Recent content by Encinoman

I did the NB smashing pumpkin kit as well, however I used two whole pumpkin pie pumpkins. Cut them in half, de-seeded/ de-stemmed them and put them in a casserole dish with about 2 inches of water, covered with foil and baked them for an hour. After baking, I removed the skins then I pureed the...

Yes one day when I had too much Dijon mustard on a sandwich, followed by food poisoning and an extensive night of drinking duck fart shots. Two things I tend to avoid now.

The Beast is definitely the worst macro beer. I remember having a beer at a festival last year that literally tasted like vomit and rotting cheese, i spit it out and had to get a new tasting glass because i didn't want it to mix with any of the other great beers i was tasting. I wish I...

My home depot in Vegas has 5 gals. for 18.29 and 10 gals for 39.95 just though id share, its the cheapest i've found them and its 20 bucks cheaper than certain sites are selling them right now. I picked 2 up today.

If I win i'll buy a new carboy to go with it!

So I work in a restaurant and constantly use this stuff called Dip-It to clean coffee and tea stains off of our tea urns and coffee pots and pitchers. I have had issues cleaning the stains and aromas out of my fermenting bucket. I've soaked it in oxy clean, PBW and even tried bleach (in small...

So confused, time to RDWDAHB...I just had someone say something to me on my last thread telling me that ABV effects hop utilization, along with doing a full boil. Now thinking that I have learned from that, thinking its the best method, I come to this thread to find different. I have done 6...

Okay I get it now. I have been using a little more water (3 gallons, rather than the recommended 2.5 gallons) for my boils lately, but using the full 5 gallons of water during the boil is the best way to utilize my hops. In that case I'm looking forward to doing a full boil the next time around...

So a full boil is recommended for an IPA style (AKA more bitter beer), is what I'm getting here. If I wanted to do a full boil and wanted to keep the gravity where it is. Would I just add some more DME to make up the difference? Most importantly, will the beer still be drinkable when switching...

What is the difference between Partial Boil and full boil? SWMBO just got me a new turkey fryer with a 30 qt. pot for my b-day, so I can now do a full 5 gallon boil. But, haven't yet. I was also considering a Partial Mash Beer kit here soon too. When the tax return comes in hopefully i'll be...

I just brewed the Northern Brewer Sierra Madre (Sierra Nevada Clone) extract kit yesterday and I purchased 2 oz. of whole leaf Cascades with it as well. I have been wanting to dry hop a beer for a while and figured that this might be the best one to try it on. Should I try none, one or two...

To make a starter you'll need to buy DME and in that case you'll be spending the 6 bucks anyway. At 1.047 you don't really need a starter, when using the dry yeast its not recommended anyway. You could just buy liquid yeast and not have to go through the hassle, while spending 2 or 3 bucks...

AhhHaa! thanks for the help

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6rDZKK9L8j5Jp3cprpXkFbpDJaXok1XOWAs5Fp0sYkQ?feat=directlink I have no idea if this will work or not, but here goes or this? http://picasaweb.google.com/Overton.CJ/UntitledAlbum?feat=directlink

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=fab3db00f5&view=att&th=12ce77a2a7f9fd7b&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw Pretty rookie job but It turned out okay, I didnt use Crayola crayons I used the generic store brand Jumbo Crayons. I used 7 jumbos instead of 12 little ones and used 22 sticks of hot glue...