Recent content by Beerens

I have been building my water the night before. I just watched the latest Chop & Brew and Dawson Butonized his water in his mash tun. Is this advised or am I better off continuing doing it before I add the water to the mash? Cheers!

I only have two kegs and I want to age this for another 3-4 months and that would mean only one beer on tap until the RIS is done. There is a layer of CO2 on the secondary, but wont some O2 get splashed in there with the cubes?

I racked to secondary 4 months ago and I want to add some oak cubes. I am concerned with oxygenation. I can not think of a way to add the cubes with out some splashing. Any thoughts? I am trying to avoid racking it again before kegging. Cheers!

I started fermentation at 64 and have been upping it a degree a day until day 6. It is now at 70.

Made a starter two days before pitching. Pitched into a 1.070 dubbel wort. It was the most krausenist ferment I have ever had. It did blow the top of my Ale Pale off during the second night. The top was just loose enough to allow the CO2 to escape when I woke up. I have never fermented with...

I would think that most of the yeast and proteins will settle out in 6 months. What temperature will you be storing your beer? If I were to add Biofine, it would be after the 6 months. Let the natural settling take out most of it and then let the Biofine clean up what is left. Hope this...

I have been meaning to build my hop trellis for 3 years now and I am just getting to it today. Some of the bines are 3+ feet. Is it is too late (May 25) to cut them back and get good growth? Can I train the bines that are there? I want to cut them down to the ground and let them grow for a...

Thanks for the quick responses and the pic. I love the hose clamp! Is the PVC cover attached in any way? Will it keep water out? Did you just drill a hole in the end to allow the wire through?

I am looking to invest in a tri-clover RIMS tube from Brewers Hardware. The first ordering choice is between a 1.5" Tri Clover X 1" NPS Fitting and a 1.5" Tri Clover X 1" NPS Element Adapter. The fitting without the adapter says that "YOU MUST PROVIDE A GROUND AND A COVER TO COVER THE...

Thanks for all the replies! I have not seen him without a craft beer in his hand in a couple of years. He may have a Labatt Blue at the bar if there is nothing else, but he is going through a IPA phase for the last year since he got some Pliney. He drinks 90%+ craft beer. He thinks that it is...

My friend is a rather experienced beer drinker and he says that when he drinks my homebrew he claims that he has more hangovers than when he drinks the same amount of non-homebrewed beer. I control my fermentation temperatures and to this point have only brewed ales. I tend to ferment at 62 -...

My wife while "cleaning" the basement knocked off the airlock off my four month old scotch ale. I noticed it approximately 24 hours later and replaced it. I kegged the beer 4 hours later. That was four days ago. I am drinking a pint now and it tastes clean to me. Any idea how long it will...

There is enough diastatic power in Munich Malt to convert itself. You can check the specks on the malt. Look at who made it and you can go online and check it or ask your hbs for the diastatic power of the malt. I believe that you need greater than 30 Lintner.

I opened it up and the o-ring on the poppit looked ok. The diptube was clear. I was lost so I decided to just switch the out post and after I did that the sweet nectar flowed! :mug: It must have been the poppit. Thanks Kahler and Yooper!

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