I brewed a lot (partial extract only tho) back when. Life got too busy with kids and haven't made a batch in at least five years. My only local supply shop closed a while ago, not even sure where I'd get the makings.
I do mostly partial extract at this point. It's just a lot less work imo for a garage set up and gets you 81% of the results. Online ordering is your fren if your local shop is closed. Online stuff has improved tremmensely in the last five or so years with competition.
Which do you suggest?
Haven't ordered online anytime recently as I support my local shop but I have frends that live in boonytownUSA who do on the regular for their supplies. I'll make some inquiries.
I go to my local shop but I like northernbrewer.com
I wasn't super excited about Northern Brewer/Midwest Supplies selling out to Anheuser Busch Inbev but whatever.
I brewed a lot (partial extract only tho) back when. Life got too busy with kids and haven't made a batch in at least five years. My only local supply shop closed a while ago, not even sure where I'd get the makings.
I do mostly partial extract at this point. It's just a lot less work imo for a garage set up and gets you 81% of the results. Online ordering is your fren if your local shop is closed. Online stuff has improved tremmensely in the last five or so years with competition.
Which do you suggest?
Haven't ordered online anytime recently as I support my local shop but I have frends that live in boonytownUSA who do on the regular for their supplies. I'll make some inquiries.
I go to my local shop but I like northernbrewer.com
I wasn't super excited about Northern Brewer/Midwest Supplies selling out to Anheuser Busch Inbev but whatever.
I agree with you though, I don't boycott inbev brands but I prefer alternatives when available.
Huh. TIL. It always seemed a little weird the massive company that made fun of homebrewing wanted to own a Homebrew Supply store. Some of us decided they at least found the data valuable - what people were buying and trying to make - in terms of what direction to take their next commercial offerings.
I brewed a lot (partial extract only tho) back when. Life got too busy with kids and haven't made a batch in at least five years. My only local supply shop closed a while ago, not even sure where I'd get the makings.
I do mostly partial extract at this point. It's just a lot less work imo for a garage set up and gets you 81% of the results. Online ordering is your fren if your local shop is closed. Online stuff has improved tremmensely in the last five or so years with competition.
Which do you suggest?
Haven't ordered online anytime recently as I support my local shop but I have frends that live in boonytownUSA who do on the regular for their supplies. I'll make some inquiries.
I go to my local shop but I like northernbrewer.com
I wasn't super excited about Northern Brewer/Midwest Supplies selling out to Anheuser Busch Inbev but whatever.
I agree with you though, I don't boycott inbev brands but I prefer alternatives when available.
Huh. TIL. It always seemed a little weird the massive company that made fun of homebrewing wanted to own a Homebrew Supply store. Some of us decided they at least found the data valuable - what people were buying and trying to make - in terms of what direction to take their next commercial offerings.
TL;DR, Belgians should go back where they came from.
Sorry, was looking for pics of my stuff that doesn't doxx myself too much. Never put my pics online anywhere so need to look into that. I'll get to it eventually.
I'm one of those Beer Judge douchebags, helped with current style guidelines, so feel free to make fun of me for that. But, understanding that stuff did improve my brewing. In the range of 270 beer batches over 11 or 12 years, all grain. KS weather sucks so half the year I brew inside on kitchen stovetop, Brew-in-a-bag. Rest of time with actual mash tun in open garage waiting for someone to come by and ask if I'm making meth or certain my immersion chiller is a still. Every damn time. Fucking Midwest, man.
Counting mead, cider, wine, I'm over 1000 batches. Around the time Browning was trying to find a Bama player to throw it to, I had 700 gallons in my basement. Currently quite a bit less and am focusing more on stuff that ages like mead and red wine, out of necessity. 27 fermenters at last count. It's a bit of a problem admittedly, but I'm slowly downsizing.
If anyone wants a recommendation on yeast or tips for a style or troubleshooting, feel free to hit me up. @UW_Doog_Bot thanks for starting a thread - send me a massage if you want a sample shipped your way; someone's gotta drink this swill. Same goes for @GrundleStiltzkin and I suppose @Swaye since his life is over.
Currently adjusting a low-alcohol carbonated passion fruit mead to serve at a fest next month. Last year some drunk idiot made fun of my "fruity girlie beer" until I pointed out most of the women in attendance were in my line. Dumbass. Cheers--
You are a chinspiration.
I seriously considered setting up a webcam on my airlock, so I could watch from work. That's about as far as I took it.
Great thing about brewing, you could make it as simple or complex hobby as you wanted, and still get good results and a lot of fun. And drunk.
Since @NoWarningJustDawg hasn't done it I will. With Football season right around the corner I ran out today to grab some homebrew components to brew this weekend.
I picked up stuff to make a sierra nevada style ale, a blonde, and an english IPA. I typically brew batches in groups of 3 bc that's what I've got and they fit into this nicely.
Three tap party system that I've got plans to upgrade. I'm going to make a fold down wood box with wheels for the whole thing and do a nice poly bar coat on it. That way you won't know it's a trashcan inside and it will have space for the CO2 cannister. I might add a water draw on the trash can as well to empty it when required. If we return to the Rose Bowl you can expect to see me bring this fucker. Even @backthepack and his friends can't kill the whole thing.
As for brewing I've got a fast ferment that is good, not as great as advertised but still really nice. Then a carboy and a bucket. Honestly, the bucket is probably the easiest to brew in and I've never noticed any discernible difference in quality.
Please do not send me shit for brewing. I need another hobby like we need Jack Browning back under CENTER.
Since @NoWarningJustDawg hasn't done it I will. With Football season right around the corner I ran out today to grab some homebrew components to brew this weekend.
I picked up stuff to make a sierra nevada style ale, a blonde, and an english IPA. I typically brew batches in groups of 3 bc that's what I've got and they fit into this nicely.
Three tap party system that I've got plans to upgrade. I'm going to make a fold down wood box with wheels for the whole thing and do a nice poly bar coat on it. That way you won't know it's a trashcan inside and it will have space for the CO2 cannister. I might add a water draw on the trash can as well to empty it when required. If we return to the Rose Bowl you can expect to see me bring this fucker. Even @backthepack and his friends can't kill the whole thing.
As for brewing I've got a fast ferment that is good, not as great as advertised but still really nice. Then a carboy and a bucket. Honestly, the bucket is probably the easiest to brew in and I've never noticed any discernible difference in quality.
Please do not send me shit for brewing. I need another hobby like we need Jack Browning back under CENTER.
Since @NoWarningJustDawg hasn't done it I will. With Football season right around the corner I ran out today to grab some homebrew components to brew this weekend.
I picked up stuff to make a sierra nevada style ale, a blonde, and an english IPA. I typically brew batches in groups of 3 bc that's what I've got and they fit into this nicely.
Three tap party system that I've got plans to upgrade. I'm going to make a fold down wood box with wheels for the whole thing and do a nice poly bar coat on it. That way you won't know it's a trashcan inside and it will have space for the CO2 cannister. I might add a water draw on the trash can as well to empty it when required. If we return to the Rose Bowl you can expect to see me bring this fucker. Even @backthepack and his friends can't kill the whole thing.
As for brewing I've got a fast ferment that is good, not as great as advertised but still really nice. Then a carboy and a bucket. Honestly, the bucket is probably the easiest to brew in and I've never noticed any discernible difference in quality.
Please do not send me shit for brewing. I need another hobby like we need Jack Browning back under CENTER.
You are going to need lots of hobbies to replace your old hobbies of blow, hookers, and having fun.
Cool to see this thread pop up as I've considered posting something along these lines and figured I'd be talking to myself.
I might be the only person on the Kitsap Peninsula on this bored, but Olympic Brewing Supplies in Bremerton has better prices than most places I can find online (especially for hops and yeast) and the guys there are pretty cool. I used to shop at Micro Homebrew in Kenmore before moving out here and that place was 50% more expensive. All the stuff I make is all-grain.
I've spent a lot of time trying to nail down my own hazy IPA recipe and found that it's just not worth the added expense of hops versus buying top shelf shit at the store. Now focusing back in on stouts and other winter warmers to prepare for fall weather. Great timing right now for brewing barleywine that will be ready in time for the Apple Cup.
In related haught talk, buddy of mine is an actual professional craft brewer(went to OSU's program) and is taking me to the California Craft Beer Summit in Sept. with him since he's got extra passes. It's kind of a big deal and it's awesome I get to attend the industry only days. I will be attempting to drink as many craft beers as possible while not embarrassing him professionally. Should be several days of good haught talk and pictures that I will poast whether you guys care or not. The wife already gave me a pass on being a poor husband and father figure for those days only asking that if I come home at 3am shitfaced that I sleep on the couch and not bother her. Good tims ahead.
In related haught talk, buddy of mine is an actual professional craft brewer(went to OSU's program) and is taking me to the California Craft Beer Summit in Sept. with him since he's got extra passes. It's kind of a big deal and it's awesome I get to attend the industry only days. I will be attempting to drink as many craft beers as possible while not embarrassing him professionally. Should be several days of good haught talk and pictures that I will poast whether you guys care or not. The wife already gave me a pass on being a poor husband and father figure for those days only asking that if I come home at 3am shitfaced that I sleep on the couch and not bother her. Good tims ahead.
Awesome. On that note, I encourage all craft beer fans to attend GABF at least once as little compares to that first walk through the doors into a giant room with thousands of commercial beers to try. After the first tim or two though, I preferred the AHA conference. Just as alcohol-soaked, but with 3000 of your fellow homebrewers. This year's conf in RI was the first I've skipped in a decade. Already have couple seminars in work for Nashville '20. (And I'll never make the mistake of presenting without booze to serve.) It'll be Denver or West Coast in June '21. Cheers--
In related haught talk, buddy of mine is an actual professional craft brewer(went to OSU's program) and is taking me to the California Craft Beer Summit in Sept. with him since he's got extra passes. It's kind of a big deal and it's awesome I get to attend the industry only days. I will be attempting to drink as many craft beers as possible while not embarrassing him professionally. Should be several days of good haught talk and pictures that I will poast whether you guys care or not. The wife already gave me a pass on being a poor husband and father figure for those days only asking that if I come home at 3am shitfaced that I sleep on the couch and not bother her. Good tims ahead.
Awesome. On that note, I encourage all craft beer fans to attend GABF at least once as little compares to that first walk through the doors into a giant room with thousands of commercial beers to try. After the first tim or two though, I preferred the AHA conference. Just as alcohol-soaked, but with 3000 of your fellow homebrewers. This year's conf in RI was the first I've skipped in a decade. Already have couple seminars in work for Nashville '20. (And I'll never make the mistake of presenting without booze to serve.) It'll be Denver or West Coast in June '21. Cheers--
I've heard great things about gabf. Tomorrow is great taste of the midwest, which I love, but would be tough to travel if you're not in the midwest.
Other than gabf I really want to get to is dark lord day.
In related haught talk, buddy of mine is an actual professional craft brewer(went to OSU's program) and is taking me to the California Craft Beer Summit in Sept. with him since he's got extra passes. It's kind of a big deal and it's awesome I get to attend the industry only days. I will be attempting to drink as many craft beers as possible while not embarrassing him professionally. Should be several days of good haught talk and pictures that I will poast whether you guys care or not. The wife already gave me a pass on being a poor husband and father figure for those days only asking that if I come home at 3am shitfaced that I sleep on the couch and not bother her. Good tims ahead.
Awesome. On that note, I encourage all craft beer fans to attend GABF at least once as little compares to that first walk through the doors into a giant room with thousands of commercial beers to try. After the first tim or two though, I preferred the AHA conference. Just as alcohol-soaked, but with 3000 of your fellow homebrewers. This year's conf in RI was the first I've skipped in a decade. Already have couple seminars in work for Nashville '20. (And I'll never make the mistake of presenting without booze to serve.) It'll be Denver or West Coast in June '21. Cheers--
I've heard great things about gabf. Tomorrow is great taste of the midwest, which I love, but would be tough to travel if you're not in the midwest.
Other than gabf I really want to get to is dark lord day.
Went to every DLD between '05 - '10. The big overly-sweet stout was pretty good, but the sharing of special stuff we had brought from across the country was always my favorite part. It's been amusing to see how every few years the 3Floyd's beer people are crazy over changes. First they needed Alpha King. Then that was boring and they needed Gumballhead. Then a long period where people went apeshit over Zombie Dust. Now of course people want whatever is "juicy". I still stop at 3F couple times a year. The food is great, the everpresent metal or classic hard rock is great, there's no fucking kids, and they actually make great lagers too. Cheers--
Anyone brew with chiles? One of those things I've never done, as like pumpkin beer the ones I've had usually seem to suck. But I'm currently cleaning and freezing a bushel of just-roasted Hatch Chiles, for chili verde this winter. They smell so great I'm tempted...
There's a small fest locally tomorrow, 23 breweries serving their Hatch creations, so I may head down there to die of heatstroke/look for ideas. I've used a bit of chipotle in a raspberry chocolate dessert mead, but that was to add a hint of spice to what was basically a liquid chocolate truffle. Looking for more here I think. Probably a terrible idea, but EWIWBI. Cheers--
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I agree with you though, I don't boycott inbev brands but I prefer alternatives when available.
I seriously considered setting up a webcam on my airlock, so I could watch from work. That's about as far as I took it.
Great thing about brewing, you could make it as simple or complex hobby as you wanted, and still get good results and a lot of fun. And drunk.
(Probably my fault; my Chinook Jargon is rusty.)
I might be the only person on the Kitsap Peninsula on this bored, but Olympic Brewing Supplies in Bremerton has better prices than most places I can find online (especially for hops and yeast) and the guys there are pretty cool. I used to shop at Micro Homebrew in Kenmore before moving out here and that place was 50% more expensive. All the stuff I make is all-grain.
I've spent a lot of time trying to nail down my own hazy IPA recipe and found that it's just not worth the added expense of hops versus buying top shelf shit at the store. Now focusing back in on stouts and other winter warmers to prepare for fall weather. Great timing right now for brewing barleywine that will be ready in time for the Apple Cup.
After the first tim or two though, I preferred the AHA conference. Just as alcohol-soaked, but with 3000 of your fellow homebrewers. This year's conf in RI was the first I've skipped in a decade. Already have couple seminars in work for Nashville '20. (And I'll never make the mistake of presenting without booze to serve.) It'll be Denver or West Coast in June '21.
Cheers--
Other than gabf I really want to get to is dark lord day.
I still stop at 3F couple times a year. The food is great, the everpresent metal or classic hard rock is great, there's no fucking kids, and they actually make great lagers too.
Cheers--
There's a small fest locally tomorrow, 23 breweries serving their Hatch creations, so I may head down there to die of heatstroke/look for ideas. I've used a bit of chipotle in a raspberry chocolate dessert mead, but that was to add a hint of spice to what was basically a liquid chocolate truffle. Looking for more here I think.
Probably a terrible idea, but EWIWBI. Cheers--