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all a matter of tatse of course but i would not use carapils, no munich if you use MO, perhaps 2 - 3% victory, 5% 40 to 60 crystal. thats it. my best ESB's all had a simple malt bill

picked up a sixer of the 'winter holiday' lager last week. read something like 'amber' on the box. when i was bringing it into the house, with SWMBO right behind me, i looked at the package again and saw 'cinnamon, ginger' etc and went ballistic! i HATE spiced beers. SWMBO thought i was cussing...

a personal thank you letter from jimmy cater for a fly rod of mine that someone bought for him

i must be incredibly fortunate, my LHBS (Valley Vintner in Eugene,OR) has a complete inventory, better than reasonable prices, always a friendly knowlegable homebrewer for sales help, great tips to help you improve your beers, and apparently the owner must have a relative in the hop business as...

i have been self employed for almost thirty years and am on my third business. well, three that were profitable ans one that wasn't. keep debt to a minimum, with a startup the loan will be secured ie: house. you will likely have to work two jobs for a few years, the business owns YOU not the...

i have used spalt in the last two hefes, they have been popular....

have lost three autos over the years the uninsured drivers. cops don't give a damn. since i have a house, a job and a family i would bet serious money that if I had hit another car when uninsured they would be on my doorstep with the cuffs in a NY minute. pure BS. another car was stolen(OK it...

local store is now stocking completely enclosed half racks of newcastle, ahhh good! for me it seems to come down to the hop selection, and the hops used in most BMC beer is disgusting even at their low hopping rate

Safale has a dry hefe yeast now. too new to know anything about it but I picked up a pack for the next hefe and will see what happens.

and it is 10 cents cheaper only due to the huge subsidy that we are paying through the fed. the unfortunate byproduct is a steep rise in food grain prices that will inevitably price many of the worlds poor out of the market with the result that the starving 3rd world poor will be on the head of...

why are so many US brewers so fascinated with cascade (or similiar) hops? an ESB.... with overwhelming cascade aroma? WTH? every 6er i buy is a gamble that any subtlety will be negated by the unique grapefruitiness of cascade. not completely anti cascade, a top note with some willamette is nice...

i liked my hefe better when i used Weyerman pilsener instead of GW 2 row.

make it a British PA, goldings, fuggles, maybe NB or target for bittering. try challenger for a single hop and use it for all additions. seem to be no problem with a shortage of imported hops.... yet. i have been trying to look at it as a chance to expand my hop horizons

the family has a right to their service in peace. no matter your 'war' position I hope we can all agree that the soldier who died did what they thought was right. these 'christians' as they call themself are anything but. even freedom of speech has limits and their actions went well past that...

2/3 of what i make are bitters of one gravity or another, your recipe should be very tasty! look into british cara malts, they taste different. OB's are also nice because they are so fast from mash to glass. i use target for bittering, UK fuggle for flavor and EKG for aroma. i think i could...

i believe the reason for the 'mixed' recipe quantities is due to the availability of LME in 1.5Kg (3.3lbs) packages from brewshops that are not really full service brewshops and only carry prepackaged extract. Add to this that DME is slightly more expensive than LME, so to achieve the desired OG...

not MO but i settled on Gambrinus ESB for my english ales. i liked it better than the MO malts i tried so i guess it proves the point that to each his own. there is no wrong choice

spritz? spritz???? we he men brewers never use the 'S' word!! :) give it a try, not much to lose except a few minutes of time plus a few pennies worth of grain and the reward might be something truly unique

after 30yrs being self employed i finally had to send my wife to work so we could obtain decent insurance at anyhting approaching a reasonable cost. had blue cross at $450 mo for a very high deductible policy w/o dental/vision. 95 mo now with dental vision and ded. that won't make me sell the...

1)49 2) 22yrs on the second try 3)3 - 21,19,14yrs 4)Eugene,OR 5)Self employed for 29 yrs, I manufacture split bamboo fly rods 6)No 7)Right, well not completely, but leave me alone 8)yes but i have a deep mistrust of the institutions involved 9)ancient ford 4X4 10)i can be social in moderation...