Recent content by BalloonGuy

I did replace the temperature switch. It did not help. I have an inkbird tem controller for my fermentation fridge. I used that and plugged the heating element straight to the inkbird. It worked pretty well. I was getting different readings with the grainfather thermometer and the inkbird. I...

I wasn’t thinking about finishing… To worried about the source of the problem. I bagged the grains and froze the “mash”. I did not take any measurements though. I figured out that the problem with the grainfather is the controller. I tried the inkbird temp control as a test last night and it...

My heating element died/stopped about 15 minutes in to mashing. I am using an older grainfather bought in 2016. I froze the mash and the grains (separately). Do you think I will be able to restart the mash when I get the heating element fixed/replaced or should I just dump and start over? It is...

I was between the f150 lighting and the 3.5 v6. I ended up with the v6 because I pull a trailer to client 340 miles away several times a year. I was thinking I could rent a box truck for those trips but figured the extra steps and time of getting a rental were not worth it for me. I am pretty...

If you have kids you can always throw a couple of bottles in the stroller at the first port. They rarely check or care... My wife wanted to kill me. I bought a case of scotch in the Caymens when the kids were little.

I have a pretty decent print shop and I use the dot labels too. It is just so much easier than anything else.

Good one! I hope I win!

Whenever I want to procrastinate I check the boards... I just wasted several minutes instead of making progress.

I was at a party in college. One "crazy chic" was saying the government was using remote control insects to spy on people (her included). She was baker acted and later commited suicide. It was a sad story. Like 15 years later I read an article in the WSJ that the air force was testing remote...

You can always cook with "bad beers". I have only had 1 beer that I made that I did not want to drink. It was peanut butter stout. I hated it and was going to dump it all. My neighbor's wife loved it! It si all about personal taste.

Added to mash at flame out.

I used 3 of the smaller cans. I am 99% sure they are 15.9 oz. I roasted them for about 3 hours mixing every 20 -30 minutes. I was just looking for that caramelized sugar crystal texture to form. It was a GREAT flavor addition. Good luck with the brew.

I have used canned pumpkin several times. The last 2 times I have roasted it on the oven for a couple of hours. I LOVE the flavor it adds to my pumpkin brown all that I never brewed this year...

I don't have a picture but I keep a small state of florida opener on the dog's collar. I never have to look for it and when I'm hanging with the neighbors I never have to get up. It comes to me!

I have been room temp brewing for years. I use 1 pound of coffee per gallon of water. I generally mix a flavor or 2 of store bought coffee depending on my mood. I have always done 24 hours. I just switched my last batch to 12 hours. I am trying to get lower acid which is why I went to cold brew...