Recent content by bendog15

3 of my neighbors have recently re-roofed their houses. That may have been the cause as well. It’s remarkable how balanced my pool water stays at all times. I don’t do anything to it but add a few pucks of chlorine to the floater.

I have a sand filter. I’ve actually changed the sand out of it twice (thinking that was the problem, it wasn’t) and replaced several parts of the pump and lines. I also have a great robot vacuum. He drives around and vacuums the pool. No brushing or vacuuming for me! Don’t think I’ll go the...

Agreed. Don’t think the copper immersion chiller was making the pool water green. After 3 years of frustration (and draining + filling the pool 3x) I finally figured out it was a high phosphate level. Don’t know what causes it. But- I add this stuff called phos-free (1 capful every week or so)...

Oh yeah and I got a phosphate test kit too. I recommend all pool owners get one.

After 3 years of being a very novice pool owner, and draining and refilling pool 3x, I finally got it down. The first time it turned green was a high cyanuric acid level. I don’t test my water often enough and only do so once it turns cloudy and/or green. Anyways every single time I’ve had...

I’ve brewed this recipe at least 8 times. Cost effective and great beer. So 10gal x 8 equals 80 gal here...

Yup I kinda figured. Won’t win any awards, but I brew beer to drink. I’m sure I’ll be able to quaff down a lager made with octoberfest lager and it’ll be just fine.

I brew kombucha and always add hibiscus. I buy dried hibiscus flowers off eBay or amazon. They usually come from Mexico. Boil 1 cup of water, shut off flame. Add hibiscus flowers and let steep for 7 minutes. Strain liquid, discard flowers and add liquid to keg. Rack kombucha on top of liquid

Got a big starter of wlp820 goin. Was gonna brew a marzen but at last minute I’m changing my mind cuz it’s so damn hot. Now I’m thinking of just making a German light lager. Anyone have experience using this yeast and making fizzy yellow beer with it?

I have a pretty beat up barley crusher. I have to run the grain bill through twice. Once at a pretty wide gap. Second time at a credit card width.

I ditched the stainless basket and bought another brewbag, one that was made for my 20 gal kettle. Left the controller on during mash so it rested right on coils, no prob. Pump running on low output and recirculated just fine. End result was 78% efficiency on my 10 gal batch. Couldn’t be happier.

Just curious. Is there a way to set the wort hog controller so it will come on automatically? It would be nice to wake up and have strike water ready.

Lots of friends stop by. And it’s more like 5 gal every week and a half.

My mill is pretty beat up. I have to run it through twice. First gap is very wide. Second pass i set the gap at credit card width. I’ve used the same crush on my old setup, which was mashing in a igloo cooler. Efficiency was 72-78%. New setup with the single vessel BIAB system is around 67-68%...

Ahahahahaaaa!! I’m the same way. Brew 10 gal every 2 weeks or so. Don’t really care about efficiency too much, I’m just used to getting better than 67% with BIAB. I finally broke down and bought an electric setup which I love!! And is waaaay easier than my old propane fired keggle. All i care...