Glad I quite driving big trucks, and not there when it came through. Hang tough Beer-Lord!

Man those pics are almost sexy.

Just finished bottling 2 LBKs of Summer Ale w/orange rind 1 w/Wyeast ABV 5.7% 1 w/White Labs ABV 5.5 %. Kind of worried about the Wyeast batch it had a blow out and I did wipe up what I could see but the back side of the LBK had dried gunk all over it and when I pulled it out I had "MOLD" ...

Those are some cool pics I can see all had a good time.

Can I come live with you . Your chow always looks so good. Yum

So very glad and happy you feeling better and improving. Continue to improve we missed you welcome back.

She is a KEEPER, I see she get her looks from SWMBO.

Posted my list on the fridge, SWMBO came in about 7 pm she saw the list gave a quick glance to see where I was she read it lifted her head up and rolled her eyes. NOT A GOOD SIGN.

Congrats on the new bundle of JOY. CCR takes me back a few years.

A very good read Beer-Lord. Very helpful, all these ideas I have found to help me however what I like the most is the list of what you want to help improve your brewing and maybe get the SWMBO involved. I'm going to make my list today and post it on the fridge and hope she will take the hint and let...

Agree Blackduck that's one of the first items that needs to be found, Boil Off needs to be identified.

:welcome: Vicki167 Just my 2 cents worth use a cooler for fermentation and use Ice jugs to control the high temps. Hit your LHBS or a pet shop and get a stick on temp thermo. with 1 deg. rise for your fermenter you want to control the temp in the fermenter not the ambient temp in the room which can ...

Now that's FUNNY!

My BIAB brewing I read the article on HomeBrewTalk about it, It was recommended to have the grains double crushed and extend the mash time to 90 min.. The last batch I did seemed to help with 78% compared to the 68% I got from before(just my 2 cent worth).

Keep it going Joe I enjoy reading about your exploits with your yeast colony's.