Recent content by Hella_Sinful

Creamy Head

I guess it is all about what you want to do. Personally, I have never seen bad results from a dry yeast packet. At $1.69 per packet, I think I will stay with that. I have tried the wet vials and the smackpacks, but did not see/taste/smell any noticeable difference. For me, it is just not...

nothing . . . I grabbed a cup of Hazelnut Vanilla Espresso and sat down to check on HBT & FB . . . plumb forgot about music . . . which reminds me, iHeartRadio on my iPad, last set on 101.3 KGOT, hiphop hits normally, but now it is the morning idiot show and the occasional dubstep remix . . ...

"No good deed goes unpunished." - Murphy's Law I do the right thing anyway, and if it bothers them, I will do it again out of spite . . . just the way I am.

The extracts they sell in brewshops is non-fermentable (at least all the ones I have seen are) while the coffee flavoring has loads of sugar and potential fermentables. The preservatives in the coffee flavorings might mess with your brew as well. Most likely you would end up with either...

When it comes to in-laws, I am a royal prick. When they want to be decent, I am decent . . . when they want to be intrusive, I become very abrasive. They usually don't stay for long after that. My best suggestion is to let her come over, when she gets annoying, announce that you are going to...

I have brewed that exact recipe before. If you add the sugar, it will boost the ABV a bit but add virtually nothing to the flavor. If you use DME, it adds to the ABV and it also adds more flavor to the beer. Either way, the can is likely 3.3 or 3.5 lbs (depending on which can you have) of...

I am off this week and next, so I will be brewing a bunch. A friend asked me to show him the ropes of homebrew . . . made my day! Of course, for his first brew, he wanted to go complicated. He shows me a recipe for a "Strawberry Wit" of sorts, which is not all bad, but seems rather vague...

<raises hand> . . . for the darker brews I use a 7-gal carboy. Darker brews tend to have more "explosive" start up. I wouldn't worry about lost yeast . . . just watch your hydrometer readings. You do not get a better fermentation with more yeast, just faster, and not by much . . . it's not...

Nut House Brown Ale . . . recipe courtesy of Arctic Brewing Supply, Inc. in Anchorage, AK. This seems to go best with a nice Steak & Potato dinner, but I like it all the same. 7 lbs Light Malt Extract 1/4 lb Chocolate Malt 1 lb Crystal Malt 120°L 1/2 lb Flaked Barley 2 oz Perle hops (1...

Like many others, when I first read this question, my mind went totally blank. I was like, "WTF? Is there nobody I would toss back a pint or three with?" Then my mind went on a tirade of listing out all of the people I would love to spend time just listening to, not to mention conversing with...

Good advice here...drill at slow speeds with oil to cool it. Cutting oil is not for lubricant, it is for cooling. Make sure you have a drill bit designed for metal and drill slow with decent pressure, don't "reef" on it, but good steady pressure will make it through. If you already have...