Recent content by LouHale80

Thanks for all the replies, I brewed it with some fresh hops ( although the original hops smelled weak but not bad ) the DME was a brick and did some buring to the bottom of my boil kettle so as soon as I cleaning it out a brewed a a fresh kit but fermented it anyow just so the kids could see it...

I am not saying you're wrong but I am curious how LME in a sealed heat packed container can oxidize ? If there that much air in it when the package it ? honest question

I've ordered a fresh kit but I hate to throw out a birthday present. I looked at the lme for an expiration date and din't see one but that doesn't mean anything

After several years of being to busy working and raising children to brew I am finally getting back to it. I have a brew kit that's several years old but has been well stored. I am going to assumed the grains are probably no good ( I will look today) and the pellitized hops have probably lost...

While not CO2 I recently discovered it's $35 to swap out a 40# oxygen bottle and $32 to swap out a 60# bottle.

Vote 353, I will vote again from my phone and other computer

The parts and peices are in my shop. I will work on specifics & picutres later today

I am going to be junking a automated panel saw this coming week and I think a lot of the electrical parts would be useful to somebody doing automated brewing. both on a home and commercial scale They include 100's of relays 10's of time delays 1 control stand ( mounted on an arm) 1...

MY coffee is set for 5:15 everyday, I am just a morning person. That being said, I can never seem to brew before mid/later afternoon. It's the only time my brew partner and I can seem to get together. I would love to start brewing early in the morning but my kids are light sleepers all it...

count me in.

3 hours on a fresh chicken is nothing, I wouldn't have thought twice. Now a store bought chicken of unknown age and origin is a slightly different matter. We took one chicken tonight from walking to oven in 20 minutes now that's fresh...

My vote is for a pumpkin of some sort.

If I didn't want to buy a punch I would use a hole saw or a step drill and plenty of lubricant. The key to a nice clean hole in metal are slow speeds and lots of lubricant.

And drink one of my last bottles of home brew. I can't belive I forgot to include the beer.

Im not going to lie, as a direct result of following this thread I'm going to grill pizza tonight.