Recent content by atimmerman88

Thanks mirthfuldragon. I had foam goin everywhere, for some reason I was thinking the more agitation the better like I always have with my old aquarium pump. I should've known when I could hear the like hepa filter whining from the flow.

I hear ya.........wife was looking for an easy xmas gift so I guessed wrong. What's the target liters for a standard gravity 5gal batch, say 1.050? Something like this might solve the issue.

Kinda of reviving an old thread here but thought it's worth a shot. I picked up one of these guys from Amazon, and gave it a shot with the 1.4 small tanks over the weekend, blew through the full can in about 90sec between 2 batches :eek: My guess is I pushed way to much through it, but I...

Going for this one again.

I have a california common going now with M54 and also noticed the slow start. Took maybe 48hrs or so at 64 to get going. It's throwing off some funky smells so I hope that's not a bad sign.

I'll second this motion. Of the 5 or 6 times I've made this s04 shines everything time

Just curious if anyone has a fermentation schedule for this? Planning to brew this weekend.

I'm on the full packet plan. I hit almost all my beers with it with except of hefe's and saisons. I haven't noticed an loss of flavor or aroma in IPA's before or after

Anyone else brew this?

I have in my garage which typically is over 100 in July and August. The only issue I have is gnats which I take care of with some tap covers I bought off eBay. Nice tight fitting polyethylene ? Ones. Keeps the critters out. My tower isn't cooler either, the first oz is foamy but if I pull a...

Every show I've seen there I've just walked in w/ a book bag full of booze. Beers or mixed drinks w/out much hassle? Maybe that's changed in the last year or 2

I've always used this as a 2-row recipe, but i'm sure pilsen would be just fine too if you have some on hand.

I usually always use columbus for bittering on all pales / ipas including this one with consistent results.

Was scrubbing limes today so that only means one thing.... 5 or 6 go round with the OP recipe. Slims got it dialed

I've bought into this method: http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/11/25/dry-hopping-for-beer-revisited-part-1-of-2/ Typically I do 3 days.