Recent content by Benjibbad

I know I haven't been on in a while but, I stumbled across this recently. THe Brewdog recipe book scaled for home brew. Enjoy!! https://www.brewdog.com/diydog

Sitting at the bar now. Great job! The ace in the hole is choice.

the only advice I can offer is to be sure that your flavorings don't have potasium sorbate in them. If you are bottle conditioning then your could knock out your yeast, and end up with flat beer.

no foam in the line itself, just air bubbles. The first pint is all foam but the second one is perfect, if I let it sit for a few mins then I have to go through it again.

it is just in one of my kegs, normal pressure is 12 psi, but force carb at 35 psi for a few days then purge and reset to 12.

How do I fix this? I am getting tired of all the foam.

NO worries on the finings. I would add gelatin a few days before cold crashing and you should have a nice clear beer. Also be sure to give it plenty of time in the primary to let everything drop out.

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I normally use 1-1.5 quarts per pound of grains though this will vary depending on the style I am brewing. As far as your gravity calculation, did you adjust for temp?

OK where to start. First a bubbling airlock should not be used as an indicator of fermentation. Use you hydrometer. Secondly, the missing lid on the airlock should not be a major problem. Since I see that you are making an Ale 60F is way too low. Take it out of the fridge shake gently to...

If there has been no change in gravity then repitch some yeast.

the stupid answer is you get beer....... Although this could be from a number of issues. Did you correct you hydrometer for temp? was this AG or Extract. If the latter was it properly mixed? RDWHAHB your beer will turn out fine.

why don't you try putting the dry hops in a grain bacg and putting it in the keg. Or making a randal for serving?

I've been doing a few wines and the only thing extra I bought was a degasser. My wife is a wino so I used the old bottles and instead of corks I used Zorks. they fit most wine bottles and you just have to press them on by hand. Worked out pretty well. BTW if you keg, you can also make a...

If you don't want to hold your autosiphon you could just get a clip holder to keep it above the trube. Or double rack. From carboy to another carboy or bucket and then let that sit a few hours and then siphon again to your bottleing bucket.