Recent content by A1337sti

that's a good idea to drill a 2nd hole in the stopper and put a thermometer down in it. my temperature control solution is way more primitive.. not even sure if it passes the "works for me" test .. yet I've got a small AC-ed closet, which keeps the closet +1/-1 of what i set it to.. but...

So I was able to test my 24" thermometer doing a batch of Cider. Its great! 5 Stars (granted what i tried previously was horrible) I used about 5 " of PVC pipe and a cork to get the spacing i wanted. the instructions say the response time is 15-20 seconds when submerged but it appears to...

Really weird how a beer can taste great coming out of primary but end up with off flavors after carbination.. hopefully that doesn't happen this time around.

Ya bumping old threads is sort of a (bad?) Habit of mine.. I ended up ordering this , but i haven't used it yet : http://www.thermoworks.com/products/low_cost/rt610b_12+24.html (24" model) plan is to drill a small hole in the top of my keggle, possibly using a few washers if i need to raise it...

Taylor Digital Cooking Thermometer/Timer Is a horrible product. I bought one off the advice of this thread, its off by 40F when the temp is 100F or lower, and the amount its off by changes as temps go up. i wanted to mash at 154, but ended up at 160 , since how much the thermometer was...

Temp raised to 75 and I saw some very slow airlock activity for about 12 hours .. Guess I'll be waiting a few days before I take an other reading

Thanks, and I checked my notes , i Pitched at 9:30 on 9/2 at 72F so its been 18-19 days , outside temps will be higher today (only source of heat at the moment for the brew closet) at least the Beer is very tasty.

So i was all set to get distilled water , and drank 1 last beer and it tasted much better. took it into the LHBS and everyone there liked the beer . and i did some taste testing of my water source and the RV hose leaves a hose taste. i went ahead and just got an RV hose filter , cheapy...

3 weeks ago i brewed a Smash 15 pounds of northwest pale malt brew in a bag style i was at 108F for 20 minutes, i wanted to hang out at 150F but after a few minutes i had hit 167F :( killed the heat and left the lid off. was there for about 15 minutes, iodine test i believe said i was...

Have any "twin ipa" recipes? Hehehe sort of like a double but renamed

So spring and not distilled? =\ confusion... What does Walmart sell at their water fill up? Scratch that.. Primo water fill stations are distilled water with minerals added ! Sounds like exactly what I need. Perfecto And I'm at the hospital with my new twin new borns. So I've got the whole...

Gotcha! I'll brew with distilled and see what I get. If that's fine then I'll try a filter and see how that compares/ see if any off flavor comes back. Do I need to worry about brewing salts if I'm doing a full grain (BIAB) ? Probably a super basic 7% ipa northwest pale malt with maybe...

Good thing to do. Would using a garden hose filter be "just as good" as store bought distilled ? or no? I used white labs 007 dry ale yeast (wanted to try Northern California yeast but they were out) While i usually do a starter i just dumped the tube in (instructions said it should be...

or perhaps in my case, the RV "drinking water garden hose" may be killing my otherwise really good tasting water. my co-worker said to try a batch where i get my water from the kitchen sink.. only have to go down 1 flight of stairs ... lol worth it though if it works :)

One of my friends "helped" me last night and tasted some. He said "juicyfruit" comes to mind. not a dead on, but i started to agree. My wife who has a great pallet couldn't really put a name to it either. could be more than 1 thing wrong with it though I suppose. I did bottle in...