Recent content by Patzaquel

Hi guys, I thought I would post to say hello. I'm still here out at the lake. I just bottled my 4th batch of "Patzaquel IPA". I started in earnest earlier in the year and have been selling about half of it. One of the hostels in San Marcos has lots of Brooklyn IPA bottles looking for a good...

Quinfica is a company in the city that sell herbs and herbal medicines. here's a link to their site. http://www.quinfica.com/english.asp My GF has dealt with them for several years, very nice people and easy to deal with. I got the powdered hops this time, as they were out of whole hops...

Hi guys I thought I would update you on my recipe from 22nd August. Well, after 45 days or so of proper bubbling (plus a wait of 10 days to make sure) I finally got it into bottles last week, in time to get another batch on the go for this full moon. It tasted rather good, GF approval rating of...

Sorry guys, things really are not working out at this end for me to get into the city this weekend. I hope to be able to make the next one.

Right now, the prospects are looking good that I'll be there, although I need a couple more days to be sure. It will be my first time out in the city at night (I've only been here 4 years :o ) So from what I have seen and read, Cheers is on the Oakland Mall end of 13a Calle, right? I'm thinking...

So with the power off all day, and a full moon, it seemed like an ideal brew day. I formulated an ESB using DC LME and panela. The only slight worry was the yeast which I harvested from my last batch. I did everything as sanitised as I could, but when I made up the starter I kid of expected a...

Thanks very much for your input, this is an exciting time :D I'm relieved about the hydrometer. The calculator looks very interesting, I remember using similar programs (in MS-DOS) about 20 years ago to calculate predicted molecular weights of polymers. I found one here too, where I can switch...

So my hops have arrived! Q38 the pound from Quinfica, powdered this time, no whole flowers for a couple of months apparently, so I hope they swell enough to strain out. I had a trip to the airport to pick up a friend, which gave me just enough time to get some LME from DC too. Yeast I harvested...

Great, thanks for the help and advice. They offer whole or powdered hops, I'm guessing I'll have some chopping to do as the powdered stuff will be too fine to sieve out.

Do you think the Qiunfica hops would work with this? I have no supplies left at all, but my GF will be ordering from Quinfica in the next week or so, so I should be able to get their hops. I should be able to get the LME shipped out to me too. Another question, in your opinion would subbing the...

I went for MMS as it eventually breaks down into sodium chloride and oxygen and so little is used I feel it would have a negligible effect on taste. At that level it's safe for internal use (can be used to cure malaria in fact). Maybe I'm a little over cautious at the moment, I am very much a...

Another question, did anyone try disinfection of equipment or bottles with MMS or ozone? I have been using MMS, then oven drying for bottles, which seems to be effective. MMS is sodium chlorite, used in meat industry for disinfecting carcasses without damaging flavour. I have an ozone generator...

I had a look through the threads, sept 7, but where? I may be able to make it, it will depend on business at the time. If you want some organic atitlan coffee from my land to try in your porter, let me know. Did anyone ever try a roasted amaranth or ramon nut in a brew? I saw about rosa de...

I don't know what happened to my last post, so I'll introduce myself here. I am very new to brewing and have very basic kit here. So far I have been making Woodfordes Wherry and Woodfordes Norfolk Nog from kits, and both have turned out very good, although after Gallo/Moza/Cabro/(insert GT beer...