Recent content by mishadude

Misha is a Russian nickname for Michael, had to add dude since I know several people who named their female dogs misha.

I've been visiting Poplar Creek Brewing in Martinez/Augusta. It's local and has all the basics. They're fairly new and the owner is deployed in the military so some items are hit or miss. The only thing I haven't been able to buy there over the last three brews was some acid malt for a saison I...

Man this beer turned out good. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference in a blind test against Fraziskaner. It's definitely on my list for brewing again.

I'm saving this one for a future brew, looks too good to pass up.

I do use it for 5 gal batches and it's a pretty close fit for higher og batches. I've had to do 1-1.5 gal sparges 1.056 and above, which still isn't a very big beer. But, having to sparge kinda defeats the purpose of biab. I'm in the market for a bigger kettle, but will keep brewing until I get one.

Or more since biab is usually a full volume mash. Higher gravity recipes you'll probably need more than 7 since you'll have more grain which will absorb more water. I have a 9 gal kettle and have been pushed to the rim on a couple brews.

Nice video and write up. I'll be blowing the dust off the boss's stitch-erator for this one.

Great week to have Dez and Tony. I coulda benched 4 guys and still won.

5 gal of Edwort's Bee Cave hefeweizen. One week in and there's no sign of the krausen ever dropping. Smells great!

Looks like it's going to make it. WL300 yeast took off like crazy. Thanks for the advice everyone.

I'm in.

Just pitched the yeast for my first batch of this after a brewday where everything seemed to go wrong. Hopefully I'll add a pic in a few weeks.

It might just work out. I used my wife's candy thermometer when heating my mash temp back up. After the boil my og was right on at 1.052. If it ferments well I might have to do this every time. The thermometer seems to be a lost cause. It starts out reading right, but keeps gaining temperature...

Dear makers of uncalibrated thermometers, You suck, my ice water isn't 77 degrees, and my body temp isn't 128. Sincerely, Don't ask where I put the probe.

Sweet, thanks for the reassurance. I guess as long as I don't drop a carboy on my foot and end up in the er, tonight might not be a failure.