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The trial brew for the Extract BrewStove was a "Bear Republic Racer 5" IPA clone from Eric's store. The key to this system is the pump and plate chiller. The pump eliminates the heavy lifting and enables the brewer to pump the hot wort through a plate chiller to cool it quickly. http://www...

I brewed 10 gallons of all grain Blonde Ale on 9-5. OG = 1.052 Two fermenting buckets. One with Nottingham dry yeast. Poured packet on top of wort. Slow start. FG = 1.014 One with Safale US-05. Poured packet on top of wort. Good activity next morning. FG = 1.016 Bottled 9-20 Sampled them last night....

Congratulations on winning "Brewer for the Day"
I like the Holiday Ale idea, like a Holiday Porter with the holiday spices or a Chocolate Porter.
The club party at their place sounds like a great idea. Hope it comes together!

Thanks for the "thumbs up" and the comments.
It was a fun project. I hope Eric gets a lot of use out of it.

Nice job...can you post the parts list etc? BackHouseBrew Grain Mill part list TV cabinet - Craigslist Casters - HomeDepot Barley Crusher – Addison Homebrew Provisions Dayton 1/3hp Electric Motor 5K917BA – Grainger Pulleys, 7” and 2” w/ ½” shafts - Grainger 1 –1/2” to 3/8” shaft reducer sleeve – Gr...

BrewMasterBrad wrote:Congratulations the lexuschris and hjw for their 3rd place ribbons at Pac Cup. Nice work guys. The full results are here.

CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS !

The following video shows the Barley Mill that Eric and I came up with to use in his store. Next time you visit Addison Homebrew Provisions, check it out. The motor is 1/3 hp and the pulleys gear down to rotate the mill at 500 RPM. This will crush the grain at about 6 lbs. per minute. http://www.you...

I don't know who those women in the picture are so it's best to remove it now. If there were any cougars there, it's a good thing for me that they go for younger prey.

The Mountain Brew Club Homebrewers Club is hosting the first "Mountain Brewfest" on Oct 16 http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/35601 The Mountain Brew Club is a new club in Lake Arrowhead that is growing rapidly. I was able to attend one of their brew days this summer. Spent time with some...

Greetings from Brew Ha Ha! Great event at the old Lion Country Safari. No lions but I think there might have been a few cougars. [img] Stone(1).JPG [/img] So many breweries. Some newer ones that I didn't know existed. Great tasting beers, good food from the Side Door in Corona Del Mar, good weather,...

Ryan, I saw your post looking for a keg. Maltbarley is correct, I do convert kegs. I don't have any converted right now but I do have 3 stainless steel barrel kegs like this one without the tops cut out or the holes drilled $40ea. [img] barrelkeg1(1).JPG [/img] This video link shows how to cut and d...

Received my score sheets
Great feedback from the judges

Category 606
Robustly Blonde Ale did better than I expected
35, 38, 35, 40

Category 608
Pale Ale... not as well
22, 21, 25
point loss was mainly from "not to style"

Saw this ad on Craigslist in case anyone is interested.
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/for/1892924152.html

I brewed a Pale Ale last month that I can enter. Also brewed a Porter in June that should be ready by now.

Opening night Friday was cool. The display of beer memorabilia was a little light but it was still nice to see the museum celebrating the art of beer making. There was a beer tasting inside the museum, an outside bar with two beers on tap, BBQ dinner in the courtyard and live music inside the tent. ...