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  1. kestrelbrewing

    A simple digital Taplist solution

    Totally get what you’re saying. FWIW, if you have a Mac, X-Code is free. Might be worth playing around with it and see if it’s viable. Then start a go fund me to raise the $99 so that you didn’t have to spend anything out of pocket. Let the go fund me contributors be beta testers. Just a thought.
  2. kestrelbrewing

    Sous Vide with 10 Gallon Cooler Mash Tun

    Brewing today and thought I’d share my current sous vide strike water heating setup. It ain’t fancy, but it does the trick.
  3. kestrelbrewing

    A simple digital Taplist solution

    I'd pay $10 for that on the app store.
  4. kestrelbrewing

    Offset Smoker?

    I have a Smoke Hollow split grill that has propane one side, charcoal with an offset box on the other. Also has a little stovetop burner. Absolutely zero complaints. Though it's more than you were looking to spend. https://www.smoke-hollow.com/products/model-6500-combo-gas-charcoal-grill
  5. kestrelbrewing

    Suggestions for simple wheat ale recipe

    They used to be called Steam beers until Anchor trademarked Steam. Now they're called California Commons.
  6. kestrelbrewing

    What is your go-to hangover remedy?

    I've always been partial to a pulled pork sandwich … and a beer.
  7. kestrelbrewing

    What do you do with your spent grains?

    1. Make spent grain "flour": get a rimmed baking sheet (or 3) and spread 4 cups of spent grain on each sheet, this should get you about 1/4" deep which is usually half the depth of a standard rimmed baking sheet. Put them in the oven on the lowest setting you can get your oven to stay at (mine...
  8. kestrelbrewing

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    Our i3 also takes overnight to go from 0-65 on 110v. But the charger at the supermarket gets us there in about 20 minutes.
  9. kestrelbrewing

    Initial boil question

    I made it a practice of ignoring the starting volume of water when brewing extract. The first batch I made said 2.0 gallons for a 5 gallon batch and I had a very vigorous boil that gave me a nasty syrup. From then on I started with 3 gallons as a matter of course. In terms of adding water at...
  10. kestrelbrewing

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    Almost all EV manufacturers use the SAE J1772 with the exception of Mitsubishi and Nissan. The SAE J1772 is what every charging station I've ever used has. It accommodates two different types of connections: one for slow speed charging and one for high speed charging. It's very, very simple.
  11. kestrelbrewing

    Belgian Inspired Ales

    Candi sugar is not "essential" per se, but adjuncts are a huge part of Belgian styles from coriander and orange peel in witbier and especially adjunct fermentables in almost every Belgian style including Blonde, Dubbel, Tripel, Quad, Strong golden, … . When it comes to beers, the Belgians are...
  12. kestrelbrewing

    Poll: Do you have, or plan to get, an electric car?

    We have a BMW i3 with the "range extender". My wife uses it to commute the 40 miles round trip for work. It has a pure battery range of about 75 miles and then it has a 2 gallon gas tank that powers a small generator. Since we got a solar system, and my wife is working form home because her...
  13. kestrelbrewing

    A simple digital Taplist solution

    Question 1: If this is hosted locally as a website, would it be possible to access the webpage from anywhere on the local network? I was toying with the idea of trying to run RaspberryPints on an older iPad but having a webpage served from my media computer would be a much better option...
  14. kestrelbrewing

    What's your oldest bottle?

    I have two magnums of blueberry pseudo lambic (WLP655) that I brewed 2 years ago. It tasted like poop initially, but 2 years on it's awesome. Saving these two magnums for a celebration when we have a vaccine or treatment that will let us get back to "normal" or whatever the new normal is going...
  15. kestrelbrewing

    WLP655 - Belgian Sour Mix

    Side note: I love that the system edits curse words while serving up borderline porn lingerie ads …
  16. kestrelbrewing

    WLP655 - Belgian Sour Mix

    The PBW does cool off after about 2 hours. That being said, I am currently living with a "NO MORE ******* CARBOYS!" order from my wife (something about 3 6.5 gallon carboys, 5 5 gallon carboys, and a half dozen 1.5 gallon carboys being excessive) … if one should happen to break, I can then...
  17. kestrelbrewing

    How did I get into this mess? Help a dad out …

    Thanks for the info. My daughter says she doesn't want a lot of fizz, just a little like the one she gets from the store which comes in 64 oz growlers (this has been very handy for me as I now have enough growlers for an entire 5 gallon batch of beer and then some). It seems to me to be around...
  18. kestrelbrewing

    Are solar panels worth it?

    It's a question of conditioning: if you have lived your entire life within the range of 65-80º and around 50% humidity consistently for 335 days of every year of your life, you have no perspective of how different things can be. Another argument for the benefits of travel: it can make you...
  19. kestrelbrewing

    Belgian Inspired Ales

    If you're interested in Belgian styles, you should get a copy of Stan Hieronymus' book Brew Like a Monk. But be warned: brewing Belgian styles is a slippery slope that can lead to the dark side … you may find yourself embracing Brettanomyces, ambient fermentation, and sour beers that take 2-3...
  20. kestrelbrewing

    Aluminum Can Shortage? Seriously?

    There's a joke about wine as a lubricant in there somewhere for someone who's willing to do the work …
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