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  1. MacBruver

    First batch of wine from fresh juice, a couple questions...

    File me under the "yet another homebrewer trying out winemaking" category. I got an email forward about a local winery selling red zin juice for $5 a gallon and I figured- that's a price I can handle! I picked up 10 gallons of juice, which according to the specs they told me was at 23 brix...
  2. MacBruver

    LOTS of Low AA hops, added really late...

    I'm brewing this Two Hearted clone this weekend. The recipe specifies 9.5% AA centennial hops, but mine are much lower closer to 6%. On top of that, I'm really interested in trying this late hopping technique, shifting the majority of the hops to the last 20 minutes or so. That means even...
  3. MacBruver

    Quick n' Dirty draft tap return spring

    After bumping the tap handles on my kegerator one too many times, I started to search for a way to easily put some return springs on the tap handles. I know that they sell taps that have these, but I have some lovely Perlick 525's that I'm not about to give up. After futzing around with rubber...
  4. MacBruver

    Good starter kit for yeast culturing

    I just came across this kit, and it pretty much has everything you need to culture yeast: * Agar culturing media (25 g bottle) * Beaker, 250 mL * Petri (culturing) dishes, glass, 100 mm (4) * Test tubes, 15x125mm (pack of 12) * Inoculating loop, 24-gauge nichrome w/ metal handle * Pipette...
  5. MacBruver

    Yet another all grain first time- Biermuncher's Black Pearl Porter

    My friend's birthday is coming up this month, and even though time is short I thought I'd try and make him a batch of beer as a present. Why I decided to choose this exact moment to do all grain for the first time is beyond me... but really, how hard can this be? The basics: 8lb pale (I used...
  6. MacBruver

    My sourdough starter went a bit nuts...

    Ok, so I started a sourdough starter about 36 hours ago, and just got around to checking it now. It was in a pint container, which was (obviously) about half full with a cup of water and a cup of flour. When I got home about 5 hours ago, it had some good bubbles showing on the surface. When I...
  7. MacBruver

    Today's "leftovers special" amber ale / cider brew...

    I had a bunch of random stuff kicking around, and I've been wanting to try a hybrid ale / cider brew... so today was the day. I just got done racking my belgian pale ale to secondary with a healthy dose of saaz dry hopping, so I had a cake of WLP550 that was begging for some experimentation. I...
  8. MacBruver

    Belgian fermentation temperature profile

    I've searched a bit on this, but I can't really find a definitive guide. I've got a belgian pale ale fermenting with WLP550. It was oxygenated pretty heavily, and within 24 hours it was going crazy, blowing off a whole bunch. The temperature was around 75. At 36 hours, the temperature had...
  9. MacBruver

    Midwest "Hop Scare" IPA kit tweaks

    Looking for ideas on what to do with this IPA. I'm thinking of turning it into a full-on DIPA, with some more whole leaf hops and a bit more fermentables. Any other ideas? 6 lb Briess Gold LME 2 lb light DME 1 lb. Caravienne Hops: 0.75 oz Warrior 60 min 0.5 oz Amarillo 30 min 0.5 oz...
  10. MacBruver

    Decent deal at Target on wire shelving

    I just picked up this 5 shelf unit, 72" high by 48" wide by 18" deep from target for 49 bucks. It's on sale through the rest of the week. They have a bunch of different sizes, but I figured I'd get the biggest they had. It says on the box that each shelf can hold "up to 235 lbs, evenly...
  11. MacBruver

    Just tasted my cherry cider at 1 week...

    I just grabbed a sample of my batch of cherry cider (1 gallon cider, 8 oz of cherry concentrate) and it seems to be going well. OG was 1.060, and it's already down to 1.000... this stuff is done!!! I tasted the sample, and it seems like it will be good. It's pretty tart right now, but...
  12. MacBruver

    Help me customize my kit brew- Midwest "Hop Scare" IPA

    This will only be my second brew, but since IPA's are my current favorite style of beer, I'd like to make this one a bit more custom. Here's the recipe: 6 lb Briess Gold LME 2 lb light DME 1 lb. Caravienne Hops: 0.75 oz Warrior 60 min 0.5 oz Amarillo 30 min 0.5 oz Amarillo 15 min 2...
  13. MacBruver

    Re-using ale yeast from stout for apfelwein?

    Over the last couple days I've been getting more and more interested in Apfelwein- hard not to with the emphatic responses it gets here- and I want to make a batch. I just got done reading the sticky here about yeast, and I noticed that the yeast I'm using- WLP002- is one of the "sorta"...
  14. MacBruver

    First batch is humming right along!

    Well, I'm on day 3 of fermentation of my first batch of beer, and everything seems to be going smoothly. I'm brewing a java stout kit from Midwest Supplies. Target OG is 1.042 to 1.046, and I think I ended up right around the middle of that. It's pretty tough to read the hydrometer with such...
  15. MacBruver

    Long time listener, first time brewer... from orange county, CA

    Hey folks! I'm getting ready to brew my first batch of beer tomorrow. I'll be using the Java Stout kit from Midwest Supplies, along with one of their equipment kits. I can't wait! Waiting that long will be hard enough, let alone the weeks and weeks it'll be before I can drink it. :) I...
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