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Just got back from Bayou Teche, north of Lafayette, La. Very good. Will post review @ twobrewdogs.com

Thanks for the suggestions all. We set out tomorrow. First stop looks like it will be Cajun Brewing in Lafayette. We've done Parish before (see our review in the blog). Time to get the liver ready........

The solution to pollution is dilution. Any beer that is "too hot" can be blended into another, more benign one and create a novel concoction. Tough to do with bottling, easier with kegs.

Don't overdo the quantity of the oak as it can give you tannin tastes. Roast them a little bit to give them a char and then soak them in whatever you like. I'm currently sipping on my ~10% Imperial Bourbon Barrel Stout (Imperial Dark Vader) made in that manner. It took ~ 5 months for the...

The wife, the twobrewdogs (Charlie & Lucy) and I are heading up from Houston to D.C. next week in the RV. Time for some more blog entries! Looking for suggestions of what breweries to hit along the way. Our route takes us: Lafayette, LA Meridian, MS Chattanooga, TN Pigeon Forge...

If you want lower alcohol and more volume, add RO water. Just make damned sure it and the vessels that contain it, are clean. It will dilute not only the alcohol but the 'intensity' of the maltiness or hoppiness of your beer as well. I don't think you should do it, but it is doable. Live and...

....wait... someone complaining about too much potential alcohol? And yes, you can add some purified (ie no bugs) water to dilute things if you somehow feel you must.

My wife helps out by preparing lunch for the "jovial curmudgeon" brew crew. Then she sneaks out and grabs some spent grains to make the peanut butter dog biscuits. We make cheese & sausage together, but not beer. When we're on the road in the RV we hit all the breweries and together we...

That ring of crud on the walls is your Krausen. Proof that it fermented.

Still enjoying this beer. Drinking one right now as a matter of fact. This beer changed continuously for about 4 months. At times it was utterly undrinkable because the tannin taste from the wood chips was so pronounced. Later on the bourbon would get pronounced early in the taste, then...

The wife and I went for stroll in downtown Tomball, TX yesterday because it was such a lovely day. We've been meaning to check out all of the little antique shops so it seemed as good a time as any. Well look what I found! I'm always on the lookout for interesting things to turn into tap...

I can't remember where I bought these, but I got 2 or 3 to replace old plastic ones in some of my corny lids. The first time I discovered one covered in white powder I thought I had an infection. When it happened a second time I realized it is oxidization. WTF??? As these sit in SS lids...

I just used Mangrove Jack's Abbey yeast. It isn't happy until at least 83*. I fermented a Leffe clone and it went into the mid/high 80's. Best Belgian I've ever made.

With 120 diastic power, the Fawcett Pale ought to be OK by itself, but if your temps were as you state and the milling per your usual, this would be my bet. Old grain? Perhaps got really hot in a warehouse somewhere?

....and here I am waiting for Spike to introduce their 14 gallon fermenter..... I've got a 3 Sanke brew rig, so adding a 4th as a fermenter isn't an issue for me. How tough was it to cut the Corny lid hole precise enough? I'd want a good, pressurizable seal. I assume you simply use quick...

I had same problem. No way to edit if there is no name. Start over.

Are you worried about the pits for aesthetic reasons or because you think they are a sanitation issue? If the latter, don't be worried....boiling kills all.

Amazingly enough, we had GREAT beer at the chain Rock Bottom right downtown. We also liked Flat12 and Metazoa. See our reviews at www.twobrewdogs.com We were there over the summer.

If it is done fermenting and not creating its own CO2 you will want to make sure it has a blanket of CO2 on it to prevent oxidization. If I misunderstood and you are asking whether to carb it all the way up or not, I wouldn't do so, I would do that after lagering.

If physically unable to attach both to the contactor, you can attach the lamp leads to the element connection or splice in anywhere along the line (messy). The purpose is simply to provide a parallel circuit (lighting the light) when the element is turned on.