Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

We hit the road early, heading for White Sands and then Las Cruces.  The road from Artesia to Las Cruces was great, in fact I'm planning on heading back on the BMW to ride it.  We got in to White Sands and spent some time driving around and climbing the… more »

We hit the road bright and early, heading west to Artesia, NM, which is to be our base of operations for the weekend.  The drive was pleasantly uneventful and seeing all the wind farms in west Texas was really nice.  We got in to Artesia just before 5 PM… more »

The nice D.P.S. sergent came out and inspected the house and found nothing amiss, so it looks like I'll be getting my permit at some point.  Now I just have to wait for the administrative side of the process to complete their work.  After that I'll be a… more »

I finally set some time aside to get another batch of beer brewed.  This one's my first stab at an Irish red ale.  The recipe's pretty simple, still an extract brew since I haven't had time to start in on all-grain brews.  7 pounds of light liquid… more »

Just in case anyone doesn't know, it's illegal to buy Erlenmeyer flasks in the great state of Texas if you don't have a permit from the D.P.S. I found this out before I made a mistake I might regret later and have a permit application sent off to Austi… more »

Well, it's done and in the chiller to ferment. I made a brown ale and pretty much had to re-do the entire recipe because the extra volume messes with hop utilization, steeping, etc. So it's a pretty much new beer. 7.25 pounds light extract, 1 pound 90… more »

After a couple weeks of missed connections and clashing schedules I finally met the seller of a 9 gallon stainless kettle. I'm finally going to be able to do full volume boils, or at least I will be able to once I get a good propane burner. I've also g… more »

I ran up to Homebrew HQ to pick up some kegging supplies, specifically a third CO2 supply line since I have a third port on the check valve. Unfortunately, that third port isn't flowing gas so I'm still stuck at two lines. I'll expand later. After t… more »

After a slow start it looks like the wheat's going to be ok. It's currently foaming out the top of the airlock rather vigorously. Not bad for 9 month old yeast which didn't get properly activated! more »

I did up an extract batch of wheat today. Really simple batch, just 6.6 pounds of extract, 1.5 oz. Tettnang, 1.5 oz. Hallertauer, and Wyeast 1010 yeast. I had a bit of trouble with the yeast not swelling up like it should, which I initially attributed… more »