@skylab4 I went with the 240v 15 gallon system that will do 5 & 10 gallon batches. 5 gallon for strong beers and 10 gallon for lower gravity beers. At the time there was a choice of 4500w or 5500w elements so I chose the latter. Now I think they also do a stainless steel element which would be...
@BroomVikin, as @Foosier indicates, a drop in efficiency with BIAB is marginal if anything. The main thing is indeed to mill the gain a bit finer as the meshed bag will assist as a filter. As an aside one thing I have found is that rice hulls are needed for stronger beers otherwise you can end...
a few of us are in the process of trying to get something sustainable going, the Yahoo group has been replaced by this Facebook Group as I understand it so feel free to join:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/465004880261186/?fref=ts
I only bottle so am no expert on kegging but I'd say try pour a jug of beer as cold as possible and without generating a head in order to keep as much CO2 in solution as possible then fill a clean and sanitized bottle, cap and cool ASAP. If you do this on Sat am your beer should be fine for...
Does anyone know where I can get hold of Oxygen tanks (or get one refilled) in the State College (Center County) area within PA for wort aeration purposes please?
Many thanks in advance.
We visited Bell's this afternoon and enjoyed a great selection of beers including Oberon. The tour was very good, they have a great beer garden and even a home brew shop. Well worth a visit.
We are heading to Brewery Vivant tonight (Fri) and Founder's for the tour tomorrow. Must checkout how far Perrin Brewery is to see if we can hit it before New Holland tomorrow night. Many thanks for the suggestions and if you see us Beer Infinity guys in any places come say hi and we will shout...
We are going to Ann Arbor next Monday (this Memorial Weekend) from OH & PA and taking in Arbor Brewing Company and Jolly Pumpkin. Looking forward to sampling some sours.
We are visiting Bell's this coming Sunday and are looking forward to see what delights are on tap - we can get Oberon, Oarsman Ale, Kalamazoo Stout and Best Brown in our area (Central PA) but not much else.