Brewcommune

Another (non-brewing) club I belong to uses a simple paper and pen sign-up sheet ... you could have folks sign in with name, handle, and beers brought ... would greatly simplify your life. Dan Was great to meet all the new folks! I do have a request for meetings moving forward as the guy taking note...

Just brewed a big oatmeal stout Sunday ... had about 1.5 lbs of hulls in with the 44 oz of oatmeal and 35 lbs of everything else. My mash didn't get stuck, but it sure wasn't flowing freely either. I had to switch from my normal batch sparge to fly sparging in order to complete the brewday. Pretty s...

My first couple of lagers were woefully underpitched and it took a while to see any activity. Now I usually do a multi step starter up to about 5L (when using a single vial / pack). This spring I did 4 German Lagers back to back in 6 weeks .. Vienna, Dortmunder Export, Munich Helles, and Schwartzbie...

Welcome ... like has been said, questions here get answered quickly and frequently from a wide array of experience and points of view. You'll like hanging out in the Commune!

Dn

You can try the Chi Company . That's where I've been getting mine. Also, I found the QDs at US Plastics. I bought a set but haven't installed them yet. I did have a chat session with them and they confirmed that the QD would be fine with CO2 for under 50 psi ... didn't discuss the hose on barb fit t...

Welcome to BC!

Dan

+1 ...and welcome!

Dan

I'm in. Dan

lexuschris wrote: BTW, this is the new *improved* gruit that does NOT make you get naked under the full moon.

That may be an improvement when served to club members ... but perhaps not so much when served to others.

Dan

Welcome!

Dan

wswatson wrote:Hi Guys, new member. I've been trying to get to one of these since Jan. I'm going to try and make it.

+1 ... Chris: The New BrewMasterBrad!

Outstanding Scott!

Dan

Beer Tricks

Dan

Good luck on the re-brew.

Had I been closer and your post been 2 days earlier, I'd have jumped on this as I just bought exactly 27 lbs of Breiss base malt for tomorrow's brewday.

Dan

Congrats Greg! Well done in a tough division!

Dan