Recent content by Mike37

Hey guys, I currently keg all of my beer and dispense with co2 and standard faucets. Where it gets different is I don't have a fridge for my kegs. Part of it is choice (love English styles) and part of it is space. Either way, my beer never seems to sway from 50-55F and I dispense at around 12...

Same thing happened to me with vodka and pumpkin pie spice. The snot even got dumped into the keg by accident, but it quickly sank and got sucked out with the first pour. The beer turned out just fine though.

One more recent experience from me and I'll refrain from posting here unless something changes. Otherwise, BMW is back to being my go-to online shop for ingredients. I ordered ingredients for a batch the day before Thanksgiving. They shipped that same day and they arrived Saturday. This is the...

Started doing this about a year ago. My family is the same way. I brought sixers to a couple of their functions. No one touched any, yet I couldn't take it back home because they insisted they were going to "drink it later". Conveniently no one could remember what it was like when I asked how...

Does anyone have anything to report on all grain recipes from these guys? Their prices seem great, but looking through the different styles, I noticed they assume 70% efficiency on some recipes and 75% on others at random. Also, some recipes list the crystal lovibond (i.e. crystal 60), while...

I just started with one keg and bought myself an upgrade every Christmas and birthday whether it was another keg, distributor, etc. Just have your final setup in your mind and buy stuff that facilitates it. For example don't buy a single body regulator now if you know you'll want/need a dual...

As a follow up to my original post, I received an envelope yesterday which contained two packs of yeast. That's a help, because now I have yeast for my next two batches since I wasn't planning on ordering kits for the time being.

Mine has been in the keg for 11 days and I decided to pull a small sample. Really nice hop flavor and aroma, but bitterness is still pretty high at this point. Honestly it tastes like I imagine fresh Anchor Steam would taste.

Nope, didn't have time before brew day. I'm in no hurry for it now, so I'll give it a couple more days.

Just wanted to share my latest experience with Midwest. I bought a recipe kit from Midwest through Amazon (had a gift card to burn) and it arrived quickly, within 3 or 4 days. I opened it up a few days before brew day, which is when I realized they left out the yeast. Well, the plan was that I...

That's good to know. Maybe the Cascade mixed with the pumpkin flavors caused the funky taste, then the hops faded over time and it tasted good? I decided to hold back the late addition hops anyway. This batch is for my wife and she's not a hop fan by any stretch of the imagination. I'll try to...

Well I'll be brewing Midwest's Pumpkin Ale kit soon. I know it's late in the season but I'm not rushing it. The wife is in the mood for some so I thought I'd make a batch. Anyway, looking over the recipe, it calls for 1oz of Mt. Hood for 60min and 1oz of Cascade for 2min. Shouldn't that be the...

Another ninja dad night brewer chiming in. Otherwise I'd never do it. I'd have to go to bed about two hours before dinner.

I have a Keurig K-cup brewer with the fine mesh basket attachment so you can use your own coffee. Would I be able to make a decent hop tea with this thing? The hops wouldn't be steeped per se, because the hot water (~170F) just gets pumped through the basket. But I suppose if I make one cup...

I wanted to chime in with another order experience. I ordered a basic grain bill (already have the hops and yeast) on Sunday night and I got a shipping notification Monday afternoon. Really fast turnaround on this one. The package arrived this morning.