Brewcommune

I don't know about "soapy" for hops. I tasted that off-flavor before but I cannot attribute it to hops. Was the beer fatty, slick, cheesy, or detergent-like? It can be hop storage or water profile that leads to that off-flavor, in my experience. It might not be the correct descriptor. It'...

gromitdj wrote:My guess is he may be mistaking 10 Mile for 10 Barrel?

*The latter being owned by AB-InBev

Ahh, that would make more sense.

BrewMasterBrad wrote:By the way, why are you taking your new bride to pseudo-craft breweries? You should treat her better than that.

Pseudo? I guess there's a story there I don't know...

Since I brew in my backyard, and now have prevailing coastal winds, it is much tougher to get to a boil. The winds push the heat away from the kettles, and my burners are probably too close to the kettle bottoms.. giving lots of heat wash, and not very efficiently heating the kettles. Yeah, I had s...

Thanks Jon. That is interesting since I was planning on using one hop variety (Amarillo). I don't care for Amarillo in the boil, but I love it as a late addition. I think I might try your method - some at flameout and some at 180. Should be fairly easy to control that with my immersion chiller. Out...

Yep. Mine arrived yesterday as well...

I suppose I should actually brew someday.

I got a tracking number yesterday.

Anyone get a shipment notification yet? I've seen nothing since the email confirming the order.

ScottK wrote:I hope the shipping isn't similarly slow.

I ordered Wednesday and it's not here yet, so it sure ain't Prime

ScottK wrote:It was very slow for me, too. When I hit the checkout button it took a good minute to confirm.

Same with me, but I didn't get any database errors.

A sale like this is good enough that I'm sure the site's buckling under the load.

Awesome... Just got 4# various hops.

Thanks!

You know, I might be interested to take 6... I've seen an interesting use of them as tap handles... Or more accurately, I should take 7-8 to account for screwing something up when I try to modify them! :happybeer: Brad, would you need the labels? Looks like ten of them will get me free yeast! I don...

You know, I might be interested to take 6... I've seen an interesting use of them as tap handles...

Or more accurately, I should take 7-8 to account for screwing something up when I try to modify them!

So is XLT not an option? It appears that they have it on the size charts...

Never mind... Looks like I might go 2XLT anyway.

If I were you, I'd enter it just to see, but sadly I wouldn't have high hopes for high scores in American Wheat. Hop-wise, it's likely to be MUCH heavier than expected when it comes to flavor and aroma of the hops, with the late additions and dry-hopping. If there was a wheat IPA under 21B, you coul...