making homebrew anybody?

[nobody]

tonight i tried a bottle of a light beer i had bottled before thanksgiving. i made it using a light lme i got from midwest brewers supplies, 2 pounds of light dme, czech pellet hops for bittering, 1 ounce of czech hops the last few minutes and a oz of czech hops for dry hopping. it sit in the primary for a month! the mid west lme is 80% fermentable.

it had been in the bottles for 15 days. i put two in the frig 2 days ago for testing. i know it is still green but i just had to try it. the first bottle had a banana like taste to it. i liked it(i think i will try a bottle a week for the next month). it also had a pretty good kick to it. i believe it will be somewhat higher than normal abv.

i have another one than i used a few different things on that will be even higher than this one. i'm using directions i found in a book for it and it is calling for over 9% abv!!!! can't wait to try it out!!!!

[jrathfon]

FYI, myoldkentuckyhomebrew sells 2-row for $1.25 a pound, for those that were interested. Either way, supporting that local shop means that when you need something random in a pinch, he'll be there in the future. On top of that you can shoot the proverbial shiz about anything beer related and catch some good ideas.

[nobody]

if i didn't live over 90 miles away i would visit there often. does he have a website we could get on to order from him? lord knows i could use some more yeast for my brews.

[Xtant]

A website would be nice. Liquor Barn doesn't make for a very good homebrew shop. I'm new to homebrewing, but it does seem like they have enough for emergency situations, though...

[nobody]

i'm low on yeast at the moment myself. if he has a website i'd pick some up from him. maybe a few other things as well if he sends stuff out by ups or fedex.

[tmongoose]

personally i wouldnt buy any yeast from liquor barn..i get 95% of my supplies from paul at my old kentucky homebrew....www.myoldkentuckyhomebrew.com...he is very knowledgeable about home brewing..

[nobody]

when he gets the site up i'll see about buying from him if his prices are right.