Recent content by troutman35

Yep. No problem here with the product, price or demographic who will buy it. My only problem is with the video itself. I've always liked NB, and have bought a lot of great products and kits from them over the years. I think the product stands well on its actual merits for anyone with the means...

It's been there all week. Good theory though. :)

It's been there all week. Good theory though

Interesting siphon technique.

I have no problem with the product, concept, or price point, but this video on NB annoyed the hell out of me. Am I just being a curmudgeon, or does anyone else see this as senseless fear mongering in its portrayal of the world and traditional home brewing techniques presenting grave risk to our...

Just got home from work and found some Saphir hops in my freezer, so I will replace Cascades with them in the same amount. Thanks chickypad!

Exactly what I was going for. Not sure how the mount hoods will play with cascades. I have some Saphirs at home as well. Maybe swap out the cascades for them or just go with the 2 oz of mt hoods. Mmmmmmmm

So I brewed extracts for years and over the last year started brewing all grain using the batch sparge method. Tonight, with lake effect snow moving in, I thought it would be nice to have an indoor brew session, and I am giving partial mash my first shot. I'm brewing from on hand ingredients...

I recently put some one gallon equipment on my Christmas wish list. I never got it at all, put the more I work on developing my own recipes, it seems now to me a great way to experiment. I also always wanted to do a German Pils but had no means of lagering a five gallon batch. This would make...

First night I covered equipment, sanitation, a lot of basic stuff, and got through the process of making an extract. Brought in some samples for everyone to try. This week I am covering bottling and moving on to partial mash, BIAB and intro to sparge batch brewing. Couldn't get the kitchen this...

So I created a non-credit course at the community college I work at (I'm the assistant bursar). Called it Homebrewing for the Brilliant. Teaching 2 nights, 2 hours each. Could have easily made it 2 3 hour nights as I found out my first night. It's my first time teaching and I'm having a ball! I...

Thanks RM-MN. Beer had no visible signs of infection. I read elsewhere in the forum that DMS doesn't clean up. Glad I did not dump it!

Heh heh. Nah, I like to share my better ones to spread the gospel. And most people I know drink Bud or Busch Light. I always hear "You like that dark heavy stuff". Was pleasantly surprised that I think this will end up drinkable when I tasted it at bottling time. Time will tell

So I let this ride for a couple months. Had the day off yesterday, so I brought this up from the basement. After 2 months, it actually cleaned up very nicely. Bottled it up and will see how it tastes in a few weeks after carbonating. Very surprised that the taste and aroma cleaned up as well as...

Brewed outdoors. I did crush the grain on the deck where I was brewing. Brushed up any dust before brewing