Recent content by drunkbastard

I live in East TN., but have been to the quad cities and found them all to be pretty nice. I won about a grand in the casino...(Bettendorf, I think) I usually don't post on here, mainly because I don't like asking for help. And I'm not a paid member, so I don't wanna leech resources. So...

Man, I wish you were right. I started out in this hobby with really low expectations....like I wanted beer that was financially smart to make and have it taste better than your average bud or michelob. Ok, one last thing. I have in a secondary a dry irish stout. (NB) It's been in...

1. - tap, but with a carbon filter....hmm just typing that makes me curious. 2. - is it the fluctuation in temperature or just a maximum temperature that it shouldn't get that hot ? Both of my current batches were fermented around 68 - 70 3. - they didn't stay 4 weeks, but would the...

Both of the ones currently in the bottle have been in there almost 3 months. I usually try one after a couple of weeks and hope that it gets a lot better after it gets fully carbed....it never does. I guess the taste could best be described as alcoholy hot. But honestly I haven't had that...

Ok, so here's the deal...I have been "homebrewing" for maybe a year and I have only made one batch that's been satisfactory. I can't really classify it as homebrewing because I've poured out like 3 of the 6 batches I have made. Currently I have in the bottle two northernbrewer.com recipes...

Knoxvegas....(IMO the best part)

Just found the site and I am overwhelmed by the wealth of knowledge here. I've never homebrewed before, but I think I'm going to give it a chance.