Recent content by woodbridgebrew

hey guys I live over in the montclair area/95 side. I have an inconsistent work schedule but would enjoy getting together and brewing with others when I can or trading/tasting homebrew. Also would be interested in a club. Didnt know that a new lhbs had opened in manassas. thats awsome to hear...

+1 on the filing cabinet. Been using it for a few years now and it works great. Each drawer holds 5 gallons/50'ish 12oz bottles. It doesn't let light in and it was 10 bucks.

Today I did a little bit of an experiment. I had 5 gal of ESB in my primary ready to be moved. Once i moved it over i had the usual trub on the bottom. I put 5 gal apple juice, .5 lb lactose, .5 lbs corn syrup, and .5 lbs honey on top of the trub and shook it up. I heated up 1 gal of the AJ...

you will be able to boil that much water on an electric stove but it will take a long time. I tried it once and it took me almost an hour to get water from room temp to boiling. When you consider you have to heat up the water for the mash and boil that is a lot of added time.

dont go with the 60. I bought it and because the valve is placed so high up it is hard to get your braid to lay on the bottom properly. I had big trouble with stuck sparges because of this. I now have the Xteme and love it.

Is Irish moss OK to use to help with the clarity of cider? I have not seen any recipes with it as an ingredient.

had to work this weekend but tomorrow ill be brewing an American ale

are there any Oktoberfest or other beerfests in va. Preferably northern va. I have done some searching with negative results

go AG its fun...and not as hard as i thought

i also have pitched all my dry yeasts on top and not had any bad results

thanks, great advice, i never thought about doing both, looks like im gonna start saving to invest in a kegging system

hi all, I am fairly new to brewing and this site but have been reading it for about a month now and appreciate all the knowledge you have shared. I now have my first all grain in bottles and cant wait to see if i screwed it up or not. I have been reading a lot lately about corney kegging...