Recent content by unkyjack

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FWIW . . . The Basic Brewing guys have been looking into how long it takes to brew 1-gallon batches. They just did a video -- "Speedy All Grain Stout" -- where they timed their brew day. It was a pretty quick.

FYI BBS fans . . . They have a new recipe book coming out in May. It's titled Make Some Beer. Although I don't see it mentioned anywhere on the BBS website, it's already listed for pre-order on Amazon . . . http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804137633/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

FYI BBS fans . . . They have a new recipe book coming out in May. It's titled Make Some Beer. Although I don't see it mentioned anywhere on the BBS website, it's already listed for pre-order on Amazon . . . http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804137633/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

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Whoa! Wait a minute. I thought these are the Hanson brothers.

I lost my dog to cancer last November and I'm still having a hard time getting over it. She was my constant companion and I miss her every day. So, I can imagine how it would feel to have a dog die from hop poisoning. Interestingly enough, the owners of a LHBS have two or three Golden...

I have a chocolate-coffee stout conditioning right now in which I used cold-brewed coffee. This was my first time trying the cold-brew technique. Basically, I followed the cold-brewing info in one of the Basic Brewing videos on YouTube. The idea is not to heat the coffee at all because doing so...

George Washington's beer recipe. And as a bonus, here's an HBT thread about Thomas Jefferson's ale.

Cold crashing has helped when I've tried it. With cold crashing, you put the fermenter in the refrigerator for a day or two. When you're ready to bottle, take the fermenter out of the fridge a few hours ahead of time to let the beer come to room temperature. Then bottle as usual. I've found...

Sounds like you want to make Inmate Brew.

Taste tested a bottle of my Spring Lager (Brooklyn Brew Shop recipe) that's been conditioning for the past week. Carbonation was good and it was mighty tasty. The rest of the batch should be ready for the fridge in about seven more days.

Be relentless about sanitizing. Sanitize virtually everything you'll be using during bottling, that includes the bottles, bottle caps, bottling bucket, tubing, hydrometer, racking cane/auto-siphon, etc., etc. Also, take a glance at this Brooklyn Brew Shop thread. You might find answers there...

Natural fibers like sisal and jute can pick up odors. Maybe the twine you bought was contaminated by being stored near gas or oil or some other chemical. There's a lot of smelly stuff in hardware stores that could make your twine stinky. This is my first season growing hops and I went with...

I have the same mill. Bought it from Discount Tommy . . . $24.95 shipped. It's not a precision item, but it works great! You should take a look at this thread for 151 pages of info on Corona mills and mods for them.