Recent content by Alellujah

Thanks. Yeah, I found some other threads and saw those mentioned a few times. Appreciate the input!

So 50 lbs fits into 2 buckets? Does anyone use anything different for airtight storage?

Found this: Page of Calculators that seems to be fairly accurate. Kind of sucks that I can't get an accurate read of where I'm at without thiefing out a bunch of beer as opposed to a few drops. Live and learn.

Will do.

Thanks, guys. Alcohol throwing off the refractometer makes sense from what you're saying. I'm reading a beer that's in secondary. It started out at 1.124 (hydrometer read), and there's a lot of alcohol in there (smell and taste). I have Beersmith, I'll check in there. Otherwise, is there...

I'm getting a major difference in the readings between my hydrometer and my newly purchased refractometer. hydrometer reads around 1.030 and refractometer is reading around 1.060. I can't figure out why there would be such a wide difference between the two. I used distilled water on the...

So you're the second one to mention drilling out a propane burner to fit it to natural gas. I guess I'd have to look at the two to see how this works. Anyone else have any experience using natural gas instead of propane?

Thanks so much for all the input, everyone! I think that what I would consider doing is adding extra water to my priming sugar and blending it in that way. However, I've decided to take my lumps and just ride it out. Lesson learned: More pre-boil water volume for this style and amount of hops used.

Thanks for the ideas, guys.

Hey, speaking of American Barleywine... I just did one last night and the recipie was something like this for a 5 gallon batch: 22 lbs Maris Otter 1 lb Crystal 80 (should've went 60L, but this is all the lhbs had) 1 lb Crystal 20 .5 lb Special B 2 oz Magnum @ 60 min 1 lb corn sugar @ 30 min 1 oz...

I put this in another thread, but it wasn't getting any action, so I'm starting anew. I brewed a barleywine last night that came out to 1.124, but only about 4 gallons of wort (with a layer of trub on the bottom). I've already pitched and fermentation looks strong and healthy. That OG is...

That's what I'm wondering. I have a friend that has natural gas coming into the garage, so we could hook a burner up to that. Are there high pressure burners that are made to run off natural gas?

I have a thing about starting new threads, so I'm "hijacking" this one :). This issue is very similar to mine, but I haven't added any water YET. I made a barleywine last night that came out to 1.124, but only about 4 gallons of wort (with a layer of trub on the bottom). I've already...

Cool, thanks guys. Hopefully there's something left in the flask when I get home. ;)

Hello, I made a starter on Monday (today is Thursday), then on Wednesday I decanted the spent wort and added fresh wort to raise my yeast count/volume. When I got up late last night for a bathroom run, I found the flask full of a bubbling mass and the sponge stopper cocked out of the flask...