I have been receiving kits every other month for about 3 years now (since COVID started) from Homebrew Happy Hour Chub Club and have about 5 to brew. I brewed an Irish Red and Dunkelweizen for the NHC and a Cream Ale Kit because it was old. The Chub Club is doing a Kolsch comp in May so I had...
I just ate here on 19 Feb 2023. We had snow on the ground but the fire pits were going strong. Great Pizza. I tried their Doppelbock and Franconian Braubier. All good. I would like to go when it is a little warmer.
I still use a cooler brew system and poor my wort into the fermenter so it gets oxygenated as it falls the height of the 5 gallon carboy. If I brew a 1.060 or greater brew, I do think about oxygenating but usually save this step for really big beers.
I now use a stainless mesh hop spider in...
I have had the same experience with drying and making into a flour. The spent grain flour doesn't seem to act as a flour substitute and the bread doesn't rise and is very heavy.