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Quick update. Brewed yesterday, went smoothly. I threw in an extra 4oz of corn sugar I had left over, and OG was 1.061. Color looked great, and airlock had signs of life in 3 hrs and was going strong when I rechecked after 20 hrs. Now for the long painful wait. Here are the notes from my...

With my complete inability to demonstrate anything approaching patience when a new brew is bottled, I cracked one open after 5 days. Tad green but pretty darn good and by far my clearest beer yet, could see the Bass logo clear as day through the glass. Here it is:

+5, bottled last weekend 4250

Welcome from a former Wisconsonite. For info on Vanilla in secondary, check some of the stout recipes in the recipe section. I have not done it, but I have seen several references to people slicing a fresh bean open lengthwise and then cutting it into one-inch pieces and putting into secondary...

Thanks, appreciate the hints. I do clean all my bottles well immediately after pouring, so I'll keep them covered and go with a good StarSan rinse on bottling days. Thanks again!

I had a tube with caps on both ends and carefully slid my hydrometer into the tube only to watch it slide right out the other end and crash on the counter top. :-( 458

How much Crystal60? I plugged this in to brew pal with 1 lb of Crystal 60 and it says style match is "English IPA." English ESB and American IPA were other matches. It shows over 50 IBU with all that Citra, and the SRM is 9.8, but that's a guess since I guessed 1lb of Crystal 60L.

Frankenwheat. Not a cut, just my dumb humor when considering blueberry + orange + wheat + beer.

Made an American Brown that's been bottled for about 3 weeks, used 12 and 22 oz amber glass and some 500ml amber PET bottles. They all went thru the same sanitizing process, 1 dishwasher cycle on the sanitize option with no soap, followed by an immediate Starsan solution rinse. The glass...

I mostly use Brewmasters Warehouse, since I'm just up 85 in Charlotte their standard ground shipping gets here next day. I've ordered from them 4 times and nothing but good results. Their site seems very current with in stock / out of stock info, but I haven't had anything from my orders be...

Thanks. Mostly just vanity for the grips, I like a clean, all-black look. They feel similar to the Colt grips, a little less course than the Colt checkering maybe. With the beaver tail my hand feels about a quarter inch higher. Whether it is or not I'm not sure, but my hands are up on the...

Hey, Welcome. I'm in Concord and work with Bruce Kuster, can't be too many Kuster's running around Charlotte. Have fun. This is a great site, lotta helpful people.

I just placed an order with Brewmasters Warehouse. This will be in honor of our new baby boy due May 27. We chose an Irish name, Conner, so I wanted an Irish brew. Thanks for the recipe and advice in the thread. I'll be brewing next Saturday. Cheers! I'm doing a Partial Mash, here's what I...

My Colt got a little update today, Wilson Combat grips and beaver tail grip safety. Not the best pics, but before: After:

Nice. I'm trying to weasel my way into this: http://www.kimberamerica.com/1911/ultra-carry-ii/stainless-ultra-tle-ii SWMBO hasn't been convinced. Still getting comfortable with my Colt XSE Govt. I would def carry the Kimber Ultra Carry II if I could figure out how to get one. But I'd...

I carry my Beretta 9mm and Walther .380 DA/SA guns chambered and uncocked. Tho it's my favorite gun, I'm somewhat new to the 1911 and not in a place where I'm comfortable carrying with a cocked hammer with a chambered round. So I don't carry my Colt XSE Govt, but around the house I always...

Bit of a hectic Oatmeal Stout brew day with some unplanned multi-tasking. But I got my 15 min hop addition in right on schedule, wrapped up all my final sanitation work, got the chiller set up and resanitized it... Bing, sweet it's done. Turn off heat, move pot and drop in chiller, turn on...

Hey, welcome. I lived in the PBG area for about 10yrs, was just there for the holidays and found a couple new spots. There's a small Homebrew store in Jupiter, it's a drive thru beer place on center st. Also found Tequesta Brew Co's Tap Room. Enjoy the kegging equipment, I'm pretty new...

"Bart, a woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!" -Homer Simpson "Would you like a beer, Mr. Peterson?" "No, I'd like a dead cat in a glass." -Norm Peterson. Fits my sense of humor I guess. "I'd rather have a bottle in...