Working on the rebuild/upgrade. Starting with a kettle hops filter. DigiBoil false bottom covered with #40 stainless mesh secured with a 13” false bottom recycled from my old mash tun.

Ordered a 15 gallon Thermobarrel today, been looking at them for some time and I took 4 very important things into account when I ordered it. 1. Got a VERY nice end of the year bonus from my boss(that I MAY have forgotten to tell my wife about) and squirreled it away in my carpenters "vaction"...

Made a batch of Root Beer today for my youngest, while I was running CIP afterwards, the Digiboil died and will not power back up. Got me thinking, I run three vessels anyway, thinking about a Spike electric kettle or another brand. Looking at a "buy once, cry once" solution. Any good...

After several attempts at spunding with the all rounder and not being able to hold more that 5 psi.... Finally realized the preasure relief valve wasn't quite screwed in tight...and I was like "oh, yeah" that explains it.

Been thinking about running for state assembly here in Wisconsin, not sure if I’d stand much of a chance, but maybe it’s just time that people working for a paycheck actually get representation.

In my ongoing effort to brew a light beer that's actually, well, good; I'm goingt to attempt to brew a higher gravity version and just add water to get final gravity down to the proper level, pre fermentation. Got the strike water heating now...

Off to a great start here in Wisconsin, got the tukkey brined and all ready to go, got up at 4am....AND the ignitor decided today was a good day to die in my smoker. Oh well, looks like I'm roasting the bird instead of smoking it this tear...hope it doesn't get too dry.

Going to go pick some hops this afternoon, Dad was helping my Uncles out picking on my Grandfather's farm and spotted some wild hops by the back 40, could be these are descended from the feral hops he picked with his great grandfather when he was a young kid(story was that my great great...

Due to life being life, looks like I'll be buying 3 cars in less than a year. 1. Back in March my work beater died on the wat to a job halfway across the country, bought a decent used car for a good price, don't owe much on it anymore. 2. My Aunt passed away a few weeks ago and I'll be buying...

Just got back from working out of town last few days... Near as I can figure the vent on the side of my keezer got blocked when a foam pad fell over it. Got home to a 92 degree keezer and an empty 20lb CO2 tank...I figure the beer inside to be pretty well cooked, the American Lager isn't a big...

I've got about 10 years worth in the freezer right now from last years harvest. Let me know if you can use any. I'll send them to you for the shipping. Just bought 1/2 a steer and I'm just plain out of room. I've got Northern Brewer, Sterling, maybe some Saaz(have to check on that one) and a...

Well, found out on Thursday that I needed to travel 1750 miles to work in Arizona this week. Decided to drive so I would have a car in when I got there. Solid choice I believe. About 500 miles in, the car started making a bad noise when I stopped for gas, the noise stopped as soon as I pulled...

Here's the situation, brewed my Irish Red on 1/30, Hit fg yesterday around noon. NORMALLY I would give this 7 to 10 days total before I keg it, HOWEVER, just got work that I need to go out of state for the next 3 weeks for work. I'm leaving late Saturday morning, thinking that if the gravity...

I've noticed a drop off in the quality of some of my beers late in 2022. Reworking the brew systen, all new lines and adding a 2nd regulator to the keezer, doing more bottle conditioned beers and switching over to a "Tapcooler" counter preasure bottle filler. Oddly I'll be getting less...

Venison Tenderloin and eggs for breakfast(sorry it didn't last long enough for a pic :D) and a 25 pound turkey in the pellet smoker this morning. Got the smoker on server mode, so I'll be roasting turkey from my deer blind this morning.

Last couple of brews I've noticed my Hullwrecker hasn't been pulling the barley through as well as it used too, so I've been looking at upgrade/replacement mills. Right now I'm considering their gear driven 2 roller...

Well it all started with a broken hydrometer. Dropped it beginning of last brew, no problem, keep a spare in the cabinet. Noticed my OG was low, but had kind of a wonky mash schedule so I didn't think much of it. Fermentation seemed normal, but hydro reading showed 88% attenuation with...

When I planted the first section of my hops three(?) years ago, my boys decided to "help" Dad by unpacking all the rysomes for me. Well when I planted them, I tried to match up the ones that looked the same and plantee them in pairs(seem to have gotten them right). Now I planted(I think)...

Started out to brew Shady Bohemian, realized I didn’t have the right grains on hand, changed it up to a summer ale with a cereal mash/decoction. Realized after dough in that I didn’t have the right pot to do the grits…used a Nesco(took over an hour to get them gelatinized. Changed the recipe...

Will be traveling to Maine next week and, you would think, you would be able to look up what they are charging for a lobster dinner in restaurants...I haven't been able to find ANY current information with google. Wonder why it's such a big mistery...