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  1. Willy

    Who's smoking meat this weekend?

    Making some baby back ribs. A 5 hour recipe - smoke at 225 for 3 hours. Then do a Texas Crutch for 2 hours (wrap the ribs in heavy duty foil with 1/2c apple juice and 1/2c brown sugar). Finish off with some homemade bbq sauce and wait until you can't wait any longer. Supposed to be 45 min to...
  2. Willy

    Beer Line Cleaning

    I like to clean up the lines every 4-6 weeks. I use BLC in a bucket that gets pushed by a sump pump (lots of gallons per minute flow) into a 4 way manifold. I let it run for about 15 minutes, 4 taps at once. After I clean all the lines with BLC I run a hot water rinse , and then a warm star San...
  3. Willy

    Try the Inkbird WiFi Meat Thermometer for free!

    Got mine a few days ago, and did some amazing short ribs with a coffee infused dry rub. The inkbird wifi thermometer did it's job perfectly. Tomorrow - slow smoked baby back ribs (about 4 hours) for the late afternoon Packer game. Go Pack (me some ribs in the belly)
  4. Willy

    What I did for beer today

    Just finished transferring an American Brown ale, 9 gallon batch into a 6 gal torpedo keg and a 3 gallon mini corny. The torpedo keg will go into the inkbird controlled mini freezer for a nice slow crash & carb for about 5 days while the 3 gal mini will wait it's turn in "the on-deck circle"...
  5. Willy

    What's the hardest brew to get wrong?

    Pale Ale malt is most forgiving. Ale varieties are harder to mess up. Darker beers also make mistakes harder to detect. Pilsner takes a little more knowledge and understanding. Lagers are harder to do than ales. ABV is also a factor. Easier to brew a beer at 4.5-6.5% abv than anything above...
  6. Willy

    What came in the mail for you today?

    @day_trippr - ha.... The irony of your post ... Wobbly glass... coming right after a member called wigglebutt brewery . Hahaha
  7. Willy

    What did I cook this weekend.....

    Cooking up some short ribs today with a coffee infused dry rub. (The usual stuff... Paprika, garlic powder, pepper, celery seed, corriander, all spice, dry mustard ... And 1/4 cup of freshly ground coffee. Going in the smoker around noon.
  8. Willy

    Serious Question About Beer and Working Outdoors

    I won't drink beer in the shower because often times it dilutes the beer due to the splashing.
  9. Willy

    Stir plate and flask

    I made the DIY stir plate out of a computer fan and two strong little magnets super glued to the fan hub. Works great and cost less than $15. I made i little frame for the computer fans out of scrap wood. The fan assembly is slightly recessed - so the flask weight sits on the wood frame and...
  10. Willy

    Who's smoking meat this weekend?

    Doing another smoked eggplant for baba Ghanoush - wow, love that stuff! Heard an interesting line... Smoking food is like hillbilly sous vide. Thought that was pretty funny.
  11. Willy

    How does this brown ale recipe look?

    Looks tasty to me as well - if you want the nut brown color, you should use a little less dark roasted barley to get the SRM to about 14-16 instead of 24.
  12. Willy

    Hello new here

    Welcome sir!
  13. Willy

    Try the Inkbird WiFi Meat Thermometer for free!

    Already have a fan of Inkbird. Got a few. Very interested in the new product. I smoke eggplant, brisket, chicken, pork shoulder and ribs - a solid testing ground. Cheers !
  14. Willy

    Burns from Brewing- what your sq. Inches?

    On my last brew I got a burn on my hand about 1"x1/2" on my hand. Nothing major, more of an annoyance. Don't rest it on the ss recirculation arm during a boil. Yeah. Good idea. I've been brewing a long time and over the years I have gotten burned a bunch of times. Much of it is old dog has...
  15. Willy

    "Life-Hacks" For Homebrewers...Add yours;

    And the beer is just out of the frame.
  16. Willy

    "Life-Hacks" For Homebrewers...Add yours;

    Made me think of a New Glarus Spotted Cow. (Lots of people love it. Not a big fan)
  17. Willy

    "Life-Hacks" For Homebrewers...Add yours;

    I did a thorough beer line cleaning of the 6 taps on the keezer using a 4 way manifold for the first time. You really need a lot of "flow rate" to get all 4 lines cleaning at once and a sump pump in a bucket of BLC/water worked great. I had 4 short 2 1/2 foot lines hooked to the taps and...
  18. Willy

    Homebrewing and HOA's

    Is the chair of the HOA named Karen? If so, there might be a problem
  19. Willy

    Higher temp yeast's

    My experience - I tried to rush the ferment, knowing how quickly Kyveik works... And got that tangy fruit/sour taste I didn't like. That went away after a week or two in the keg. Since then, I let the Voss ferment for at least 12 days... To finish up. More is going on than just the sugars to...
  20. Willy

    What came in the mail for you today?

    I thought about using T's but didn't consider replacing the plug at the end with a T. At present, I am just going to leave and do a double run on the darker ale lines because they should be dirtier ... In theory. :-)
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