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2249.5 +5 gallons octoberfest =54.5 gallons

Started the day with a trip to the local home brew store, picked up the ingredients for an octoberfest and an Irish red, went home scrubbed the jacket for my Grainfather, then scrubbed and sanitized said Grainfather, as that is my larger fermenter, I "serviced" my monster mill and crushed...

No home brew tonight- eggplant pizza and a bottle of sangria with the boss lady.

Last day before vacation and I tweaked my back- so what better thing to do than to read through some threads. This Is a good one, Anytime someone takes the time to put this type of discussion on a public forum, it deserves to be read and discussed. It was/ Is a good read, after all isn' t...

Nothing finer!

Home brew oatmeal stout, brewed back in march- it's gotten smoother with age.

Something VERY important here- well said, bears repeating- once you turn it into a job, it sucks the fun right out of it, that advise was given to me by my father, many decades ago, he is gone now, but those words of wisdom still hold true..

I've only ever dumped 1 brew, and disgusting doesn't come close to describing it-the term that comes to. Mind is puke worthy, that being said, sometimes aging several months can make a big difference and clean up some undesirable off flavors, and then, if i make a sub par beer and drknk it...

Homebrew, burbon infused ale

I think every hobby has its high lights, and low lights,I have 3, so I can use one to deflect "down" times, sometimes just taking a break is all it takes, while on "break" read the forums, once you see what your missing, old spirit will return, at least it works for me.

P Pl This is how I did it the first 2 years when I started brewing, pumps are my best friend, I usevseveral different ones each brew day now.

5 gallons American IPA 2220 + 5 =:2225 ..

Yesterday. While brewing,I got to thinking about my set up for my steam trap, I currently use a 5 gallon cooler, with ice water with a recirculation pump, to operate the steam trap, it works well,, i use a 35 gallon drum of 40 degree water cooled by an aquarium chiller to chill my wort via...

Long time no post- long time no brew, last brew date was 4/26, - fishing/ lobster fishing kept me busy, brewed a 5 gallon batch of American IPA today, start to finish 4.5 hours.. next up, although a little late, 5 gallons of Octoberfest .

It had been about 5 years since my last Skunk- that one had a swamp cooler failure that led to the fermentation getting to about 90 degrees F..-I bottled It but. It was was worse than undrinkable, I learned more from that skunkfest than I ever did from a sucess.. Recently, my grandson came over...

Watering the flowers and new grass, so, just poured a home vrew session IPA..it's going downvWaaaaay to easy

Brewed a 5 gallon batch off my signature black IPA Saturday, I just can't keep this stuff in stock..1,222 +5 =1,227

Getting ready to bottle tomorrow night, washed a bucket full of bottles and sanitized 56 of them with Idofor, prepped the botteling station, just need to sanatize my botteling bucket, caps and related gear tomorrow night.. Bottles are washed with PBW on the outside and scrubbed with a brush...

No brewing this weekend, this morning, I emptied the trub from my session IPA and added the dry hops.. took ingredience inventory and I chilled a "few" home brews ( coffee porter, dry stout, Irish red , black Ipa and citra/ mosaic Ipa) in anticipation of my grandsons and son inlaw coming for...

Wife and I having a toast, after 31 years in the same company, the time has come to turn the reigns over to the young guns, I Submitted my papers, August 1will officially be my last day of work, its bitter sweet, but time to turn the page.- cheers!