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Same LHBS owner I originally posted about once told me when I first started brewing that "no respectable homebrewer would boil in an aluminum pot or ferment in plastic. Good beer cannot be made that way"! I still shop there, I just don't accept advice from the staff, LOL.

Queequeg, Chili chocolate imperial stout? I just brewed a chili chocolate stout (not imperial) which is getting entered into the NHC this year... I used cocoa nibs and NM roasted red chili pods from Hatch, NM. How'd yours comes out? (sorry, off topic, I know)

I have spigots on all of my fermenters as well. I don't use them to pull samples, for that I just open the top of the fermenter. I do use them for transferring to a secondary or to the keg. I do spray sanitizer in there and then water to rinse before I start the transfer, but I hate hate hate to...

I was in my LHBS and overheard the guy working there telling a middle-aged guy (seemed to be a noob at brewing) something that blew my mind! I figured, lets start a thread on this: The shopper was explaining that his extract brew has been in the fermenter for three weeks and that airlock...

I just made a great pyment with ale yeast. Is used the Belgian Antwerp strain and had great results. I got a bit of the yeast character in there, which is definitely nice. A little spicy and a little phenol, but not too much. The fruitiness from the yeast played well with the white grape juice I...

Yep. Same here. I paid on Friday and this morning it was still showing unpaid, but I received a confirmation of payment by email. I let them know and now it is showing paid.

Well then, I guess I'll shift my mental kung fu and change the goal... Winning it is!! I can always get feedback from another competition. ;). Thanks Yooper! Good luck to all who've entered.

I've entered two of my beers into the NHC and the World Beer Cup this year. Judging happens for both within a pretty tight timeframe. I hope to get some good feedback, and maybe even a ribbon or something. My first comp entries, so I'm really just looking forward to learning from the...

One for me please!!

Thanks! I never did pitch any other yeast. The starting OG was 1.094, SG right now is at 1.016. looks like right about 10% ABV. Racked it off the lees a second time and tastes, smells great! I read somewhere that mead fermented with beer yeast doesn't need to age as long, since the harsh...

I recently added a review for a product on Northern Brewers website. I will admit that the review was not a positive one. When I logged in and looked in the review section of that same product, I noticed that my one star review was not there... and all of the product reviews for that product...

Right. I have tasted the starters for my beer. They taste, yeasty? It reminds me a little of when I used to eat Playdough as a kid. But I see what you are saying about the starter tasting "clean". I pitched the starter and all seems to be going well. I pitched it a little on the warm side...

Thanks Bio. I used the honey because I am making such a small batch and plan on putting the whole starter instead of decanting. I figured it would be better than pitching a 1 liter starter from DME into a 2 gallon batch of mead. Also, I have 60 lbs of honey I picked up at Honeyville, CO, so I...

Ok. So the yeast exposed to near freezing temps did not do well at all. The starter had a metallic taste to it and never fermented out any further. The beer fermented at ale temps came out great, as expected. I am still going to experiment with this yeast at low temps, just not that low! But I...

I like the character of this yeast and have some on hand for a Belgian Pale Ale I am brewing. I want to try to see if I could make a mead with this. The plan is to start fermentation with this yeast and once the gravity drops to a certain point, I'll add the Lalvin I've got to finish the job...

Reviving an old thread here. I used El Dorado hops in a batch of American hefeweizen. These hops are the real deal! I am bottling today and can smell the cherry watermelon coming through nicely. Not overpowering, but not underwhelming either. Here is the recipe (for 2.5 gallons). It was a test...

Apparently it can used at either lager temps or ale temps. IPA/APA should be perfect. Let me know how it works for you, as I may consider it as a house yeast now that I've gotten into washing (not really washing tho because I'm not using water, but rather the remaining wort in the fermenter) and...

A word of advice about fermenting in SS versus plastic/glass for those thinking of making the switch or had recently made the switch... Beer Stone is something that you will have to look out for. It seems to form on SS, but not plastic or glass. I learned this the hard way after loosing a 10 gal...

Little Wayne can keep dumping champagne on his S7, mine prefers homebrew! LOL

A bit late, but thanks JJeffers. The beer came out pretty good. I've learned from my mistake (that's what mistakes are for, right?)