What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:02 am
by AMac
Yo fellow soldiers, new forum user here, from tiny RI. Moved to the Ocean state several years ago for grad school and haven't left yet for some shitty reason. Even got a job and married, so now I'm stuck (originally from NC). I'm a listener to the live shows and archives for almost a year. Been brewing for about 2.5 years (moved to all grain about 6 months ago!). Love the information and community, looking forward to being a part of it. Cheers
-Alex (AMac)
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:53 am
by brewinhard
Welcome to the forum! How has the all-grain brewing been coming along for you?
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:21 pm
by AMac
Can't get enough of it. Certainly got the brewing fever. Just brewed my 6th all grain batch, double ipa (with Warrior, Falconer's Flight, and Equinox) and I just kegged an ommegang Hennepin clone. Really stoked. Also the kegging is a huge bonus, just splurged on a couple kegs and a kegerator that I put together (mini fridge and 2 tap tower). Never to bottling (except from the taps!) again. Now I'm just trying to get my process consistent so I can start pumping out good product and entering competitions.
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:32 am
by brewinhard
Cool. Kegging is such a time saver. When you feel like you are honing in on some recipes for comps, a blichmann beer gun goes a long way when bottling from the keg. I use it all the time for competition entries and love it.
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:11 pm
by BDawg
Welcome!
I was born and raised in RI
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:03 am
by AMac
brewinhard wrote:Cool. Kegging is such a time saver. When you feel like you are honing in on some recipes for comps, a blichmann beer gun goes a long way when bottling from the keg. I use it all the time for competition entries and love it.
Does the gun work significantly better than a CO2 purge or capping on foam with a tube insert into tap faucet? I just found a tube that will fit and I plan to bottle some from the tap so I can mail a friend. Thanks
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:28 am
by brewinhard
That way works okay too, but not for as long as long term storage is concerned with the beer gun. If you are serious about competing, a beer gun is a great choice for packaging your beers.
The other method (Tasty's) works great for sharing beers with friends and for competitions when the beers will be judged (and not stored) relatively soon.
Re: What's up from Rhode Island
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:57 pm
by TheDarkSide
Welcome fellow New Englander!