Recent content by Willy

Every beer I create has a fun name for the recipe/batch. A few favorites. St. Arnold's Schwartz-a-Negre (A strong dark Austrian lager) Czech 1, 2, 3 (Pilsner) Maradonna's Messi Brown Nuts Ale (Strong IPA w. Argentina cascade hops) What are some of your best names?

I have a fridge filled with grains, dry yeast packets, DME and LME. I brew mostly all grain - right now I have 30+ pounds of pilsner and pale ale malt. 25 lbs Marris Otter, 7-10 pounds of brown ale, caropils, 5 lbs or less of caro 20, 40 & 60, chocolate, coffee, honey Munich, and other adjuncts...

You can Google David Heath, Brewzilla PID and find several videos. I think this video is a good place to start.

Made a strongish pilsner based lager. (Calling it - IT Takes a Pillager). Ready in mid June.

Outlaw Josie Wells Brown Ale. Ahhhh Marris Otter smooth and rich. YUM

I got the Brewzilla Gen 4 in January and have made about 10 batches (20 L size, 220v). First thing I needed was an electrician to run some new outlets, which cost more than the Brewzilla itself. Haha. Just did a batch yesterday and it automatically downloaded a firmware update. Nice...

I will check them out. Just read the thread you provided - we no longer have a good local (Charlotte NC) home brew retailer... Last one closed summer 2023

I like ritebrew as well (La Chute Wi)... Nice quality grains every time.

Curious what other Brewers like. What's your go to brew store? More beer? Northern Brewer, Kegland, Howdy Brewer? Personally, I like Howdy Brewer lately and have used all of the above mail order places

Stout can sit a good while fermenting so ... I brew a double batch and have my backup ready. Can't be without stout. Nope.

My sweet spot now is a 5.7-6.2% abv . 10 lb Pilsner 1.5 lb caropils 1.25 lb Munich 4 oz honey Hopped with 2 oz Saaz (60 min / 20 min boil, 1 oz each) & Dry hop galaxy 1 oz, 10 min at 176° YUM!!!!

My own tastes have changed over the last 20 years. Early years - hi ABV IPA styles Middle years - stout, porter , brown ale Currently - rich, golden lager styles.

Not the same thing, correct. However, assume someone did the panel incorrectly... An electrician always removed that faceplate and checks. Just to be sure. And yeah, they must be out of phase. It should be wired that way at the panel. But you still check by removing the plate and also with a...

Arranged for dual pole - it should already be properly wired, two 120v , out of phase. I was merely trying to alert those DIY folks who might wish to combine two 120v plugs to make a 240v ... They need to be out of phase or it can really mess up quick (it'll blow the breaker fuses or perhaps...

It may or may not work out for you ... They need to be out of phase ... 50/50 chance. :-) I needed a sub panel because I have no vacant slots. Not a big expense relative to the whole job. Got two Nema 6-30 outlets, one outside, one in the garage.