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--ALL BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD-- that was quick! So, I had been on hiatus from brewing for a good year, then just got heavier into other hobbies - jeeps, hunting and hunting dogs, motorcycles, etc. Suffice it to say, I called it quits and sold all my equipment. Now, its time for some of my...

I have a few items to get rid of. Haven't been brewing much lately between all the jeeping and hunting I do. Adding a bird-dog to the stable shortly too, so will be doing even more hunting and planning to run it in hunt tests/trials, so its yet another hobby taking time from brewing. Either way...

So, I am trying to make a comeback. Haven't been around these parts much lately. Busy and what time I do find to get online finds me at JK-Forum.com. Ah well, I'm making an attempt now. Haven't brewed in a while (this year) but I am homegrowing some Hallarteau (ready for harvest) and got some...

So, last night I dig out some old ingredients (some extract, hops, grain) and formulate a recipe. Will be my first in over a year. I figure on partial mash to get my feet wet before getting back into my all grain setup. Extract > 1 year old should be fine, check, hops frozen and vac sealed...

So, was out of brewing for a good year, but I'm back! Kegerator set up and ready to accept two batches (after I kick the commercial troegs keg I put on tap in the time being)! I figured I would do a partial mash to warm up for a full all grain that I was doing before I took my hiatus. Plus, I...

Any drawback to using these 2 year old pellet hops I have found in my freezer - if I can calculate the lost AA% using beersmith? (which I can!) Found 8oz. (8, one ounce vacuum sealed pouches) of hops - 2 each of nugget, columbus, cascade, and pearle. Amazingly when I threw these into the...

Ok, so I bought a Johnson Controls (JC) A419 temp controller (single stage) for a chest freezer I have, for lagering. Well, I am not into too much lagering right now, so the freezer and controller are not in use. I am however getting back into brewing ales and I have some on tap now, as well...

So, I just put two kegs on tap - one commercial with a sankey (sixtel) and one homebrew if it matters - two evenings ago. This is the first time I am using the kegerator in 9-12 months, but I do remember getting a new tank of gas right near the end of its prior usage. Also when I first hooked it...

Well, after being a bum in the homebrewing world for the last 9 months or so, I am finally going to get back at it. The last 6-7 months have been very busy with my first home purchase in Oct 09 (months before that I was busy looking for one), a job switch (closer to new home), and wedding...

So, I told myself I would grow my own hops as soon as I had my own place, and I got into my first home ownership adventure last October. However, between the other projects I had going on, my jeep wheeling taking over as higher priority hobby, etc. I dropped the ball and didn't get rhizomes...

Ok, so I didn't invent this idea, but figured I'd put it up here b/c I looked around quite a bit before I found this as the only resolution to getting the elbowed shanks out of my crowded tower (2 taps). If you're tower looks something like this (not mine, mine was worse with elbows on the...

Well, I know we have some jeepers here and some got a kick out of some of my offroading posts last year, so figured I'd continue the trend. Headed out to Rausch Creek ORV this weekend, first time 2010 (got a frequent driver pass so expect more), and with some new mods on my JK 4-door including...

This boils my blood so bad... so sad. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33678801/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihGepAkECGoDagETVBMpPb3w7Y3gD9BPJO100 In any event, I know I've seen many posts here from service members and I know I've particularly...

Well, I was off brewing all together for about a year and before that I was doing AG batches. I am getting back into the swing of thing with a new home and more space, but now I have home improvement projects keeping me busy and can't find 6 hours to do an AG. BUT... I have 4 kegs to fill. So...

Well, I know you can obviously use a freezer/fridge and temp controller to ferment things at a more precise temp when you need things colder than the surrounding environment/room (doing this in near future - lagerator out of chest freezer)... But what about when you need warmer? I want to...

I'll be staying in Oswego NY tomorrow night - Sunday and doing some Salmon fishing in Pulaski. As always, ran a search for breweries near the place and only thing that came up other than the Syracuse pubs (did a tour of all of those before) which are 30 miles south was this King Arthur's place...

So, I did something kind of silly. I built a 4912 kegerator for 2 cornies, tricked it all out with perlicks, etc. and then ran only 4 kegs of beer through it or so. Then my 5g CO2 ran out, I never got it filled, and went on hiatus for a year... Well, that's not the silliest part - leaving 2...

Well, I took the JK (redrock one in the pics) on another trip to Rausch Creek ORV Park in Tremont, PA last weekend. I met up with a couple of friends (one with an FJ, one with a TJ on 35s) and we picked up a bunch of stragglers also using the Rausch forums. We ended up with a pretty diverse...

So, brewing my first batch in a year, all-grain of course, and need your input. It's a simple American style wheat using a clean yeast (S-05) and a trio of American style hops. See below for more details. I plan to tap this at a housewarming event in my new home in about a month and hope to...

So, as I posted in the general chat section I just recently bought my first home. I had taken hiatus from brewing b/c I just didn't have space with my prior living arrangements. Now, I have tons of space to brew, store brew, and have get togethers to celebrate brew... Once I get in the place...