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Nice! They should include my boss in the expanded version :rockin:

Actually finished around 1.020. It's been bottle-conditioning for well over a month now, and it tastes fantastic. The so-so head retention I was getting early in the aging has gotten slightly better, but it's still not as good as I would like.

I fermented my Kolsch at around 70*, then racked to secondary and left it for a month at the same temperature. But traditionally, I'm told, a Kolsch is lagered in secondary. Nothing about diacetyl rests. I did give my non-lagered Kolsch to some friends who studied abroad in Cologne, and one...

Good to know. It just really freaked me out because it came out of the mash/lauter/sparge process looking like hazy lemonade. Silly proteins.

This beer is already in the primary, so it's a moot point, but I want to see if anyone can tell me why this happened so I can fix it if it happens again. I was brewing the all-grain version of my blonde ale for the first time, the grain bill looked like this: 7 lbs. Pils 1 lb. wheat 1...

I'm with fastricky, I'll watch it when it comes to DVD. That said...the definition of a bad review article is reviewing something you haven't seen/tasted/experienced... Oh, and I'm going to go drink a beer. All this talk of craft beer made me thirsty :)

Good deal! The first time I saw the system at work in operation I was equally blown away. The efficiency with which the pros do everything is crazy, like the plumbing patch panel. So easy to transfer everything.

I got my job by starting as a tasting room person on Saturdays. I got that by stopping by and asking if they were hiring. There's tons of small breweries and brewpubs in Philly, you should be able to find an entry-level job at a brewpub at least to get your foot in the door, and then work hard...

The beer pours fairly well, the head has a deep chocolate color, and holds fairly well, though does not stay as stable as some commercial stouts. The aroma is mostly chocolate, though some of the hops come through. The flavor starts as pure chocolate, but very quickly the roasted takes center...

Wow, lots of metal fans on HBT, awesome! I wish the rest of the world had this many fans of Killswitch and whatnot. I rarely listen to music when brewing, actually. But when I do it's my typical favorites... Killswitch Protest the Hero Misery Signals A Life Once Lost Trivium Dave Matthews...

A fellow employee of mine made a Berliner Weisse, my god was it sour. Tasted sort of like lemonade, but without sugar. I'm sure it was an excellent representation of the style and very well-brewed, but was too damn sour for me. Oh, and really mild British ales like Boddingtons and things...

Amen to that. You look at them after soaking and they fall off.

SkinnyShamrock's Outbound Oatmeal Stout- my first AG! 7 lbs. Munich 1 lb. Crystal 80L 1 lb. melanoidin malt 18 oz. (standard container) "Minute" oats .5 lb. dark Munich .5 lb. chocolate malt .5 lb. roasted barley Mash for 60 minutes at 154* Start with roughly 6 gallons of wort...

...an oatmeal stout. It is stout-a-licious. Awesome chocolate/coffee flavor, already has a really nice mellow mouthfeel, just needs a bit more time to age and carbonate. Almost as good as Samuel Smith's. I will be posting the recipe in the database...this one's a keeper! Cheers!

Oh yea, Nodding Head is good stuff. Also check out South Philly Taproom. I was there for a Philly Beer Week event, the manager is a beer geek, they have EXCELLENT stuff on tap. Plus always have some Troegs on, so I'm a little partial :)

Guy I work with brewed an imperial stout, then pitched Chimay yeast with a massive starter into it. I'm REALLY eager to try it.

A 22.5% IPA? There's no word to describe that :mug: Wait, thought of one: INSANE! That said I had my first taste of DFH 120 last week. It was positively ridiculous. My mouth didn't even identify it as beer.

I've been to the North Wales, PA and Newark, DE ones. The food is a bit expensive, but the beer I think is above average. Better than Appalachian BC or Lancaster BC, anyway, two other competing PA brewpub chains.

Haha sneaky stuff with the nitrous there. I had a kit that was ready to install on the green coupe pictured above, and then the engine decided it needed to take a nap. Forever. RIP engine block. Had a nice crack between two cylinders. I would've replaced it myself, but that car was a money...

Wow, I don't have any old-school car porn in my driveway (or parking space...I live in an apartment, after all), but I am a car geek of the highest degree. And I have a thing for Saturns. Sue me. My now-resting-in-car-heaven autocrossing '93 SL2 (stripped out, intake, header, straight pipe...