Recent content by solstice

Attack of the zombie thread! Sorry about that. Since it's been just over 3 years I was wondering if the persimmon project turned out favorably. Surely it's calmed down a bit by now.

I had silverfish get into my propane burner. Didn't know it until the iron heated up but they came flooding out of the air vent like a mini plague.

I've used Côte des Blancs and had much the same experience. It should be a little better within 6 months.

I've been using 20 pounds of ice in a large cooler and adding water til the kettle floats then agitate til cool. I can get it from boiling to pitching temp in about 30 minutes.

Checking in from the northeast, somewhere between Helen and Clarkesville.

I am of the school of only using DME for a starter instead of dextrose but maybe the yeast you harvest won't be too tweaked out for feasting on 100% fermentables. My LHBS dude told me that he scoops out the trub into beer bottles and caps them when he bottles and inoculates the DME starter with...

The best thing for the little hispanic kids running everywhere, and they do, is saying in an angry voice where is your mother, in spanish. They go running the other way.

The only danger in mixing opiates and alcohol is that it makes the opiates work better and faster. Have a low dose of your opiates and have a drink it won't be too bad for ya. Of course this all depends on your tolerance to alcohol and opiates respectively. If you know your limits and...

Good luck with that. Even if it turns out weird I'd probably still turn it up with you just for the sake of experimentation. Maybe it'll turn out ok. Haven't been able to find a barleywine yet so I can't really comment as to how i think one would taste with brett funk.

Lightweights. Good luck with the brew, may it turn out to be the best brew you've ever brewed.

I'd probably throw back an Arrogant Bastard or an Anchor Steam.

I have a friend that jokingly calls me a booze monkey and I'll admit I'm a lush but I've never been called an alcoholic.

I recently had what appears to have been a rather large nest in my back yard but one day I noticed a skunk digging in that area, come to find out they apparently chow down on bees. I went camping once at a state park and was setting up the tent, pounding in tent stakes and there was a very...

I've had the Camel snus a couple times. I'd like to find a local source for something stronger though.

I started another batch last week. I was also wondering about adding other juice after fermentation starts, I was thinking that I'd like to rack some into a gallon jug and add some Pom or Cran juice to the already fermenting apple juice.