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My son who lives in Texas swears by Shiner Blonde is the best beer he has ever drank. He will be coming home for at the end of next month and I would like to surprise him by making a Shiner Blonde. Does anyone have a recipe that is close to this beer. Thanks TD

I too aerate with O2 and stone. I have noticed a longer lag time. I also have noticed a better tasting overall product. One question though. I have always aerated and then piched my yeast. What would happen if I threw the yeast and then aerated?? TD

Drink away and eat a bag of Doritos before she gets home. Just don't act stupid and you will be alright. TD

What if I used 3# of Laaglander DME and 3.3# of Muntons Light Extract??? TD

I am about to enbark on making a batch of "Cream Ale" I have hijacked this recipe from various sources on the web and put together what I hope is a good recipe. I am hoping that I can receive some "expert" advice and feed back about my recipe from the posters I have come to rely on on this...

Thanks for the Replies, I have named the beer Irish Brown Ale. Will let you know how things turn out. TD

I started out to brew a Irish Red Ale this weekend and realized that I didn't have the ingredients that I thought I had. Soooo, I put to together the following ingredients together and brewed it. Could one of you brewing aficionado's tell me what the H*** style I brewed? Thanks in advance...

Well now that you mention it I brewed a Honey Wheat last summer and had to take the airlock off. I placed the airlock stopper back in with a 6 inch section of a cut off racking cane inserted in it and attached a hose and ran into a gallon milk jug. I left it there for a couple of days and then...

I have the same set up and reading your post is the first time I have ever thought about O2 entering the conical. It has never been a problem in the 10 batches that I have brewed. I guess you could look at it this way. CO2 is on top of your beer. When you drop trub out the bottom oxygen...

As a OIF Veteran, I would personally like to thank you for your service to our country. It will be a long hard year and the most challenging of your life but when it is all said and done you will look back and realize that it was the most rewarding. You will have changed the word. Good Luck...

My main goal is to keep the boiling wort ingredients mixing at all times. Once the ingredients are added I use the mixer to agitate the wort throughout the boil and to keep the wort thoughly mixed. I have never had a boil over or scorched extract on the bottom since using my homemade agitator...

In my search of the internet I have found this mixer for considerably cheaper. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93841 Again any thoughts. TD

I have a homemade electric mixer that I have been using for over the last year. It is functional but just doesn't have the RPM's to stir the wort to my satisfaction. I have found one at this location and would like the forums opinion on it...

Bingo on that. I too had the same set up and used it once. Decided in a hurry that it was an accident waiting to happen. Went and bought my current set up and haven't looked back since. TD

SilkkyBrew, I have one like you have describe and love it. I use it for both my primary and secondary. There is an outlet on the bottom that allows me to dump my trub to get it below the racking port. Then I just hook up my racking hose and rack. Works like a charm. I would recommend it...

After my last two brewing disasters, 1. Dropping and breaking my glass carboy, amoung other things that went wrong with that batch. 2. Counter Flow Chiller plugging up with the other batch. Sunday was pretty uneventful. I went back to my immersion cooler and everything went smoothly...

I have a mini kegs system that I just love. The only drawback is the expense of the CO2 bulbs. My question is, Can the CO2 bulbs used for BB guns be used to force the beer out? They are identical in size and would fit perfectly. The only drawback that I can see is that the package says not...

My son has three 20 oz paintball tanks. So while trying to figure out if my CO2 gauges would fit I found this site with the adapter that screws into the regulator and the tank. Works like a charm. http://www.octopustap.com/cart/product_info.php?products_id=59 TD

Extract, Usually 3 - 4 hours. I have taken steps to speed up my process by: 1. When I have grains to simmer I have a separate 3 gallon SS pot that I put on the stove to simmer the grains. Meanwhile I put my 7 gallon pot on my propane burner and start to heat up the water at the same time...

Being relatively new to the HB scene when compared to the veterans on this board I am in need of your advice as to the chances of this batch working. Last night I brewed a Cream Ale from recipes that I gathered from others on this board. To say it was uneventful is an understatement. The...