Recent content by Michael Dempsey

Thanks, I know where SJ Welding is, I'll try there

This kind of goes hand-in-hand with the LBHS discussion. I need to get a CO2 tank refilled. I always got this done at one of the LBHS's. But we don't have any close by now. I know LBHS's aren't the only place to get a tank filled. Problem is that I don't know what they are. So my question is...

Tonewood is not involved with this. The last few events we had there were in the parking lot next to Tonewood.

This is terrific, thanks. I do use bottled water, so I never know what my water profile is. Never used Wegman's before, but I might start now that I have this infor

Souderton is a 1 1/2 hour drive from my house each way. It's not a place where I'm ever "in the area". And I hate driving on Rt 309. Driving to Havertown is a traffic nightmare. Brew Hardware might be an easier drive going up Rte 295, but it's still a 90 min drive for me each way. Going to...

Hi, Tomorrow is meeting day, and would like to request to use the 2-tap jockey box. Could whoever has it bring it to the meeting tomorrow? That would be great. Thanks, Mike D.

I'm sorry to read this. Fermented has been my go-to shop. Good luck in the future

It sure was shocking to me when I read the news in the Inquirer (he got a full article obit there). Their food critic Craig LaBan and restaurant reporter Michael Klein both wrote touching articles praising Lappy and mentioning the club he helped start (though they never used the name Barley...

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Hi, I was going to bring this up at this month's meeting, but I couldn't make it. I am a member at the Cherry Hill American Legion post, and on Oct 14 we are having our Oktoberfest fundraiser. I am going to donate a couple of kegs of my Oktoberfest to it. I would like to borrow one of the...

I hate seeing LBHS's close. I've seen several close down over the decades. In my early years of brewing (late-80's, 90s), I had to go to Home Sweet Homebrew in Philly for ingredients (I was customer there even before George and Nancy bought it from a guy named Kurt I think). As far as I knew...

I couldn't find a sign up link either

The last time I brewed a Kölsch was in 2019. According to my notes, I used Wyeast 2565 (Kölsch), and I wrote "Yeast took off almost right away", which means I must have seen activity by the next day. I did make a yeast starter. That recipe was 85% Pilsner, 15% Munich, Hallertau and Saaz hops...

I have a black IPA dry hopping now. I always have a pale ale on tap and decided to have something a little dark for winter

At least it looks like it wouldn't prevent breweries from hosting our meetings, since we can bring our own beer to the "private event". I guess they would count against their 52 allowable events per year though. This isn't new, but one of the dumbest things is requiring a tour of the brewery. I...