Recent content by willnewton

There is no mention of calibration of your pH meter. Is your pH meter calibrated? Is it calibrated before each use? How old is your meter probe? How do you store it? I agree with several of the posters here. Your "sourness" perception and pH readings do not match with what I generally see...

Some folks call this "green manure". Just spread it around the crowns, not over them. If you have a weedy yard, you may end up with a weedy hop bed.

Brewed and bottled 5 gallons of American Brown ale and 1 gallon of cider. 6+22041= 22047

Complacency about inventory? Do you think the only inventory in a store is a few buckets of grain? Please, go to a homebrew store, or even easier, open a homebrew supply catalog. You've got about 20-30 SKU's for grain. Now count the rest of the SKU's. Oh, you can't? That's right...

I have read through this and hope you will spend a lot more time planning this. I hate to say it, but nothing I have read shows me you are ready. I have owned my own retail store for years. You better listen to these folks telling you you are undercapitalized. You keep saying how you have...

2946.5 + 5.5 = 2952 gallons 15 gallons total for me this year!

A month since my last post. I made another batch, kegged it up, and will be serving it to our homebrew club today! 2771+5= 2776

Just finished off five gallons and will be making more soon. 2751 is the total now!

My server JUST LOVES IT! It's much better than the coffee looking beer they serve. She doesn't understand why anyone would drink a beer that dark when there is good beer like Miller! It's DE-LISH! And with a recommendation like that...I just had to order.:rolleyes: We all had a taste...