Recent content by cheetrowe

Hey everyone, I've always had this question but haven't asked it yet! Let's say we're dealing with a standard 1-2-3 hopping profile for a recipe, with the flavor hops going in at 30 min and the aroma hops going in at flameout or with 1 min left. I'm using a 25' copper immersion wort...

argg lol guess I should have researched more before buying the johnson controls. ah well will have to make do for now! I guess I'll pick up an STC and heater for next winter though.

ps thanks for the info...very helpful!

Hmm but I thought the Johnson Controls a419 could do the same thing as the STC 1000? I'm reading online that you can change the jumpers of the a419 to control heat...so if I add the heat source I should still be able to use the one I have right? (just changing the jumpers in winter and summer I...

Good point. Not sure why I was thinking it would do that. So basically I can only use the fermenter to lager when the ambient temperature is higher than what I want inside the freezer... (Or unless I convince the wife to put the freezer inside the apt haha). Also I realized that I misnamed...

old post but just came across it...nicely done and easy to find a cheap cupboard in thrift stores or on the side of the road!

Hi all, So I picked up an old chest freezer on Craig's List and a new Johnson Controls A419 temp controller from BrewInternational. I have my set temp at 65° and the differential at 1°, but temp on the controller has stayed around 50° today (won't go up to 65). I have had a lab...

Lol thought I was responding to a different thread sorry for the double post!

I see this is an old thread, but just curious if anyone is still playing with CIA clones and if so what you guys have come up with.

Has anyone tried one of these recipes recently? What has been your closest clone? One thing I'm wondering about is where the sour taste comes from. I would even consider toning down the sour just a bit, even though it's already in the background. I wouldn't want to completely remove that...

Mine says light, but maybe I have an outdated version. I just picked it up for a few bucks online somewhere. In mine the recipe is on p. 49. I don't see a date on the front/back covers or inside. Now that I look at the BYO recipe again, it's target alcohol is 5.7%, whereas the recipe given...

Ah okay thanks!

Is it because the quantity is so low or because Munich seems strange for the recipe. Just curious! :)

Thanks for the response bud. That recipe looks interesting too. A little bit of wheat and slightly different hop profile. Not sure which I'll go with. The BYO magazine says that they got quite a bit of info from brewers as well, but they don't say which brews that applies to. I might give it a...

Hey all, I'm going to do an all-grain clone of Lagunitas IPA, and I have two recipes--one from Szamatuliski's book Clone Brews and one from BYO magazine's special newsstand edition 250 Classic Clone Recipes. I'm sure either will be quite tasty, but just curious if anyone has experience with...