a little late to the party, but I've been brewing kvass regularly for several months and wanted to jump in. I find that as long as you are using soda bottles, it's good to leave them out at room temp until they get rock hard, and then chill quite well. My little fridge gets pretty cool, 40F...

Brand new to home brewing, and glad to have been bitten by the bug! I, like many others, have found that much of my google based research on the craft has led me to answers on this forum. For myself, I intend to be doing kvass, ciders, wines, and gruit beers. I've been making and enjoying kvass...

Google. I was searching for information on how to make gruit ales and ended up at this forum. Glad I did, I've learned a lot here.