Recent content by wurensh

Just tagging an extension here... I have been pre-preparing starter wort for years and if someone brews frequently, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't. Similarly, I use a 5L flask - I place 4 cups DME in flask, add water to total of 4.5L - my experience has provided that this creates a 1.035...

Hmmm... I'm not optimistic either - I have the same issue myself (30 gal). Trying to get a brew day going for Saturday... If not, may have to calculate w/10gal and extrapolate out the results? I'm sure not everything would step up, but at least liquid measurements should (mash, sparge, etc.)?

What a sweet concept!

My username is "wurensh" on cityprofile.com - I too got caught under one of the posts made for homebrewers - so I added a few more to make sure I have 5. Seems like a neat thing started, looking forward to using more! Now - if I could only figure out how to eliminate the other 206 pages of...

Very cool! You got me with this... didn't eve realize there was a "premium membership", hearing that there is plus this give away makes it a NO BRAINER!

Ok - Chiming back in after quite a lapse (teaching keeps me pretty much laid up until the next break!). I've cracked open a couple of my Raspberry Imperial Stouts, and overall I'm pleased with the results. Thick, thick, thick. Robust flavor that one would expect from an imperial stout, and...

Thanks for the welcome ;-) WOW! I was calendaring to bottle this last weekend (or at least to test), but a friend had a baby boy :-). So, tonight, 16 days later, I opened up to take a hydrometer reading... WOW! (did I say that already?!?!?) When I opened the fermenter, my olfactory...

Just came onto this site, and found this dialogue - very cool. As a matter of fact, I just did a Raspberry Imperial Stout last night, and oooeee - once the raspberry puree (Oregon) was added, the aroma just notched right up there. I have tried the Weyerbacher Raspberry Imperial (was out in PA...