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I've been to my LHBS, well one of them across town. Defalcos. Nice place, good service. I even received a display model of an item at discount rather than tell me they didn't have any. If a local business owner told me that he didn't need my business I would be on the warpath.

Somethings changed in the 15 years since I worked at pizza hut in college then. I was always surprised at the quality of food that was made and the clean kitchen. Still eat it today from time to time when I have to. I cooked pizzas for almost two years there, the only oil I ever used was in...

A little google action and i found the grass. kikuyu grass

The smell is dying down some, but I finally placed the smell earlier. It smells like very green bananas, not sweet, but sour/bitterish bananas. My wife gave me the stinkeye, no pun intended, today over smelling up her laundry room. Its fermenting at about 71 degrees.

she's none the worse for wear this morning. she's snuffled around in the garage a couple of times obviously hunting for hop pellets as if it was some treat. here's the other beast.

My first batch was an AHS Belgian Whit and the entire time during fermentation the smell was always pleasant. Last night I brewed an AHS Dos Equis clone minimash. Tonight my laundry room is quite smelly. I'm certain its not the Whit that's in secondary in the same room. The XX clone is...

oh, one last thing. it was really late last night when i finished my boil, so rather than clean it i just filled it with water to the top. I had a lil trickle of water from the holes where the handle is riveted? to the pot. I didn't have any problem when actually cooking, however.

I have this exact pot purchased from Amazon. I've only got two batches under my belt, so i'm probably not in any position to really make an educated review but I like it so far. Its a bit thin so you have to manager your fire. I ended up with a lil black scorch line where the burner's steel...

haha, we have a bunny rabbit that lives under our deck and gives my dogs fits. Whichever side of the deck they go to sniff him out he shoots out the other side and is gone usually before they even know it. Hunting is not my dogs' best feature. They're much better at sleeping, laying on...

well, its been two hours and she shows no signs of ill effects. I'll be diligent from now on with spill cleanup.

ok then, off to clean the garage mo betta. crap now you got me all worried. coupla pellets shouldn't be enough for this huh?

What a crazy mutt. So last night I was brewing my second batch of beer, first batch is in secondary now. Well I was a little tipsy by the end and I needed to toss in some hops at knock out. Well, I tripped and dropped my little dish just catching it before it hit the ground. a handful of hop...

The first batch is racked off the to secondary and start bubbling away again. I had to run a hose to a container with starsan in it because the bubbling kept filling up the lock. I assume this is normal, but its fairly vigorously bubbling again. I waited 7 full days before racking to...

Hah, i think there's a few in there. There's actually an original bottle of Rum cask finished 21yo in there from before the switch to Bermuda and Jamaican rum casks. There's only a few swallows of that left. :( I sure wish they hadn't made the switch cause its some of the best drinking whisky...

I'm a scotch, bourbon, beer guy myself with a collection of around 40 bottles between the two spirits. I'm also a beer fan. I've found over the years that scotch and wine carry the highest rate of snobbery. Nothing bad with snobbery, just saying that I don't know if I would even worry about...

UPDATE at 48 hours after pitch. My OG was around 1.048/1.049 with temperature correction. So tonight, I popped the lid to see what we got. 48 hours in and I have a very thick Krausen that has formed. The beer smells like a Chimay White more than a Blue Moon currently which I'm happy with...

and earwig you are exactly right. my og is 1.048/1.049 with the temperature correction. Good to go!

sparky, i don't have any way to cool it down to lager it. I've already spent more than the wife first expected and if I told her I had to buy a chest freezer and a thermostat she'd probably flip her lid. I'll do one eventually, but i have to get a drinkable product the wife can taste and enjoy...

Thanks Earwig, I guess i probably should have read the instructions on the Hydrometer, huh. :P I'll go dig em out and see. Thanks for the link!

So my first batch is in the fermentor and bubbling away already! I did the AHS Belgian Whit, mini-mash, alcohol boost, and yeast fuel. I made a yeast starter a couple of days ago that I pulled out of the fridge this morning, decanted off the wort/beer. I obviously had increased my yeast...