Recent content by Sheldon

Kegging is great until you have a CO2 leak that you can't find and you lose several full tanks! Bottling on the other hand has become just an extension of the labor of love for the hobby. Cheers

To add to the various methods: I used 2 oz of crushed Sumatran coffee grinds to 5 gal of porter after primary fermentation relaxec. Bottled a gal and split (shared) the other 4 gal. Submitted to a BJPC competition and took home a gold medal.

Did a chocolate cafe milk stout and used American Pils as base malt and took home a gold medal in a BJCP competition last week.

Hope some of that Pliny makes it to the next Prince William Brewers Guild meeting :)

A fellow brewer and I did a clone and took Silver in a sanctioned competition today in VA. IPA's entered (10) were combined and we came in close to the top. Sweet!!

Interesting. I was listening to the award ceremony at GABF yesterday and one of the catergories only had bronze and silver medals awarded. There was no Gold medal for that particular style. So I guess if they can do it, there must be something to the point. I just naturally thought the...

Welcome to the obsession. If you are interested, we have a home brew club in NOVA (Prince William Brewers Guild) which you are welcome to check out. We have an upcoming meeting on Sat Oct 14 at my house. PM me if you want more details. Sheldon

I have mine lagering for another 8 days and then bottling (no room in the kegorator), but sharing the batch with a fellow home brewer. Looking forward to sampling.

Planning to brew a 2.5 gal batch of a rye black IPA and need 4 oz of Midnight Wheat and 4 oz of Cara Rye. Anyone have either or both or know where I can that without having to buy full pounds or getting ripped off on shipping? Thanks folks

I have an almost full quart of Idophor concentrate that I am offering for free. Pick up only in NOVA.

If I may ask, why are you selling this tool? Sheldon

Spoke with the man and have everything set to go. Planning on brewing by mid month.

I have been invited to a hb club member's home to pick some fresh Cascade hops. My questions: How are these used? Do they need to be dried? How are they stored? Without an alpha analysis, how does one judge its %?

I have found kegconnection.com to be super good with customer support and love my dual tap set up.

9 lb 2 row, 1 lb MO, flaked oats and flaked wheat. Watching it ferment now.