Recent content by CButterworth

I am about to make my first ferment in a Brewbucket from Ss Brewtech. The spigot has been installed as instructed: o’rings on outside only. However, when inpassivated the fermenter, I found that I could not sufficiently turn the racking arm from the 12 o’clock position to the 6 o’clock position...

OK, I got flow back from a keg into my secondary. It was stupid of me. I have taken the secondary apart. It’s a Taprite and there’s beer in it maybe the gauge too (can’t be too sure of that though). I am leaning towards a simple clean in IO Star, but also have 1step. What I do not want to do...

I use my chugger to move hot liquids from the boil kettle in my mash tun, etc. Also, having just invested in a plate chiller, I want to combine pump and chiller to whirlpool the hot wort in the boil kettle while chilling it too. I have been using silicon tubing, but sometimes when pumping, it...

Thanks guys. I purchased a $15 pond pump from Harbor Freight and used it for the immersion chiller. The chugger was used only for hot liquor and cool wort. Brew day was far easier without having to lift 7 gallons or so of spare water. Charlie

I just purchased a Chugger pump for moving the hot liquids when doing all-grain. However, I am also wondering if it might work for pushing ice water through my immersion cooler. I have a ball valve on the pump outlet with 1/2" diameter and could step it down to 1/4" for feeding into the...

Thanks guys. My thought would be to coil the tubing from the pump-end to the fermenter as that would allow gravity to help clear the tubing into the fermenter. Now all I need do is to select the correct sized plate chiller. Charlie

I am thinking of buying a March Pump. Firstly, it would mean not having to lift coolers and kettles of hot liquid while brewing. But I am also wondering about moving the hot wort into the fermenter via a plate chiller. I brew in my garage, but ferment in my basement. I normally carry my...

I am looking for an all-grain recipe for the Black Sheep Best Bitter. I thought it was in Graham Wheeler's book of British beer recipes, but I've lost my copy and the Amazon look-inside doesn't show it as an included recipe. Could anyone help me locate a recipe - either in a book, or...

Yeah, that's pretty much what I read in one of my beer books. Of course, I want to be sure that my numbers are within the ballpark for bitterness as I'd hate to get the beer into the keg then find out that the bitterness was strong enough to remove bring tears to the eyes of the taster and all...

I am trying my hand at an extract based Strong Scotch Ale. I got some feedback in a previous thread, but then realized that I cannot do a large enough boil volume. Somewhere, I read about adding the extract post-boil (or late boil). However, I get weird bitterness values in Beersmith 2 if I...

I have the OG showing as 1.079 and a bitterness of 26.8 IBU's. I may drop the bitterness a touch, but don't want it tasting too sweet. To ColoHox: we may be related, but only if you were born and spent your childhood in northern England! Thanks for the advice. I will use two sachets of yeast...

I am trying my hand at an extract based Strong Scotch Ale. How does this sound? It is scaled for a 5.5 US gallon batch with a 90 minute boil. According to Beersmith, it falls within range of a Strong Scotch Ale. However, I have never before brewed anything with such a high OG. My plan is...

I got a batch of English bitter going last weekend. Besides hops in the boil, the recipe called for post-boil hops. I forgot to add these. My assumption (but could be wrong) is that post-boil hops do not lose as much buttering flavors. According to Beersmith, dry hopping with these will not...

After sampling Badger Ales Fursty Ferret a few days ago in the UK, my wife asked me to try to brew something similar. I think I have correct enough ingredients to make a go of it. Rather than using dry yeast, I purchased a smack-pack of Wyeast Ringwood ale yeast (Ringwood being...

An update: I left the beer in the primary at whatever temp my basement was at. Came back from the UK last Sunday and only looked at the beer on Monday. I sanitized my Corny and all that. When I took the lid off the primary bucket, I saw that a brown scum had formed over the top of the...