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Hahaha!! I used to live in Brooklyn, birthplace of the Hipster so this is old news. Must have just now reached other parts of the country. Im in Utah now and sadly the Hipster disease has spread all the way out here too. They are taking over the all the industrial areas, rock climbing gyms, and...

Ya know if you ever have had honey solidify it looked exactly like that. It did not look like a solid glass it turned cloudy.

Ya its dead on accurate I've tested it very recently and its only 4 months old. Yeah crystallize probably isn't the best choice of words. It is the perfect color and nice and liquidy but as soon as it cools off after bringing it back up to the 240 temp it turns solid. You can kinda heat it...

Thanks emjay. I think I'm going to buy a candy thermometer. I have a thermapen but I also only made a half batch and even in a small pot I think it was too shallow to get a really good reading. Sounds to me like I did indeed follow the directions well I just need an actual candy thermometer.

I couldn't for the life of me get this stuff to stay in liquid form. I followed the directions to a T and absolutely couldn't get it to stay liquid. As soon as it cooled it was a hard crystallized mess. I finally made one batch and kept it hot and then dumped it into my kettle near the end of...

Alright well despite it getting hazy due to having to move it to the location it tasted awesome! It only bothered me and I'm the only one who knew because we were drinking out of solo cups haha. It was crystal clear before I moved it though. The Belgians raved about it and I even had the bmc...

Oh and unless this is some new development I'd say more people switch to ball lock than the other way around. Again though it's really not a one or the other type deal you can totally mix or match.

There are a million posts about this so a quick search should get you tons of info. However real quick its more a personal preference thing. Ball locks are taller but skinnier pin locks are shorter and fatter. They have different posts and disconnects. Pin lock parts can be harder to find...

It should be interesting. There will be 2 Belgians, 2-3 homebrewers, quite a few craft beer drinkers, and quite a few bmc drinkers. I'm hoping to win them all over with this beer ;). Ill report back tomorrow sometime.

I'm serving this at my Belgian buddies bachelor party tonight. I may have snuck a pint or two already and I must say its very nice! My fiance said its one of her favorites. Ill let ya know how it goes over. Thanks

Welp I'm gonna be that guy that revives an ancient thread. I saw this fridge on my local craigslist and wanted to know, has anyone has used it as a fermentation fridge? If one of you kegerator guys could confirm this for me I'd really appreciate it. At 4.6 I've seen models similar that will...

Wow well congrats on the sweet lady! That's cool you found someone who likes beer and you that much :). Weirdly enough I'm getting married August 11th to a girl I met at a local beer fest. Beer brings people together! Im actually making all the beer for our wedding which I'm pretty excited...

Now I've read through this whole thing and still don't understand what's going on with the mash/sparge. The recipe would seem to indicate a no sparge because at 4 gallons mash in and 3 gallons mash out...well there's no room for a sparge. For you guys who have brewed this a few time did you...

Mine is 3 days away from 4 weeks in primary. Gonna transfer to a keg Sunday and let it carb the slow and steady way. What is everyone's fg on this? The original recipe is saying 1.010. Has everyone been hitting that low of a gravity? Last time I checked I was only around 1.016-18 I think. I did...

I'd be interested in getting exactly what stone is looking for. I'd be wanting to buy at least 2 but possibly up to 4 depending on the price.

Awesome thanks guys, 68 it is. Its good to know I wasn't the only one with a wild fermentation. Ive learned my lesson and next time ill ferment in my carboy and shove some big tubing in the top. The stuff I had on the 3 piece stem was too small and was getting clogged easily with that thick...

Oh mmmmyyy, I brewed this monday morning and pitched my nice big starter at 67-68 degrees. It was bubbling in about 3 hours. Wooooow, up until wed it was absolutely spewing out the blowoff tube. I had to change the blowoff 3 times. I have never seen krausen rise that much! I could have harvested...

Gotcha. Ya kc are really some good people, great customer service. I agree its getting real hard to find quality cornys anymore. Its hard to believe they used to sell for 5-10 bucks a piece.

Ya know I bought some racetrack kegs from them a while back and I sort of regret that. The parts can be tricky to find. I'd recommend talking with kegconnection. They were great at helping me get the parts I needed. I'm sure if they don't have the parts they might be able to point you in the...

Hey thanks for the quick reply. I think i might go ahead and brew it here soon and give it a test run. A little R&D if you will ;).