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I was hopeful of entering 4 beers into this year's AHA championship but it looks like I'll only have 3 that are ready. I've already paid for all 4 and need to ship this week (to STL). If anyone wants to enter a beer but didn't sign up, I'd be happy to include yours and give you the feedback...

247. Plus I'm in Cincinnati so I'm right in the distribution zone ha

Honestly I think you will be fine without touching your lid. I hit my temps perfect and maintain them now. No need to adjust the qty of water or adjust beersmith calcs IMO. My grains are usually stored in my basement too so I go a couple degrees higher than my strike temp just in case but I...

I will say I'm a bit on the newer side as well, and I'm still learning "best" techniques for mashing, but I had a similar issue with my 10 gallon cooler converted MLT. What I found is that while I'm heating up my mash water, I fill the cooler with maybe an inch to 2 inches of hot water and seal...

Downtownish I would go to Denver Beer Co. I dont think they have food (at least they didnt when I was there). Breckenridge is not terrible, not great if you haven't been there. I remember the food being pretty good and the beer menu being not very impressive. The Great Divide wasn't my favorite...

Which county are you in? I am in Butler County and I found this online. There is a detailed spreadsheet you can open and it mentions that it was updated as of 12/31/2014. http://des.butlercountyohio.org/html/drinkingwater/WaterQuality.cfm

In Boulder, Avery & Left Hand are pretty solid. In Denver I would recommend Denver Beer Co. They tend to push the limits with their beers and they have a Graham Cracker porter that's pretty solid. I actually brewed up a clone twice now and will probably be posting the recipe after I try my...

Sweet deal man! Seahawks 62

I'm going to brew this up in a couple weeks. Was thinking about using Willamette since I have them on hand. Since that is a US hop, does it fall out of the style guidelines? I know it's roots trace back to Fuggles or Goldings so I still feel it's appropriate.

Awesome! Thanks for the quick replies guys. This was my thought, but I just wanted a second opinion. I actually used dry yeast, so no starter. I wanted to hydrate it a bit, but I was confused because the pack didn't have any instructions on what temp to use. It just said sprinkle dry yeast...

So I decided to use a blowoff tube for the first time, and me being the rookie that I am, I didn't do enough research. I focused primarily on getting the hose attached properly to the fermentor/airlock, and I didn't even consider the fact that the hoses need to be submerged in water or...

Sorry for the delay in posting specs, but here is what I've got. Remember, this is just something that was in my head that I ran with, so I know that as I went through the project, I had to make changes on the fly. I'll try to list out anything that I can remember, but I'm going off of my notes...

I think probably fermentation hadn't completely finished yet and I added priming sugar to that mix. I threw my remaining ones in the fridge and will try in a few days to see if that helped. I clearly still have a lot to learn about yeast and fermentation...haha

So, just wanted to follow up once more - I've had extremely high reviews of this beer. I noticed that batch #2 came out good, but I figured out that I over-pitched my yeast, which led to some really high overcarbonation and some off flavors that I could have prevented by being a little smarter...

Thanks guys. I really like how it's come out so far. I wish I could take some more time off work and focus on it, but now that I got as far as I did, I was able to brew a couple batches instead, and let's be honest - that's the real prize. :mug: @DNKDUKE, completely agree. I am already...

I actually just kinda had it all in my head and went. I could draw up some plans for you though, it'll just be a week or so. Heading to Minneapolis tomorrow for a pond hockey tourney and binge drinking I'm sure! Where I started was I built the cabinets just like you would build a framed wall...

Nevermind. Ignore my post. :)

The book is really easy to read and is something like $10 or so, so I would recommend it even just for curiosity sake. I will say that it reads extremely quickly because it's written more like a guy just talking to you than a writer focusing on every word for publication sake. Because of this...

Haha too many clappers off the bar getting a little too close for comfort to the TV! I like your style though