Recent content by Giggs

Like a lot of hobbies, it comes down to Pride of Ownership and being able to say, "I made this!". Well worth it!

If you like Blue Moon, stay in that same neighborhood and try Hoegaarden and Franziskaner.

Brewing to a style, whether for competition or not, is a fun way to challenge your knowledge and skills. Most of what I brew is off the top of my head based on what I'd like to drink or bring to Club. Maybe once a year, I'll pick a style or two, get a bottle of the reference beer, and do my...

1: Cream Ale 2: ESB 3: Dopplebock 4: Hoppy Amber 5: NEIPA 6: ? Wild Card ?

Shun, period. You can ship them back (your dime) for a "free" sharpening. Well worth it!

Pretty sure your liquid line should be attached to the top of the tap.

+5 NEIPA +5 ESB +5 Huell Melon test 1757

If you want anything like that picture you may need to expand your budget 4 or 5 times.

Yes, when I first did this recipe, I used extract at bottling. Since then I have used puree in a secondary. I have also added it to the primary just after high krausen with good results!

Yeah, brewers tend to name the beer after the style they intended to brew. VERY often the beer becomes something else, but they stick with the name rather than adjusting to what the resulting beer became. This creates a false sense of brewers making "bad" beer rather than the fact that it...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009OWVUJ0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Has worked for me so far. I'm less than 2 months in though.

El Dorado!

I have entered.