Recent content by BlueBrew4721

Yeah looks fine to me. Would suggest working on fermentation control though. A room that you guess is 55-65 could put your beer in flux from 55-70+

The fact that a hef is defined by the charactersistics given it by the yeast is why the Widmer Hef is not a hefeweizen. Thats like making a blonde ale with 1056 and calling it a Belgian blond because you used the same malt bill. They are completely different beers because of the yeast. I...

You can get a dual stage temp controller on ebay for $23.99 with free shipping. I have one and just ordered a second to make a temp controller for a friend. Just search STC-1000. It works great.

That's a good point. I have heard of brewing tragedies when people forget to adjust the temp controller or just don't plug the freezer in to the controller or whatever and end up with an ice cube fermenter. It would be bad news if that happened with a hair dryer and it ended up melting and...

You can get a dual stage controller for a lot less than that. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005RZUJAE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 And I use this one for $23.99 plus shipping. Was easy to set up and works great with my heater and freezer...

I had purchased all the items to make the paint can heater but forgot a power cord for the light. I was searching the house to poach something off of an old lamp or whatever and found my old Christmas lights. Since I changed to LED lights I have a bunch of the old ones laying around. I stuck...

I've had 3 stall out between 1.023 and 1.030. Two extract and one all grain. All of them had OG's between 1.050 and 1.055. On the first one I tried everything to get it to finish and nothing worked. I warmed it to 70, roused the yeast, and even added new yeast from a started for another...