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idchafee wrote:Ned will have to come back next year with his cannon, as I missed it!
Fighterpilot wrote:LOL...it looks like a Weight Watchers party.
Maybe you oughta serve tofu and crackers next year.
idchafee wrote:Ned will have to come back next year with his cannon, as I missed it!
just brew it! wrote:Cap'n, I don't think I got to try much of your local Vermont beer; there were just too many different things to try. Next year!
Captain Ned wrote:Your homebrew was very tasty. I clearly need to step up my efforts before next year. Brewing season is coming (I tend to brew only in fall/winter for temperature reasons, lacking a dedicated thermo-regulated environment) and I hope to have something worthwhile.
Captain Ned wrote:I was quite intrigued by the CO2 tops for 2-liter soda bottles and will be hitting up my local homebrew shop for details/$$.
just brew it! wrote:You could try doing some styles that tend to use temperature-tolerant yeast strains, like Saison (unless you don't like those). I've also been noticing recently that some of the English strains are allegedly good to the mid-70s; if you ferment in the cellar and keep a small fan blowing on the fermenter to keep it as close as possible to ambient while the yeast is most active that might be doable as well?
just brew it! wrote:If they don't stock 'em, you can get 'em online for $14: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/the-carbonator.html
I forget, do you already have a CO2 tank/regulator setup?
Captain Ned wrote:No, but it's a lot easier to explain away using it to bottle in 2-liters instead of a Corny keg.
Captain Ned wrote:Ah, but SWMBO hears "keg" and envisions my fraternity taproom of 30 years ago.
just brew it! wrote:The downsides of using plastic 2-liter bottles for anything other than short-term storage and transport are that the plastic is slightly oxygen permeable (so the beer will not keep for an extended period of time), and the carbonator caps are relatively expensive (buying enough of them to bottle an entire batch that way would cost you about as much as a new keg, and close to 3x the current going rate for a used keg).
Krogoth wrote:Care to enlightenment me?
just brew it! wrote:Captain Ned wrote:Ah, but SWMBO hears "keg" and envisions my fraternity taproom of 30 years ago.
Heh... I see your dilemma!
I am fortunate in that my wife likes good beer, and (as of ~2 years ago) also homebrews and has a part-time job at a brewing supply store (employee discount FTW).
Our current issue is that she makes more mead than beer, and this ties up fermenters for months at a time. I guess we need to use that employee discount to get a couple more carboys...
Damage wrote:My recap is finally up here:
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/23409
Dposcorp, I had enough pictures for a short write-up even without all of yours. I did include your group shot (with my eyes firmly closed in it!), which is all I really needed. I'll leave the rest of the posting of pictures to you.
Thanks again, guys! It was awesome.
pcgeek86 wrote:Heh... I see your dilemma!
I am fortunate in that my wife likes good beer, and (as of ~2 years ago) also homebrews and has a part-time job at a brewing supply store (employee discount FTW).
Our current issue is that she makes more mead than beer, and this ties up fermenters for months at a time. I guess we need to use that employee discount to get a couple more carboys...
grantmeaname wrote::o Has the BBQ always been this much of a homebrew swap?
just brew it! wrote:Our current issue is that she makes more mead than beer, and this ties up fermenters for months at a time. I guess we need to use that employee discount to get a couple more carboys...
morphine wrote:I'd like to take the time to say that I hate you all for the fun you had without me.
Thank you,
Someone Across The Ocean.
Dposcorp wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LntE7_QqrM