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Gentlemen, Actually this batch I said was too sweet, is great, once it has achieved carbination. A 'hair' sweet for my tastes, at 5.5% alpha acid but rather than 1oz of 10% boiling hops as a minimum, 1 oz of 7% would be about right, {as a minimum} Its getting hot now, May. But I...

Gentlemen, I made a mistake in my record keeping. That batch of ale that tasted like it was bottled the night before, was. It is fine now, I just messed up with the labels {which are not on the bottles but on the shelves the ale goes on.} I failed to mark the reracking dates and...

Gentlemen, Since the hop shortage, I have been experimenting with less hops. I 'brewed me up' some ale so sweet it would gag a maggot. Now, I not only 'know' why hops is an ingredient in beer and ale now I 'fully understand', the importance of hops as a anti-sweetness agent. I...

Gentlemen, I am bottling the last 15 gallons of 'Mein Hammerbier' for the season. I use 12 oz Bavarian bottles {which used to be 8.99 a 12 pack.} And 22 oz 'dark' bottles. Now today I had an inspiration, it wasn't even my idea, I looked up at the hoard of bottles, realizing this was it...

Quixotic, Just this year, I have learned: 1. About the enzymes which convert starch to sugar. {I was studying making ethanol} 2. And that L.M.E. & D.M.E. are both made with 'base grains', 3. Base grains produce 'alcohol' and speciality grains produce 'flavor'. {You know, I thought...

Gentlemen, Bottles, green or brown. 12 oz, or 22 oz??? My bottles are 12 oz or 22 oz. 40 milk crates full, all over my house. The 'former pantry' brewery, the bedroom, in the bathroom, under the tables and a big double stack of them by the wood stove... The 12 oz'ers...

Gentlemen, I was out working in the knife shop today and since I was out of beer I re-racked a bucket out of a secondary. It tasted real good and I sat there and got hammered. I was impressed. It was so good in fact I wanted to mention it to the brewing gang. Now I like settled...

Gentlemen, I am 'brewing me up' 5 gallons of 'Mein acht pfund Hammerbier, w 'Octoberfest' speciality grains 'steeped in', today, I wanted to pass along an idea which I think is important. In my: 'former kitchen brewery', hanging on the window curtain by a piece of bailing wire, is what...

revvy, Bottles will be where my homebrew goes at least for the next year. I don't like bottling any more than anyone else, and I am into simplicity, but... I just found out about using cascade dish washing powder to clean carbouys with, and I am very excited. My carbouys are...

revvy, I have thought that exact thought. A cellar to house my brew in, a chest freezer is coming to do the same thing, with less digging. It would extend the season 'enough' and thanks. Knife

Dibby33, You drunk... I told you last year I had 517 bottles 'on the wall' as it were. All at the same place and at othe same time! Took a picture of em! I brewed 2,000 bottles of beer. Now it is getting hot and 'my heart is sick and sad.' Hold on, I gotta go get me 'eine...

Gentlemen, Down here in Texas when April is over I stop brewing. It is too hot, and when native Texans are uncomfortable, and I mean in the air-conditioning, yeasts are uncomfortable too. Last year the batches I bottled in may... gradually fell in quality once the: 'real heat got upon...

Brewsmith, Yes, My 8 Lb hammerbier recipe will have 1 oz of cascade boiling hops and 1/2 oz each flavor-aroma hops. This will equal a bit more than half of the amount of bitterness I have been using. Specialty grains will be various combinations...

I was using 2 oz then, and 2 oz now, but less IBU, {1/2} In the Boil. Thanks for pointing that out. Knife

Gentlemen, I am drinking one of the best tasting ales I have ever brewed. And I owe it to the hop shortage. After I started slacking off on hop useage I noticed a better flavor to my ale. My recipe is 8 Lbs of DME with speciality grains steeped in, 6 3/4% alcohol. And whereas I used to...

Gentlemen, Yuri, I glue auto body sandpaper to wooden, and metal blocks, and except for profiling and drilling, everything, is done by hand sanding,, as taught to me by my mentor, Masterbladesmith Dan. http://wildwolfforge.com/ And yeah, it is like digging ditches all day...

Dude, Today Sunday, is: ['Sand knife blades' day.] Out of the 70, blades I started over a year ago, I have all 70, profiled and drilled. 4, heat treated 'sanded past 220 grit', and 2, more I will 'get there' today. Then these 6, are ready to sand to 400 grit, 600 grit and 1,000 grit...

Gentlemen, I have had a bad experiance in that after being falsely arrested and thrown in jail a year ago, I had my spine crushed by the jailers. I have two law firms on it and I should know something Monday. If we have a good case or not. But we do. A real good one. I am disabled...