Recent content by jnielsen

whoa lorain! holy crap im from elyria.

yeah on my last amarillo ipa my buddy tipped me to throwing in hops after the i turned off the flame and put the lid on the brew pot while i get my primary ready for the wort. it did add some nice aroma to the brew

yeah the bags of ice at the store have worked perfectly for me. the store up the street from me has 7 pound bags which 7 pounds equals one gallon of water

yea i just finished my second experimental batch using dme instead of liquid and i gotta say for all my future recipes im going with dme. i had longer active fermentations and clean finishing tastes. granted im new to brewing ive only done 10 batches since this winter but i can't see the...

the business - drinking and driving many pogues songs - sally macleanne, streams of whiskey, a pair of brown eyes dropkicks - far away coast, road of the righteous, barroom hero nofx- the brews social distortion - sick boys, story of my life, ball and chain, bad luck (hell every song is...

very good so far this season, larry david is my hero. my wife says thats me in 30 years im notorious for saying and doing inappropriate things :D

here is my creation i just got it 100% mechanically complete and poured my first beer from the keg today. i need the pretty stuff for it tap handles drip tray etc. this was my build a kegerator for under 100 bucks which i did it was almost close and went over budget. this was an old pop machine...

im getting ready to start my keg setup and i noticed my regulator gauges are different from most that ive seen online there are two. the high pressure(how much is in the tank) and the gas exiting the tank gauge. the tank pressure is in psi and but the exit pressure is in cfh and lpm is there any...

i saw a recipe where baked slices of a whole pumpkin are used and steeped it with the grains at 155 degrees and then removed it and the grains before the boil that would help with the sediment but would it give enough of the pumpkin flavor.

i have a hop question for all you current gardeners out there i have 4 plants that started producing what looks like flowers but im not sure if they are male or female they have long pistils lookings fuzz balls. there is a really bad image of male spikes on the freshops page but i really cant...

is this the best software for recipe formulation and brewing? ive seen a couple other programs out there but are they worth a try? beertools seems to be the most used looking around the internet and in magazines. im cheap i want to be sure before i shell out awhole 25 bucks for it :cross:

on the midwest site they list a little info on what hops grow best in certain climates, chinook seems to grow well in hot areas according to them. next year i might try some differeent varietys that freshophops have. ive got the green thumb bug i cant wait to plant mine this week. im going to...

yes i cant wait to try my hand at gardening this year. with my love for beer and my wifes gardening knowledge i hope i can harvest a little something for the first year if not just get them started and wait for them to come back bigger and better each year. after the rhizomes come in the mail...

here was my newbie way of dry hopping. the recipe called for 2 oz of cascade leaves to and to dry hop for two weeks. i put one oz in a grain bag and put it in there and racked on top of it and let it sit for one week. after a week i popped the airlock pulled out the grain bag and dumped the last...

yeah all bubbling quit in the primary so i racked to the secondary to settle and condition