Recent content by bigboogieman

I just did a variation of this - the hops were in a large nylon bag. I put magnets in both ends and mounted the bag horizontally, so 4 total magnets. The bag is long enough that it stretches all the way from one side of the fermenter to the other. Then when it came time to dry hop, I slid the...

I was going to use pairs of magnets, one on the inside and one on the outside.

Yes it's stainless. The reason I was thinking of doing it this way is that I wanted to avoid opening the fermenter and dropping in a large bag full of air. I dropped in a hop bag like that on a previous batch and was disappointed to see it floating on top and forming large air pockets. That...

No, it doesn't say on the package. But looking at it now, it's definitely not as fine as my hop bag. Maybe I need something finer...

I want to brew a WCIPA, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to dry hop. I had tried a hop bag, and didn't really like the results. On my last batch I chucked the hops directly in, thinking they would settle during the dry hop period, but they didn't. My bottling wand clogged up almost...

On my last batch, I dumped pellet hops directly into the kettle, and filtered them through a hop bag when transferring to the fermenter. It worked pretty well.

So is the headspace the only thing that really affects the expansion/contraction? The liquid expands/contracts so little that it's not really a factor?

I don't know why using a blow off tube didn't occur to me, so thanks! I had a lot of headspace because I did a 2.75 gal batch in a 7.5 gal fermenter. There sure seemed to be more than 1 tablespoon worth of change. But I'm going to try to get a blow off tube set up next time.

I have an Anvil SS bucket fermenter, with the Anvil cooling system (pumping ice water through a coil), and a fermwrap, all hooked up to an Inkbird controller. This setup seems to do a good job of keeping fermentation temperatures within a couple of degrees F. I just used this setup for the...

If you are still doing this, I'd be happy to try one. I use a space heater all winter, and the one that I've had for many years is starting to struggle!

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OK, I get the part about the extra 10 minutes at 200F might add extra bitterness instead of intended flavor/aroma. But I didn't understand "and may not drop below 140F for another hour or longer." Why would that part matter, when I was going to remove all of the hops after 10 minutes? The...

I'm getting ready to brew my first batch (Torpedo clone extract kit from AIH). But I didn't get a wort cooler because people seem to be having success by just sealing up the kettle and letting it sit overnight (a mutation of the no-chill technique, where you don't even bother transferring to a...