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  1. frolickingmonkey

    Community Supported Co-operative Brewing in Bellingham, WA

    I am not sure where best to put this thread, so here it is in General Beer Discussion. If the mods think there's a better fit, please advise/move. A group of local brewers (myself included) is trying to determine the potential level of interest in a cooperative brewery incubator in...
  2. frolickingmonkey

    sourdough spent grain bread

    After my own experiments and success adding spent grain to the popular no-knead bread recipe, I gave some wort and some spent grains to a chef friend of mine to play with. Thought I'd share what she came up with. Below is the recipe, but there's some interesting commentary and research posted...
  3. frolickingmonkey

    Cheap Quick Disconnects (eBay)

    I just bought a a few sets of quick disconnects off eBay for ridiculously cheap. They're used, and I don't know what size they are, but I figure it's worth a shot for the price. He's still got a few sets left if anyone else wants to test the waters...
  4. frolickingmonkey

    A new birthday tradition!

    I recently decided that every year, my birthday will be a brew day. Brewing on my birthday is already a great gift on it's own, but it gets even better... I brew a high gravity beer and age it for an entire year, sampling the first bottle on my next birthday. This year, the beer is/was an...
  5. frolickingmonkey

    Fresh beer vs. Green beer

    About a week ago, I was up in Vancouver, BC for a show. Afterwards, I went out with for dinner and beer with my friends. I had, for the first time, a Red Truck Ale and found it to be quite delicious. So delicious, in fact, that I had... several. :cross: Here's where the thread title comes...
  6. frolickingmonkey

    Freezing your equipment...

    Check out the awesome thing that I just did! :p Can you pick out the autosiphon and tubing in this block of ice? I accidentally left these items in a tray of sanitizer, on the front porch, and this was the result.
  7. frolickingmonkey

    April Brews Day: The Largest Beer Festival in Bellingham (4/25/09)

    Thought I should let my fellow HBT folks in western Washington & lower mainland B.C. know about this upcoming beer festival here in Bellingham... More information can be found here: April Brews Day: The largest beer festival in Bellingham
  8. frolickingmonkey

    Mash efficiency and water chemistry question

    I have made the same pale ale (Edwort's) a few times and consistently get about 65% efficiency. In between two of the pales, I made an Irish stout (Biermuncher's) which came in at 72% efficiency. My process hasn't changed; I'm hitting my temps, volumes, etc, and the crush is the same. I...
  9. frolickingmonkey

    Modest Mash (my "new" setup)

    This is my new setup! It's modest, but it seems to work... the best part is most of the stuff I already had on hand or managed to score for free/cheap. Can't wait to dial in the new process! The first run was today, and all went well. It's a bit of a change from split boils on the stovetop...
  10. frolickingmonkey

    Cleaning a racking cane...

    I kegged a beer a few days ago, late one evening, and forgot about my racking cane and siphon tubing afterwords. It sat out and didn't get rinsed until two days later... So now the cane has got some little dried bits of gunk stuck to the inside. Any advice on how to clean this so I'm not...
  11. frolickingmonkey

    Laaaaaaabel

    It's a label! The floating head is an artistic likeness of myself.
  12. frolickingmonkey

    Cooking with Skunked ESB

    I have a stupid clear glass growler that a friend gave to me. I ended up getting it filled with some Boundary Bay ESB. It sat outside on the porch last night to stay cold, and after two pints it was sleepy time and the growler was forgotten... Of course, today, I went, "Oh ****!" when I...
  13. frolickingmonkey

    Pitching wort onto a cider cake?

    I am using a 3056 Bavarian Wheat to make some apple cider... I'm feeling experimental. My plan is to leave a quart or so of cider in the primary, along with the yeast cake, and throw a half batch of Hefeweizen on it. Has anyone tried something like this? This might make for some "cidery off...
  14. frolickingmonkey

    Slow or stuck cider?

    We crushed and pressed apples from our small orchard and are attempting to make hard cider with 15 gallons of the juice. The fermentation seems ridiculously slow, but I started brewing beer about 3 months ago, and am used to quick fermentation... 10/19 15 gallons of must in a 20 gallon...
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