Recent content by wmatejka

English Brown and Espresso Stout blend from the kegerator.

Draining an almost full keg of English Brown that has picked up a bad smell and is starting to take on the same taste. This happened 3 weeks ago with a 1/3 full keg of Irish Red. Nor sure what is causing it. The stout and apfelwein on the same co2 tank taste fine. Afraid to put my pale ale...

The last two look yummy. I just quaffed a Moose Drool. My new favorite American Brown. Very pleased.

Located in central Illinois. I am testing the waters here. 4 months ago, I was set to buy the 15G Heavy Duty Kettle w/Ball Valve from MoreBeer.com. The very next day the 26G went on sale for $10 less for their deal of the day. So I went with that :) While is is GREAT having a 26G kettle...

Kegged and sampled my half hearted ripoff of two hearted with all cascade and some leftover 15 and 40L. Very citrusy and light. 5% and super summer ale i think. Will know more after it mellows in the garage and some cooler temps.

So I have used my conical two times now and am pleased with the outcome. However, both times, I have drained my yeast and trub and the airlock, expectedly, takes on negative pressure and even sucks in some oxygen. My experiences in homebrewing and understanding of simple elements says that CO2...

BBK, Kostritzer, and Hofbrau. Someone hit the german restaurant tonight.

10.5G of IPA tomorrow morn. Strike water has been filtered and prepping the gear. This will be my first brew using my new keggle hlt and march pump. Needed something to move that wort around. 28 lbs of grain is too much to lift.

An Irish Red and Bell's Amber Ale blend from the kegerator. Dry's out the Amber a little. The amber turned our great, but was a little sweet for my palette this aft.

Hit a couple Pecan Porter's while I was mashing in on my Half-Hearted IPA. An amber ale with pizza for dinner, and just picnic tapped my first ever EdWort's Apfelwein. Dry, but very smooth. Sat in primary for 2 months and straight to keg this aft. It looked great and I just had to taste...

Half-Hearted... my abstract rendition of a Bell's Two Hearted clone. Did not have 20L so i substituted 4 oz of 15L and 4 oz 40L. No Centennials, but plenty of Cascades, so there's that. And no Bell's yeast, so i used some of my harvested Munton's Premium Gold. Pleased with the final 5.5 gallons...

If i had not just built my own last month, i would make the trip from central Illinois.

10g's of Paraphrased Bell's Two-Hearted. Cascade instead of Centennial and some other specialties. Milling it up tomorrow morn ate the LHBS... the Hop Shoppe, then home to dough in.

Roasty Toasty Chocolate Milk Stout and Bells Amber clone

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