Recent content by bhabermann

Thanks everyone. We waited the full 60.

Hello. I'm curious as to why mash time is about an hour? I'm brewing right now and 15 minutes in we did the iodine test and it cleared up which in my reading means the starches have converted to sugar or something right? Do we still need to wait?

Hello, I have a few quick questions: During the Vorlauf stage, I can never seem to get rid of all the little particles. Is this normal? What is considered large piece of grain material? Secondly, when you transfer your wort into the fermenter, do you just open your valve on your kettle or...

Ya I have a carboy with one of these.

You read it correctly. You're right it doesn't have to be digital. I think the analog one will get in the way of the stopper. What do you think? And is that skinny enough to fit in the well?

Hello, I'm currently using a hood thermowell stopper but have a hard time finding just a normal digital thermometer with a long prob what will fit into it. This is for Ales only as I ferment them in the Cool Brewing Insulated Fermentation Bag. I live in a warm climate so I usually only have...

Just an update. It appears that my poppets were not going back down. At night or whenever I'm not around, I detach the out post because I have little ones and I don't want them accidentally poring beer all over the floor. Beer and CO2 were escaping from there. I also think I over tightened the...

I made a steam lager this weekend. I pitched yeast on 8/14/2016 around 7pm at around 75 degrees. Over night it got down to around 55 degrees and I'm really not seeing any bubbles. 1 every couple of minutes. Based on this thread it seems like I should just wait and be good go, right? Don't add...

Thank you! I'll give that a shot.

Hello. This is my first post but I've been reading here for a few months now. I kegged my first beer about 1.5 weeks ago. I had it stored in a chest freezer and hooked up to co2 and a picnic beer tap. Everything seemed fine. I tested for leaks using soap and water and didn't see any bubbles...