Recent content by Jonk4

I got sidetracked and started The Giver by Lois Lowery last night. I'm halfway through it and it is really compelling.

I picked up A Moveable Feast By Hemmingway while I was brewing this weekend. Once I finish that I'm going to start A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Yeah, they're for kids but I've heard that they are a fun read.

I went to a restaurant recently and ordered a Guinness. The waitress said, " Oh we're all out, the closest thing I have is a yuengling." yeah those are close.

2.5 gal Brown Ale 5 gal Pale Ale 5 gal Citra IPA 2.5 gal Barleywine 39,950+15=39,965

Chabon is great. I really like his nonfiction stuff too, like Maps and Legends

I just finished Joshua Bernstein's book Brewed Awakening. It's a quick read about different ingredients, brewers and styles. I liked it as a general overview about beer. I especially like the flavor profiles of the different malts and hops. Next I'm going to read The Twelve by Justin Cronin...

Alright then, I won't repitch. I'm probably going to add the sugar tomorrow morning. I brewed this past Saturday and it seems to have slowed down a bit. I removed the blow-off tube and affixed an airlock that is bubbling along pretty fast, but the hard churning in the carboy has mostly stopped...

also this is an extract recipe.

I didn't mention this in the first post: it is a 2.5 gallon batch that I pitched one packet into.

So my first barleywine is in primary chugging away happily. I used S-05 yeast. Part of the recipe is adding sugar after a few days directly into the primary. I'm pretty confident in doing that and using that technique. I am wondering if S-05 can get down to the predicted final gravity of 1.026...

I've brewed this twice. One is in the bottle and a variant of this is in primary. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/

Leithoa: Sounds like nice summer reading.

What kind of journals?

I enjoyed Good Omens, too. It was a couple of years back, so I don't remember a whole lot but I remember liking it.

I brewed an extract barleywine this morning and I'm going to brew a Citra IPA on monday. I work in a restaurant and don't work mondays so I consider that part of the weekend.