Recent content by agusus

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I6625I/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Just ordered some of those for my kriek.

No, it is not.

That's a good question. I checked some of the others and here are the divergences: 13th = 0.6% ABV 9th = 1.3% (1.079->1.010 = 9.1% but they say 7.8%, on an imperial wheat) 8th = 0.1% 7th = 0.6% 6th = .4% stone smoked porter = 0.3% stone pale ale = 0.3% stone levitation = 0.2% So...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1607740559/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 For big fans of Stone it's a must have. Makes a good coffee table book too. (though I still recommend reading parts of it - the history of how they got started is pretty interesting).

But it is mostly a function of the change in original density to final density isn't it? My impression was that ABV calculated from OG/FG might have say a 1-5% deviation from a lab test of alcohol level, but I wouldn't expect it to be 10% (error deviation from actual) like it is in this example...

Hi, So I purchased the new Stone brewery book. It's great! But there seems to be a mistake in the recipe for their 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. The beer was 9.2% ABV (stated in the book, and on their website http://www.stonebrew.com/12th/ale/) but the recipe says OG...

Hey, how did this turn out? Can you post an update? Do you still use the barrel? I'm thinking of buying a 5g barrel too, and using it initially for strong beers like stouts, barleywine, then souring it for lambics and Flemish ales. To Bobby_M who said these small barrels will contribute too...

Cool, thanks! By the way, I found a user-submitted image on Amazon where a guy is using the fountain pump to chill his wort: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002HFTIY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 [Edit: HBT truncates the Amazon link, so if you want to see the photo just search for "Sunterra...

Hi mjohnson - if you're still around, I'd like to hear more about your aquarium pump solution. Was the pressure / flow rate good enough that you still get quick cooling? It seems like a pump would pump out water slower than a faucet does, but I guess that depends on how powerful it is. Also...

Ok... I don't have any teflon tape. I wish they would say that on websites that are selling these brewpots. I doubt many people know they need to leak test the pot with hot water several days before brew day. Well, I'll try the teflon thing when I can get to Home Depot. I find it hard to...

So I was all excited for the first brew with my new 9 gallon brew pot, and had the mash water at strike temp in it, when I noticed it's leaking from the spigot. It's coming from the threaded "close nipple", at the threaded joint on the brewpot (not at the point where the threading joins with the...

Ah, thanks for the picture. I brew in my kitchen and my counters are about 1 foot higher than the top of my carboy, so I was imagining trying to shoot the wort out of the spigot and somehow have it end up arcing into the funnel would be pretty difficult. But I could raise the carboy on a box or...

Ok... so I could run off the wort through the spigot straight into a carboy with funnel? How would I do that? The picture shows that the spigot is parallel to the ground - 90 degree angle off the brewpot. Is there some attachment that makes it go down? The website also offers a "hose barb" and...

I'm thinking of upgrading from my 5g brew pot to a 9g one. Like this one: http://www.homebrewing.org/ONE-WELD-9-Gallon-Stainless-Steel-pot-_p_1683.html I've brewed 50+ batches, but I'm not really into the whole equipment obsession thing. I try to only buy stuff if I think it's going to...

Yup, it came out fine. I guess the weird difference was due to a temperature gradient most likely.