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Welcome to TexanBrew.com

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:06:31 -0600

Welcome to my humble site -- yet another beerblog. I hope you find the information helpful. Please let me know what you're brewing and if there is anything I can do to make this site more usable. Scott

Happy Texas Independence Day!

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:36:00 -0600

On March 2, 1836 the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico was signed. It was during this time the siege of the Alamo was ongoing where many an adopted Texan would lose their life in a massacre that still inspires today in the words, "Remember the Alamo!" Enough history, I believe I'll have a beer.

Bottles

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:34:10 -0500

Hi All, I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this, but I have 3 plastic cases of bottles I brought back from Germany a few years ago. I saved them because I thought I might try my hand at home-brewing. We are cleaning out the house and my wife wants them disposed of. The 3 cases are "Pfungst�dter" 11 bottle half-litre for a total of 33 bottles. Faced with the reality of trashing them I'd be happy to give them to anyone who can put them to good use. You can email me at yst347@hotmail.com and we can make arrangements for pickup. Regards, Mark

Where did you find the Temp gages?

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:30:41 -0500

I want to build a beautiful system like yours. What i can not seem to find is a simple Temp guage for the thermocouples in the mash, as you have shown. Where o where did they come from and what is the proper name for them? I found them on EBay. I took a while but I was patient and bought them for around $25 a piece. They called, "thermocouple readers." Scott

A 20 Gallon Day

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:43:35 -0500

Scottish Ale

Brew Date:	August 27, 2006
OG	1.047
FG
Size	10 gallons

Dubble

Brew Date:	August 27, 2006
OG
FG
Size	10 gallons

Original Gravities By Style

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:00:00 -0500

This is just for fun and I may or may not continue writing in this area.

If you think it is worth the effort, please let me know.

1.015

1.020

1.025

1.030

1.035

1.040

1.045

1.050

1.055

1.060

1.065

1.070

.1075

1.080

1.085

1.090

1.095

1.100

1.110

1.020

Light Lager

Std Lager

Prm Lager

Munich Helles

Dortmunder

German Pils

Bohemian Pils

CAP

Vienna

Marzen

Dark Am. Lager

Munich Dunkle

Schwarzbier

Brewing with Tom

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:38:00 -0500

Had a good time brewing with Tom this past weekend. I exposed myself to too much barleywine and sun.

We each made ten gallons and will swap five.

German Alt

Brew Date:	August 13, 2006
OG	1.056
FG	1.012
Size	10 gallons

Imperial IPA

Brew Date:	August 13, 2006
OG	1.096
FG
Size	10 gallons

Group Brew Fun

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:14:25 -0500

Well, the bad weather, for the most part, stayed away from our fun last weekend as we party-guild brewed a Belgian Golden and a smaller beer.Here's the setup:

From left to right: Cody , Tim, Jacob, Tim. We had almost ten people helping us brew this beer but nobody thought to take a group picture until so many had left. HumDum, thanks for the flag, man!

I'm adding the home-inverted sugar to the Golden here. Man, that stuff is a pain to dissolve!

Tim and Sean add some hops. Sean's idea of having both kettles reach a boil at the same time made the session so much easier.

Tim learns I really do put people to work!

Hey, Tim! You were right! I should have used a blow-off!

This was a great day. We had a lot of fun and drank a lot of beer. Though I didn't really start until the yeast was pitched, I soon caught up!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped!

Ahhh Beer

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:13:23 -0500

Ale in the wrong type of glass still tastes as sweet.

Just Some Pictures

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:11:09 -0500

Some quick pictures of the growing brewery.

Here is the new mash tun in place with the other components on the brewery. Note the new insulation.

Here is the return manifold held by a brewery helper.

Because the return manifold sits below the water level during sparge, a check-valve was added to prevent backflow.