Recent content by jdubdvdt

I just paid $55 for a 55lb sack of 2row on my way home from a work trip. Thought that was pretty cheap all things considered. My closer shop an hour away is selling it for $70. Looks like you're doing pretty well then.

I have bought through them before. The owner is pretty old school. I wonder if he will retire anytime soon. I grabbed a 55lb sack of 2-row from him last Thursday driving through town. RiteBrew seems to have some pretty good prices for those in the Midwest. It is tough to support the local...

I wanted to go through RiteBrew, but they have a shipping map that shows 4 days in transit from them to Florida. Ordered a few liquid yeasts directly from White Labs (yeastman). With overnight shipping you really can't beat it. They have some great limited release strains I am pretty interested...

I love to support my LHBS, but it is tough sometimes with requiring special orders for certain beers. I can't seem to get my hands on Que Bueno, WLP940, or OYL113 at any of the home brew shops near me in Florida. Most of them said 4-6 weeks to get an order in summer (we live in Florida, I get...

picking up everything for this recipe tonight. Hoping I will get some time by mid next week to brew it. Pretty excited for this one.

Is HopsDirect any good? Are their older packages of pellet hops packaged well? Honestly those prices are killer. I found some hops I buy regularly for $0.25/oz that I pay $1.49-$2/oz at my LHBS. I would be able to get some recipes under $14 with those prices.

I think Modelo Especial is better than regular Corona. I always need a good light lager to drink when its 98F and I just got doing work outside. I typically keep Yuengling in my fridge, but I am working making some lagers for pool season. I get the hate, but honestly I can't do a bunch of hard...

Not much from me. Been drinking Magnum Exotics Blue Jamaica from Costco for a few years now. Grind my beans every morning with my Baratza Virtuoso and brew in my Bonavita. Good enough to keep me going for cheap.

That's awesome. We are on Well. So no chlorine, but it's pretty hard and the pH is definitely way out of whack. I may send it off. Anything I can do to make brewday more simple and less money. The FG on my recipe will be quite a bit higher if I hit a high efficiency. I suppose if I hit a higher...

Method: All Grain Style: Munich Helles Boil Time: 90 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Pre Boil Size: 7.8 gallons Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate) Efficiency: 75% (brew house) Calories: 169 calories (Per 12oz) Carbs: 19.2 g (Per 12oz)...

My local shop has WLP860 in stock. I might have to try it out. If it works out, I might harvest and do a side by side with the dry yeast and see if I can tell any differences. Pretty busy summer planned, but hope I can at least get this batch done with the liquid yeast.

Have you used WLP860 Munich Helles? Not much info out here on HBT.

Back to the recipe. It is calling for Hallertau. Is this Mittelfruh or Hersbrucker? I presume not Traditional, since it is listed at 3.8 AAU which is closest to the current Mittelfruh offerings.

I will see if my local shop has it. Or I might be waiting until winter-ish time to order it. Thanks for the suggestion. I guess that one is the engineered version. OYL437

Let us know how it turns out. I have some 34/70 sitting here.