last week got my leaking propane tank replaced from a hardware store instead of walmart.. night and day. this tank was pristine.. painted fresh.. brand new control valve. beautiful. the one I got from walmart looked like they took someones 10 year old tank and just refilled it.. rusty.. got a leak d...

I think it's a stratification issue. I just brewed a wit with lme and dme and mini mash. target og was 1.05. stirred the heck out of it and did a hydrometer test which said 1.05 on the bean. since the fruit juice test on the hydrometer vs the refractomer was only off by about .002 im chalking it up ...

whew. I was this close to calling an intervention. giving up beer... indeed. the very idea is just .. sick. IT'S MADNESS I TELL YA!

ok.. going with the gold malt lme, some caramalt and el dorado with the ahtanum hops.. a dry hop...
making an ipa.

thanks. that will be after a wheat, and a Russian ipa which ive got scheduled soon.

man I missed brewing.

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stir before sampling: no temp - the refractometer uses a thin swipe of a sample. it should have been room temp by the time the cover glass went on, which is close to the temp the meter was graded at. scale and weight checks out. I did a test. specific grav of a juicy juice type bevvie with hydromete...

ok heres my available hops .. hallertau tetnang ahtnam summit Amarillo moteuka sorachi which would pair nice with Eldorado.. ? what style? figures id have 4 oz of Eldorado. no wonder I got them so cheap if they turn things into baby aspirin and jolly ranchers lol. I have about 6 lbs northern brewer ...

I do the math ... for a 3 gallon batch with the malt I added and steeping grains I should be hitting 1.05. I do the boil for an hour of 3 gals.. top to 3 gals... hit 10 brix. 1.04. ive done the math every which way but in Chinese and backwards... plugged and chugged on various recipe calculators and...

thanks for the replies... baby aspirin? ick! okay i'll go through my hops stash and list later what all I have to see if theres a good paring. Mashani - I trust your taste buds :) you haven't been wrong yet in anything suggested to me over the years. im not a huge fan of baby aspirin and jolly ranch...

never had Eldorado before .. got 4 oz on sale from hbs. ive got 6 lbs of northern brewer gold malt lme to spare. any good recipe ideas to showcase the Eldorado with the malt? I can get steeping grains. would an Eldorado ipa made from this lme be tasty? looking to do a 3 gallon batch. thanks for any ...

thanks all... much appreciated.

got a mess of lme (unhopped) during a sale and am piecing together recipes to maximize use of full containers at a time between 2 batches. with the left over malt from one batch I was thinking of doing something like this: batch 2.5 gallons, boil 2.5 gallons, boil time 60 mins. yeast wlp400 witbier ...

anyone use this extract to make a stout? looking for ideas to spruce it up. don't want to add sugar. would like to add dme dark. don't care if it is sweet or dry or ... just tasty. got .6 oz cascade sitting around... thinking of doing a 1-2 lb dme 30 min boil with the hops... would like suggestions ...

in their defense.. at least mr beer is taking customer satisfaction seriously. they've been trying over the last year or so since the great forum fiasco they had soured a lot of ppl on them. yes, their email sounds very very needy.. comically so.. but.. that is better than not caring. i also like th...

i have a real crappy digital cam... but... if I do this I will come here and post pics and review. cream ales are usually quick beers and don't require tons of aging so.. note to self: remind wife next cabbage day to use mineral water and not tap. hell If she makes a big enough batch I can use the c...

only problem i can see with this: wife uses baking soda in the water. 1 tsp alone will jack the ph of the mash to almost 7ph. i would have to add lactic acid or acidulated malt to knock it down. or she has to boil it without it... which can make the cabbage tough.