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| Jeff Pieper | |||
| Homebrewery name | Shady Grove Home Brewery | ||
| pieper13@bellsouth.net | |||
| MCAB XII Recipe download: This is a basic ingredient recipe with mash info | |||
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Stonebreaker Cream Ale ProMash .rec file .txt file html file | ||
| First brew: 1998 | All grain brewer, using a 3 tier system | ||
| Got serious: 2006 | |||
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If I had to pick |
Using RO-water, adjusting ph and mineral levels. Instead of trying to correct the water I have. Has made a great improvement in my beer. | ||
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Most important piece of equipment |
Temperature controller, so I can pitch at the right temperature and control fermentation. | ||
| Keys to success: | The "Beerslayer", president of the S.U.D.S. home brew club; his willingness to help me advance my brewing knowledge. If not for him, I would probably still only making extract kit beers and would not have entered a homebrewing competition. | ||
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History: In 1998 I was working for Sherwin Williams as their Spray Equipment Specialist. I met a new employee who had moved over from England and he was talking about how he would brew beer at home. He ordered an extract kit from Williams Brewing and invited the guys from work over to watch. I could not believe you could brew beer at home. We brewed extract kits together for a couple of years, but over time stopped getting together. I still would brew a couple of kits a year. Then after finding out in 2003 there was a home brew supply shop and club in my area, I started talking with club members and sampling their beers. This started me into brewing all-grain 5 gallon batches. Then in 2006 I stepped up to brewing 10 gallon batches and wife started worrying that it passed just a hobby level. In 2008 I entered and went to my first contest, what a blast. In 2009 my step son got back from his last tour in Iraq and I got him into brewing: we started the Shady Grove Home Brewers. We got to serve our home brew to the public for the first time at the Shreveport Brew Fest. We served for 3 hours straight without a break and people were lined up the whole time. We brewed a Belgian Candi Sugar experiment with the Mmmm's club and the club president was interviewed on The Brewing Network. My wife knows it has definitely passed the hobby stage now that I have taken over the room we were remodeling to make the master bed room (wups, it turned into a brew room!) She must really love me. Opinions:
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