Recent content by atgunning

The first thing I would do is not post it on a public forum...

Buy a conical.

Usually it's Midwest for equipment, NB for everything else. I usually order on a sunday or monday and receive the order thursday or friday with the flat rate shipping at NB. NB is my first choice for pretty much everything. I even know a pro brewer that orders things like beer engines from...

You develop melanoidins and caramelized sugars with longer boils. Even if you add water to bring back the correct volume, it will probably be very hard to ferment out. It will also probably taste a bit like beef broth. However, I am interested to hear what it does eventually taste like, and...

I have a few contacts for that. PM me if you want some details. I'm not going to post their info out on a public forum, LOL.

Wow, I really hope you are trolling.

With proper yeast management, i.e. ensuring viable yeast and proper pitching rates, most beers can ferment out in about 4-7 days. I regularly brew with a very experienced pro brewer and he gets nervous if you tell him things have been in primary longer than 10 days. I usually have a 7-10 day...

Check the o-ring on the post, its probably broken.

Saison, Saison and more saison. Screw it, throw in a rye IPA for the hell of it, then make more saison.

The last time I got 2-row that cheap was a few months ago from Rahr. I didnt order 2-row on our last group buy, but the price was about $25 a sack for the guys that did. Also, I noticed the prices increased from last year for Franco Belges, Thomas Fawcett, Bairds, etc.

We are lucky enough to have relationships that allow us to do that with a couple of different grain suppliers. About 50 people order grain 3 times a year so we get the 12,000 lb prices which is the cheapest. On the flip side, we don't have jack **** for a LHBS.

I buy hops, grain, star san and pbw in bulk. Yeast if free from a couple of local brewpubs. Average cost right now is about $8 per lb of hops, $21 per 50lb sack of 2-row, 1 gallon of star san is $32.50, and a 50 lb pail of pbw is $125. A 10 gallon batch costs around $12 for me to make. The...

I'm in

Kegged 5 gallons of Belgian Golden Strong, kegged 5 gallons of cider, transferred 10 gallons of IPA to secondary.

The only time I have had success with fermenting outdoors was a pair of saisons, one rye and one smoked. I pitched a blend of 3 different saison strains i had obtained from a local brewery, and put them on my deck in august. Since that type of yeast strain was able to handle the high temps and...