Recent content by NathanL85

You need to see how the volume markers were made, cold calibrated vs. hot. Water expands when it is heated (specific volume changes) so this does make a difference and the volume markers can be off when cold vs. hot.

Well after a child, a move and two years; I finally dragged all my equipment out and brewed again. Prior to that I had been brewing at least once a month for 4 years. Felt good to be back. Brewed up an all grain zombie dust clone I got off here years ago, but used a mixture of some old frozen...

+5 ipa 30,823

I've got one of these too. PM if interested. And mine is gone!

+5 gal Milk Stout +5 gal Cream Ale +5 gal Imperial Pumpkin Ale = 27,415

She does know how to use a plunger as she was taught by her father. She is just lazy s nd didnt want to do it because the plunger was in the ither bathroom. The toilet was plugged with toilet paper and not a sanitary napkin as she does not flush those and knows not to flush them since she was...

I actually do quite a bit for my wife. I am the predominant cook and cleaner in the house. And to be honest I usually wind up taking care of plunging for her but this was the 3rd time in 3 days and its always related to her excessive use of toilet paper so I was tired of it. Seriously half a...

So my wife told me today that I'm a jerk and an ******* because she plugged up the toilet and I told her she had to plunge it. I personally grew up in a house that had a rule that if you plug it you plunge it so I have applied that rule in our home. Anyone have an opinion on the matter? I'm try...

Brewed this today and in my three years of brewing this was the easiest brew day I've ever had. Not one issue and hit my numbers on the nose. Now I just need it to be three weeks from now so I can taste this thing!

Fixing some broken math from the last page = 22,017

+5 Red Ale +5 Zombie Dust Clone +5 Milk Stout = 21,613

Lubbock is NOT a dry county anymore. However there isn't much there for good beer wise since it is a college town, although I graduated and moved away I still go back a few times a year. That being said in Lubbock Triple J Chophouse is Lubbock's only brew pub and its got some pretty decent...

Deschutes Fresh Hop bout to open one of my zombie dust clones!

+ 5 Red Ale 15078.5 + 5 = 15083.5

If you are doing single pass it could work. The column of water may be enough to jump start the flow but you might have to mess with cooler heights and the length/routing of the output hose to get it right. Another option you could consider is what I do. I use my hose water to knock the temp...