Recent content by Corbin

Username: Corbin. Same as here.

After asking about the refill vs swap dilemma several of you had some great suggestions about getting a new tank refilled including fire extinguisher places. In my case I have a pretty new CO2 tank and didn't want to swap for a pre-filled used tank. Some of you may have been able to buy a used...

Thanks for all of the responses. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had the swap/refill dilemma. I'll check into the fire extinguisher thing and see what I can come up with. Concerning the cold-fill option, I'll see if my local place fills by weight or by pressure; If they fill by weight then...

I bought 2 soda kegs at a garage sale for less than $30. To compliment my newly acquired stainless steel beauties, I decided to get a CO2 tank, lines, fittings... the list goes on. Now I've got this brand new shiny CO2 tank from Northern Brewer and I call the local gas place (Airgas - here...

I boiled my starter wort. I prepared it just like I do my beer, but without hops. Mash, sparge, boil, chill, pitch yeast, shake well, jam an air lock on it (also sanitized) and put it in a dark closet. I am willing to believe that it got too warm during fermentation. No air moves in the closet.

Personally I think mixing college girls and PBR is a great idea. Me and bigfoot have practically made a past time out of it....

I have tried to ferment using cranberries before and failed. I imagine that the cranberries will impart flavor into the beer, which might be nice. Maybe you'll have better luck finding fermentables in cranberries than I did, but I'm not convinced that cranberries have enough sugar to make a...

Two weeks ago I had a brew day in which we completed two all grain brews; A pale ale and a stout. I gathered grain and hops from various sources and drove off to my not-so-local HBS with assurances that they had a great yeast selection only to discover after over an hour of driving that they...

First of all, thank you very much the time you have all given to help me with this. I have extra 2 row, black patent, and roasted barley. I was just worried about getting too much burned/charcoal flavor in it, or conversely, with additional 2 row, not enough dark color. I don't have any...

I appreciate the feedback; I have more roasted barley, I may up the amount. Brew day is tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Friends, drunkenmen, low men, lend me your beers! I am making a stout and as I've never made one before it only seems appropriate to make up my own recipe as well. I checked out the recipe for the stone imperial stout in an earlier thread and liked what I saw, but had some other ideas in my...

Food is not taxed unless you live in Tennessee. Everything that is sold is taxed at the local rate of 9.25% in Johnson City, including food. Good thing there isn't an income tax. Although as I'm spending more than I'm making, maybe I should consider moving... Steering back on topic - My...

I lack what folks like to call "experience" in brewing, however, I used 1/2 cup (4 fl. oz.) of corn sugar for a 5 gallon batch for a pale ale that I made and it came out well carbonated, which probably means that it wasn't appropriate for the style. I used 3/4 cup (6 fl. oz) in my last...

“When an isohumulone is struck by light of a certain wave length, one branch of it will vibrate and, eventually, break off. The broken piece will then combine with a molecule of hydrogen sulfide (of which beer always contains a trace) to form a mercaptan (organic compound with an –SH group) that...

As has already been mentioned, it’s best to ask what not to use. Some brands have already been mentioned, but there is more to it and as the subject has already been touched upon, allow me to expand. Matt is right, sunlight destroys hops. In the presence of sunlight there are certain...