My Life as I See It

SQ14 Burner and Installing a Weldless Ball Valve on The Keggle

Jake — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:58:28 +0000

Just wanted to give a quick update here on the blog about my latest ventures in home brewing. In my last post, The New All Grain Brewing Equipment for Home Brewing, I showed you the new mash tun and keg converted to keggle. Since that video I've also purchased a new Bayou Classic SQ14 55,000 btu burner to use along with the keggle for all grain brewing. In this first video I'm using the new burner with the converted keg to heat up my strike water so I can get a ...

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SQ14 Burner and Installing a Weldless Ball Valve on The Keggle

New All Grain Equipment for Home Brewing

Jake — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:38:46 +0000

Just an update on my move to making beer using the All Grain method. In my last post, Jake's First BIAB (Brew in a Bag), I talked a little bit about my move from extract kits, to the BIAB method or "Brew in a Bag". Actually BIAB is an All Grain brewing method, but I still want to go all out and move to a burner, keggle, mash tun etc etc. Is that equipment necessary or required to do All Grain? Nope, but I really have an interest in this ...

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New All Grain Equipment for Home Brewing

Jake’s First BIAB (Brew In A Bag)

Jake — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:13:58 +0000

What up folks! Just wanted to give an update on the home brewing and how it's going! If you look at the BEER CATEGORY here at the blog, you can see that I haven't really talked much about my progression when it comes to home brewing. Back in October of last year when Misty bought me a Mr Beer kit for my birthday, I never thought I would move away from the Mr Beer kits so quickly. I only did 2 batches using Mr Beer and I just wasn't impressed. ...

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Jake’s First BIAB (Brew In A Bag)

I Married My Best Friend!

Jake — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:46:45 +0000

I'm gonna try and not make this a book, but I do have quite a bit to say so grab a beer, a coke, a glass of milk or whatever it is you drink and read on haha.. Wow, I haven't blogged in months and now 2 in one day?? I've been meaning to write about some things but... well just READ THE POST BEFORE THIS ONE and you'll see why I haven't. Our Wedding It's such a wonderful feeling to be happy, to feel complete, to know you're with the right person ...

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I Married My Best Friend!

Death – Marriage – Honeymoon – Beer – Internet Marketing

Jake — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:20:50 +0000

It's pretty damn sad that I haven't written any post on my blog since April! I'm such a slacker! ha! Actually, there have been some good reasons and not so good reasons for me not blogging in such a long time... The Not So Good Reasons: Lazy! (when it comes to blogging) Loss of interest! For someone that has so much to say, and has an opinion about pretty much everything, and has so much going on in his life, you would think I would take time and share it with the world as ...

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Death – Marriage – Honeymoon – Beer – Internet Marketing

Beer – Wedding Update – Stanky Leg

Jake — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:25:21 +0000

What up folks... Finally getting some, or I guess I should say TAKING some time to write a blog post.. Sooo much going on in our world these days! Not just work but play as well... Other than the onslaught of pollen we've had, it has been absolutely GORGEOUS weather here in the NC foothills for a couple of weeks now! Home Brewing is Going GREAT! It's been just over 5 months since I started home brewing and I'll have to say it's one of the funnest hobbies I've been involved in. ...

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Jake’s Kegerator in Action!

Jake — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:04:14 +0000

What up err body? Since I never did a video of the kegerator in action, I thought I'd toss one up for ya! I've got the drip tray installed and I've already went through a 5 gallon batch of Phat Tyre (Fat Tire). I've got 2 beers on tap at the moment and 3 five gallon kits that I need to make soon! I'll have to say I've learned a lot in the past couple of months about home brew! It's crazy how much can go into making your own beer ...

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Jake’s Kegerator in Action!

Is it a Man’s Job? Or is it a Woman’s Job?

Jake — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:35:38 +0000

Me and a few other guys had an intresting water cooler discussion the other day at work... It all came about when I brought up my upcoming marriage and how it was almost here! During the discussion I brought up how Misty and I want to have children. Of course right off the bat, one of the guys said "have fun changing those #%#%%^ diapers! HA! That's where the conversation got interesting... I've already raised a daughter and I've had my fair share of dirty diapers! Did I enjoy it? Of ...

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Is it a Man’s Job? Or is it a Woman’s Job?

Jake’s Kegerator Conversion is Complete! Now I Just Need BEER!

Jake — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:19:41 +0000

Ok folks, here's the latest video that shows the full size refrigerator converted to Jake's Kegerator! It was very easy to do and I'm glad I went with the full size fridge. Maybe sometime down the road, I can convert a mini-fridge or freezer (keezer). The Phat Tyre extract kit has been fermenting for 2 weeks now and I'm gonna leave it in the primary for another week, then keg it! So that'll be my first kegging experience and hopefully the Phat Tyre will taste great! I'll probably do a video on ...

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Jake’s Kegerator Conversion is Complete! Now I Just Need BEER!

Jake is Using a Full Size Refrigerator for the Keg Conversion

Jake — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:30:57 +0000

In my last post, you can watch a video that shows my new refrigerator conversion kit I purchased from Keg Connection. You can see that video by CLICKING HERE. Also be sure to check out part 2 that shows the completed project by CLICKING HERE. In this post, I have a video that shows the actual refrigerator I'll be converting. As you will hear me say in the video, there's many different options when it comes to building your own kegerator. Mini fridges and chest freezers are two popular choices, but I ...

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Jake is Using a Full Size Refrigerator for the Keg Conversion