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5 Gallons of Revvy's Vienna Lager 1858 + 5 = 1863

Working on Revvy's Vienna Lager, and I broke my second hydrometer in as many brew sessions! Guess I won't know if I hit my gravity. At least it didn't break in the wort. <Whew>

If I can get everything from the LHBS, I'm making a Vienna Lager on Sunday.

Sounds pretty awesome!

5.5 Gallons of Presedential Stout. I brewed it on 1/9, but haven't added it yet. 1236 +5.5 131.5

I think Papazian brought up a point about how much bacteria is floating around your average fridge, that would be one concern. +1 on needing a convection / agitation source. When I worked in the food industry, we always had to break down pots of food into much smaller containers before putting...

It seems like over the last year or so, the prices for good beer have shot up to just shy of $10 for a sixer. Make homebrewing pretty economical. :ban:

I was traveling a bunch in the summer, and the pipeline dried up. SWMBO said "You have got to start brewing again, buying beer at the liquor store is so expensive."

Thanks for the advice!

Thanks! I think I'll try a small batch this year, maybe a gallon or so, and see how it comes out before I go crazy harvesting them.

Thanks for the info! Great link too! As I mentioned, I've got a ton of wild ones growing near me, I just need to figure out if they are any good to brew with. It was my understanding that the best way to replant hops was to harvest some of the rhizome (root?).

Have you ever brewed with your wild hops? I found some in the Springs, but it was well after harvest time. I was planning on messing around with them this year.

That's just plain silly! Kittens pop at .0762 lbs!

Sorry, I'm a little late to the thread. Sorry to hear about all your issues. Have you tried Old West on Weber and Pikes Peak? I usually shop in the store you're having issues with because they are so darn close. I've been rinsing my yeast though, and I think I'm going to start buying hops by...

Congrats on the first brew! :ban: I bet you already have the next 6 planned out. I'm making a Presidential stout this weekend, putting it on top of the yeast cake from a batch of Centennial Blonde, which I'll be bottling. I should have brewed the stout last weekend, but I didn't buy enough of...

I'll have to keep that in mind for the next time I'm up in Denver. Thanks!

Really? They will deliver a 50# sack for $50? That's pretty cool! Thanks! Out of curiosity, what would you make with red or white wheat? I'll definitely continue to support the LHBS, pretty much everything I buy is going to come from there. Once I figure out what I'm brewing this year I...

I can see the advantage of bringing something different, but if you have the resources, I would personally bring something different as well as something similar to New Belgium and Sierra Nevada's flagship beers. You'll show them that they can get the same or better quality from a local source.

I started 10 gallon batches so I can get enough of a pipeline going that I can brew some IPAs for myself. Although it's no hardship drinking the beers SWMBO likes. :mug:

Ahhh... SSR = Solid State Relay. Whew :cross: I thought I was going to have to do a search to figure that out. :) Great thread guys! Lots of good stuff. Also Pol, Brewer's friend is a great site! I've spent more than a little time there, and made lots of use of your calculators. Thanks!