Recent content by bgcoving

All; I decided after much soul searching to give SafeAle yeast another go...my last experience with S-04 is still all over parts of my laundry room, when the PM/Extract beer I made krausened all over and eventually blew the top off the fermenter. I am a little more experienced now...I am...

Thanks to all for the responses. When I looked over my first post I felt like I was whining a bit, but getting the "I feel your pain" responses helped as well... I should say that despite my low efficiency I am still getting very fine beer as an end product, so I shouldn't be complaining too...

All; I’m getting really pissed off….. My efficiency after a dozen batches of all-grain is still in the 60-65% range. I have tried various fixes proposed on this forum, and the last one actually dropped my efficiency, from 63% to 60%. I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong. I batch...

Thanks, and thanks for the link...Don't have a stir plate, but if I read the article correctly.... I should a) start one pint in 2qts starter and shake regularly for the first day or so or b) start 2 pts in 2-3qts starter and pitch all for a 5 gal batch??? I am leaning towards b), but only...

With reference to: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=41768 I am getting ready to recover yeast from one of my batches using this method. My question is about my next batch....My OG's are usually around 1.065-73, and the Wyeast liquid recommends using one smackypack up to 1.060...

Okay, was just wondering if maybe a gentle swirl (my actual intent, I suppose I should have avoided the word 'shake') would recirculate any live yeasties in the cake, but I'll go ahead and leave it sit, for sure...Might give it a swirl in a day or so. As for testing it three days in a row, since...

Hello again from Amateurville (right down the road from New Guy City)... My nut brown ale has been in the primary for a week and has slowed to one bubble every two-four minutes. I took a gravity reading, OG was 1.058, today's was 1.019, target gravity is 1.008-1.013...should I give the...

There is a national franchise called 'Fastenal'. They carry them. The 5/8 inner diameter was hard to find for me as well, screw Lowes and Home Depot....

All; Took the suggestions to heart and my third batch went well...used the 5.2 buffer. Hit my mash temp on the money, stirred twice during mash. I had calculated 5 gallons sparge on top of 3.5 gallons mash water. I used two kettles, in one I put two gallons of water and added 1/2 gallon of...

All; My first two AG batches went pretty well...I have missed my OG's, though and my efficiency is in the 60-63% range. I am going to brew two more batches this weekend, and I am interested in getting that efficiency up. BTW, despite my misses, the first two batches are going to be quite...

After my total and utter failure with my last brewing experiment (see thread, "Is this right?), I am interested in going all-grain. Question, if I have a favorite recipe that uses extract, what is the best way to convert the weight of extract to grain? How many pounds of grain are in 3.3 lbs. of...

Indeed it was...I'm still pretty new with this and have been fooling around with various recipes and enjoying the outcomes...So far I haven't made too many misteaks...:cross: However, this morning we woke up with nothing less than Mt. Vesuvius erupting in the laundry room...I have cleaned up...

Regarding your German American heritage, Seig...Oh never mind.

Two? On top of the original one? Dayum....What sort of monster have I created?

See previous post where yours truly humbly ackowledges fundamental idiocy regarding erroneous visual placement of decimal point and accept humblest apologies for same. Regarding your Native American Heritage -- Ugh.