Checking in from Utah

[RayInUT]

I've been brewing almost a year. I did two extract batches and jumped into all grain. I love brewing and I love my beer!

 

[Orfy]

Welcome.
What kit do you use?

 

[Section1]

Hi and welcome to HBT. What have you brewed so far?

 

[Parker36]

Welcome to HBT, continue sticking it to the Man in Utah

 

[RayInUT]

Welcome.
What kit do you use?

No kit. I made a lautertun, use a bayou burner, my neighbor's wort chiller and 15 gal kettle. I just use grain and make starters from the yeast at the bottom of bottle conditioned brew. I've been reading on HBT for a long time but finally decided to log in.

 

[RayInUT]

Welcome to HBT, continue sticking it to the Man in Utah

I jusy tried sticking it to the old lady but she got up and made coffee instead. At least she brought me a cup!:rockin:

 

[RayInUT]

Hi and welcome to HBT. What have you brewed so far?

Celis Wit all grain
Belgian Tripel - extract
Kolsch - extract
Ray Daniel's Dangerously Delicious Dunkelweizen all grain
Blueberry Wit
Ballantine XXX clone all grain
Paulaner Hefe clone all grain
Changed Daniel's DDD to a honey orange hefe by not using choco malt and added four pounds of honey and two cups of homemade orange extract, split into two batches (it started as a ten gal batch) and fermented one with Dry Ale yeast, the other with some Weihenstephen I cutlured from a previous atch of dunkel. I've made several batches of some of these. The dunkel and the Ballantine XXX are awesome!

Also mead, Apfelwein, and cider. I did about fifteen gallons of cider and twenty gallons of beer in September!

 

[Borisbbadd]

I jusy tried sticking it to the old lady but she got up and made coffee instead. At least she brought me a cup!:rockin:

Better luck tomorrow morning,

Hi and welcome.

 

[RayInUT]

Better luck tomorrow morning,

Hi and welcome.

Thanks but I'm not waiting til tomorrow! The coffee was damn good though. Sumatra from Beans and Brew. They roast good coffee beans! I pity those in Utah that have never tasted it!

 

[greggor]

Hey Ray Welcome to the forum. Where in Utah are you from?? I'm up in Ogden. We are starting up a homebrew club up here for all those who are interested.

 

[RayInUT]

I'm in Draper. Ogden's a long drive. Too far even for beer. There is an HBS up there that I want to check out sometime. It looks nice on the web.

 

[Revvy]

Hey, it's a criminal Utahian Brewer!!! Welcome you scofflaw!

I just heard the legalization bill made it through one more committee...so you may no longer be a criminal by early next year.

 

[Christian]

Welcome Ray....always good to see another Utahn in here.

 

[RayInUT]

Hey, it's a criminal Utahian Brewer!!! Welcome you scofflaw!

I just heard the legalization bill made it through one more committee...so you may no longer be a criminal by early next year.

Wouldn't that take some of the fun out of it though? My great grandmother supported the family during prohibition selling bathtub gin in Western NY.

 

[Malticulous]

Hello from St. George. I wish there was another brewer down here. I feel lonely.

 

[RayInUT]

Hello from St. George. I wish there was another brewer down here. I feel lonely.

There are probably plenty of brewers down there...they just don't want to get snitched out to the bishop so they stay low key!

 

[RayInUT]

Any other Utah brewers out there?

 

[FiddleTilDeath]

Hey! I'm out in South Salt Lake!
The Beer Nut on State street has been taking very good care of us... and our beer has been taking care of us!

do you ski?

 

[RayInUT]

Used to ski a lot. Haven't so much since I moved to Utah...go figure. The Beernut is a good place. I think I'm going to start buying my grain in bulk though to save money. The dunkel I brewed on Thanksgivng cost me $35 in grains and I didn't buy any yeast. I recultured my yeast from some old bottles from the last batch.

 

[greggor]

Wondering if there would be enough interest in bulk grain purchase in Utah. I am going to run it by our brew club members. Anyone else in Utah interested??
I'm spending 60+ average per 10 gal batch

 

[RayInUT]

I'd be in for a bulk grain purchase. I do a lot of wheat beers so I'd probably be inclined towards a six row but I suppose a two row would be okay too. I do five pounds of six row and six poundsof wheat in my dunkel along with two pounds of Munich and 1/4 pound of chocolate malt. I've got some to rack into secondary tomorrow. How about sharing yeasts? That would be a REAL money saver. I like the weihenstephan (3068) for my hefes. If anyone wants some, I should have it washed in a day or two.

 

[DragonTail]

Welcome

 

[Christian]

Hey! I'm out in South Salt Lake!
The Beer Nut on State street has been taking very good care of us... and our beer has been taking care of us!

do you ski?

I used to go to the Beer Nut as well but now go to Art's Brewing Supplies 642 s. Washington St. in Downtown Salt Lake. He is SOOOO much cheaper then Beer Nut, WAYYY bigger selection WAYYYYY more knowledgeable and helpful. You should seriously check his store out you wont be sorry. He has a website as well ART'S BREWING SUPPLIES

 

[Pimpfoot]

Howdy from Pleasant grove! I just started brewing a few months ago, got a few batches done and a keg in the fridge. If you utah people ever have a get together let me know!

 

[RayInUT]

I used to go to the Beer Nut as well but now go to Art's Brewing Supplies 642 s. Washington St. in Downtown Salt Lake. He is SOOOO much cheaper then Beer Nut, WAYYY bigger selection WAYYYYY more knowledgeable and helpful. You should seriously check his store out you wont be sorry. He has a website as well ART'S BREWING SUPPLIES

Where is Washington Street? I live in Draper but go to the Beernut just because I know where it is. Actually, Jamie is pretty helpful. Are the hops much cheaper at Art's? That's where the Beernut kills me. The IPA that I make has about fifteen dollars of grain in it but the hops cost me another twelve! I use two and a half ounces of cascape and one ounce of nugget!

 

[RayInUT]

Howdy from Pleasant grove! I just started brewing a few months ago, got a few batches done and a keg in the fridge. If you utah people ever have a get together let me know!

Wassup! Maybe if they make it legal here some day we can have a big festival. Maybe if they legalize prostitution then we could invite hookers too! We'll, I'm skeptical that either will happen anytime soon in Utah but it was a fun thought for a second!

 

[Christian]

Where is Washington Street? I live in Draper but go to the Beernut just because I know where it is. Actually, Jamie is pretty helpful. Are the hops much cheaper at Art's? That's where the Beernut kills me. The IPA that I make has about fifteen dollars of grain in it but the hops cost me another twelve! I use two and a half ounces of cascape and one ounce of nugget!

At The Beer Nut Jamie is the only one who really knows what she is talking about but she isn't there half the time. But what she knows pails in comparison to what Art does. His shop has been around for over 20 years and he has a MUCH bigger selection and yes cheaper hops.

Washington St. is a small little alley/street that runs north/south in between 6 and 7th and 2nd and 3rd west. So if your coming from Draper it's actually faster to get to from the freeway. Just take I-15 to the 6th south exit and once you pass 300 west (which is right off the exit) turn right onto Washington and his shop is on the right hand side halfway down.

 

[RayInUT]

At The Beer Nut Jamie is the only one who really knows what she is talking about but she isn't there half the time. But what she knows pails in comparison to what Art does. His shop has been around for over 20 years and he has a MUCH bigger selection and yes cheaper hops.

Washington St. is a small little alley/street that runs north/south in between 6 and 7th and 2nd and 3rd west. So if your coming from Draper it's actually faster to get to from the freeway. Just take I-15 to the 6th south exit and once you pass 300 west (which is right off the exit) turn right onto Washington and his shop is on the right hand side halfway down.

One of the guys at the Beernut told me that I couldn't repitch yeast from one batch to the next. Funny, that is the way I do most of my batches and it seems to work fine. I even make a starter using the dregs from the bottom of a few bottles of my beer so I don't have to by more liquid yeast at $8.00 a vial. I've used bottles that have been sitting around for months. I just did that with a dunkelweizen and I think it started faster than when I originally pitched the first batch months ago. Has anyone had problems doing that? It seems easier than trying to store yeast that I've washed.

 

[Christian]

One of the guys at the Beernut told me that I couldn't repitch yeast from one batch to the next. Funny, that is the way I do most of my batches and it seems to work fine. I even make a starter using the dregs from the bottom of a few bottles of my beer so I don't have to by more liquid yeast at $8.00 a vial. I've used bottles that have been sitting around for months. I just did that with a dunkelweizen and I think it started faster than when I originally pitched the first batch months ago. Has anyone had problems doing that? It seems easier than trying to store yeast that I've washed.

That is another reason why i switched to Arts, i'm still somewhat new to this, about a year and 24 batches or so. I learned about re-pitching yeast from threads on here and talked to the guys down at the beer nut about it. They told me i couldn't do that and wouldn't help me with it. Art sat me down the first time i went into his store and told me step by step how to do it, i hadn't even purchased anything yet. It was just free advice.

 

[RayInUT]

That is another reason why i switched to Arts, i'm still somewhat new to this, about a year and 24 batches or so. I learned about re-pitching yeast from threads on here and talked to the guys down at the beer nut about it. They told me i couldn't do that and wouldn't help me with it. Art sat me down the first time i went into his store and told me step by step how to do it, i hadn't even purchased anything yet. It was just free advice.

Two really good books are "How to Brew" and "Designing Great Beers". I've learned everything from those two books and this website. A friend taught me to do my first batch but he is still doing extract and I've moved on to all grain. I might go to Art's this afternoon and check it out.