Recent content by Nargan

I made a batch of this a couple of weeks ago after a hiatus of about 9 months from homebrewing. I've made about 12 recipes, so far, over the course of nearly 3 years (yeah, I'm a slacker). Only one or two so far have been better than just "ok" in my opinion. This one still has a week or two left...

I tried this again, today. My previous failure left me nervous. Being new to all-grain, there were some things I goofed up during the last attempt. My old thermometer was inaccurate so my last batch wasn't mashed at the right temp. I purchased a new one and calibrated it prior to starting...

Of the ones I've had, Green Flash's "Palate Wrecker" which I've heard has ~148 IBUs.

I had been looking forward to this one for months. I finally got the equipment to switch from extract to all grain so this weekend was finally time to do it. Unfortunately, it was a disaster and didn't turn out as intended. In the end, I discovered that my cheapo budget thermometer appears to be...

My 5th beer. To be fair, it was a 1 gallon joke batch made using a bunch of leftover ingredients I had laying around and I used Wyeast Abbey II yeast just to be extra silly. It fermented too hot on top of everything and came out tasting like hot (11.7%) banana Runts candy. Terrible and...

Isn't this kind of what Green Flash does to produce Palate Wrecker? I read somewhere that they make a ~75IBU "IPA" wort that's then used instead of water for the Palate Wrecker mash. Even their description is: It's the most complicated West Coast - inspired IPA we have ever brewed - mashing and...

Definitely listen to this guy. The "sour" category is often a broad catchall for a bunch of different styles. Brettanomyces yeast is often the reason for "funky" beer and a lot of people hate it. A lot of people love it. Bacteria like Lactobacillus and Pediococcus are often the reason for the...

I wish to retract my previous entry and submit a new "worst" for me: New Planet Pale Ale. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/new-planet-pale-ale/132836/ Reviews such as: "I’m not 100% sure I know what gluten is, but after sampling a beers that don’t have any I have decided I want beer...

I recently had a bottle of Hair of the Dog "Adam" batch #3 from 1994. They still have bottles of it they've saved and sell at their Portland brew pub. Each 12oz bottle is $50. My friend was a little intoxicated and decided it sounded like a good idea. I was pretty worried about what a 19 year...

The Craigslist ad got taken down. After this spread like wildfire across the internet, I think they had to do a little damage control. Also this: http://aleheads.com/2013/06/17/we-do-not-plan/#more-17219

There is also some information in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsCEuEnnv9E

:rolleyes: Hey, everybody. We found that guy.

My first attempt was all-grain, as well. I went with this recipe because I was lazy and it was the first 1-gallon IPA recipe I found. I wasn't paying attention and my mash temp went WAY past what it should be for a while (175). I transferred to my bigger pot which had a diameter far too large...

On one of my first dates with my girlfriend, she misspelled my first name (Nathan) on her phone. It immediately became my nickname.

I still have a 2006 bottle of this sitting in my fridge. I haven't been able to force myself to open it.