Recent content by adkrogue

Just wanted to say thanks again party people. I invested in a new thermapen, even though I tested my old thermometer and it seemed to be only a degree off, nailed the mash temps and my final og within a point. I'll take that. Peace!

Thx gdbrewer. The beer shld be fine right? If it is the out line, I guess I shld disconnect it right to keep the keg closed off and pressurized?

This was my first time kegging. Bought a couple used (dirty) kegs and all new equipment, lines, fittings, and a tank. Cleaned everything with PBw, sanitized, hooked up everything, tested the tank and lines for leaks with Starsan, everything seemed ok. I kegged about nine days ago at 10 psi and...

Dme in the starter, although now that dme is about a yr old. (Wasn't before though). Using white labs, mainly Cali ale 001. Fermentation times have been towards 4 woks in primary!

Oxygen seems like a constant variable in all the different batches. Mash temps are are btwn 148-152 ish. To aerate I've still been shaking the fermenter like madman for a few minutes. In every batch. I shake it rigorously for more than 3 minutes. Not enough? Do I need to get pure O2. Thanks

First off I apologize if this is been covered I'm sure it has but each Brewers issues may be specific. I just finished brewing my fifth batch all grain, gravity seems way too high. All my batches have ended with a gravity about eight or nine points higher than I expected. Ive brewed different...

Do I need to do anything special to clean the carboy. I wld normally clean with either a dish detergent nd most recently started using PBw. I sanitize with starsan. Thx all.

Was going to bottle, now I'm googling pellicle and not feeling optimistic....thx yooper

Hey all, I know this was already posted, today in fact, but I need some help. I made an Oktoberfest ale about four weeks ago. It was all swell about two wks ago and today getting ready to bottle I noticed this. It's a little dark but those are white bubbles floating on top, obv some sort of...

Thanks guys - not a betterboy. its a glass 6.5 gal carboy so 6 gals at that mark seems right on.

I did my first all grain batch yesterday, I was shooting for 5 gal, OG of 1.072, and abv of 7.2 10lbs Pale Ale 2 lbs Pilsen 1 lb Crystal 10 .5 lb honey malt .25 lb victory .25lb carapils 14lbs Total I had a near disaster mashing in and spilled about a lb of grain onto my deck; I...

Yes on the partial mash! Meant to say that earlier.

oh and probably centennial at 60 but I may stop at LHBS today and see if they have an oz of warrior or nugget to use instead.

Thx all. I'm going to cut down the caramel to 8oz and move the simcoe oz to FO. I'm becoming more of a hophead by the minute. I like IPA's bitter, but also with a big floral fruity bouquet. Some of my fav's are Ruination, Double Jack, and most recently Heady Topper has ruined a lot of other...

Hey guys - this is my 2nd take at a recipe. 5gal batch with a 4 gal partial boil. The malt bill is a little all over the place - some of which is me experimenting and some is me subject to constraints of LHBS inventory. 3 lbs DME - Golden Light 2 lbs DME - Golden Light (late addition - 5...