Recent content by adamfargo

Just moved my primary to the secondary and added the vanilla beans (split and soaked in vodka for a week). The gravity was 1.011, making it approx a 7.9% AC. A bit stronger than I had planned, may have to let it sit for awhile longer, but it tasted great! 20 oz of cocoa for 13 gallons may a bit...

Thanks for the recipe Cheshire. I live in KC Missouri and my girlfriend wanted to get me some of Boulevard's seasonal chocolate ale for my birthday. Crazy thing is they sold out everywhere by noon, even all of the bars were tapped out by 5:30! So I told her that we could make a brew that would...

ShKotty I don't really remember what my favorites were. I just moved and don't know where my records were. I want to say it ended up around 5% AC. I want to say it was 48 before the oranges and they should have boosted it about 6 points. Maybe ended up around 10-12. It was a long time ago...

Yeah I could take some pictures of the outside assembly now, but won't be able to take pics of the entire drain assembly for another few weeks once the fermentation process is complete. Basically I used the spear as the mount for the drain, so it can be removed if needed by removing the...

I cut the keg spear at the bottom of the spring where it's crimped to hold the spring in, and then made a PVC drain to fit it. Basically so I could make it removable and sealed with the original fitting and gasket. So the spear only goes up about 2 inches from the bottom (originally the top) of...

I don't know, I guess I could always drain it slowly until it comes out clear and then use it to empty the rest. I attached the drain to the original sanke spear, cut it off right about where the spring ends, so it sticks up a few inches. I did drain a cup to taste it today, after about 6 days...

I actually just ordered 3 retaining rings from old scrap kegs off of some web site, along with a gas manifold - 4 way distribution system for my Kegerator. Already have 4 perlick taps set up. I'm going to ferment two of my current four batches in secondary, and two only in primary and see if I...

I'm not in the habit of ever asking questions. I couldn't find any info on funky tasting fruit beers otherwise I would never have started this forum. I just mentioned a few thoughts, and since I knew your experiences I asked you directly about them. The only problem I could foresee with using...

To tell you the truth I only started homebrewing about a month ago. This wheat beer was my first batch. I bought a few corny kegs and have been planning on force carbonating over a few days at 30 psi in my Kegerator. Everything is a work in progress, I just finished my Kegerator yesterday. Btw I...

The only difference between my closed fermenting sanke system is that I don't have a 15psi pressure release like you do. I have a corny keg lid attached to my keg, which does build up a ton of pressure very quickly, and I just left the release valve open with a film canister over it to keep out...

Haha yeah I couldn't taste the orange flavors as well due to the sugars fermenting out fully, and it tasted only like orange peels. It was pretty strong at first, but the orange peel taste subsided and seemed to blend with the beer pretty well, although the resulting flavor was a weird aroma and...

Yeah mine is also drinkable (and I will probably drink it too), but it just doesn't taste quite right. It tastes like a light crisp wheat beer, the beer flavor is decent, the color is a little cloudy, there is a weird aroma to it, and it has a funky aftertaste. I don't know quite how to describe...

Yeah I have no way of adding an airlock now, I'll probably add one for the next batch. I have just been releasing the pressure until the kraussen starts to come out every couple hours. Thanks for the advice on the fruit, I was wondering whether the bacteria in the fruit had spoiled the beer. I...

Alright so I'm brand new to the forum, and pretty much brand new to homebrewing as well. I got my start with a few kits I ordered off of midwestsupplies.com. So far no complaints about their products or service, but the first beer I made was the Boundary Waters Wheat beer. In order to spruce up...