Recent content by ChiefHophead

That blows my mind. Good news though!

tally- I'm going to use my 10 gallon cooler. I want to mash in the keggle so that I can direct fire, heating the mash through steps and intermittently to keep temps stable during steps. I like the idea of recirculating for most of the mash to create clear wort. 3BB001- One pump was a crucial...

Here is a diagram of my current plan: It is a pretty simple 2 tier setup. Boil on the left, mash tun keggle on the right. I plan to use a cooler on top to hold sparge water. The frame is 2" 14 gauge A500 mild steel square tube. My brewday will work as follows: Heat water in the mash...

I was not clear in the previous post. What I meant to say here was that there was very little sugar in the first 10min of the boil, only what came off of the steeping grains. This reduced sugar level should have slightly increased my hop utilization during those 10min.

Thanks for your feedback and for doing the math! Im not sure that I can ever add enough hops :) The plan for the keg was to serve it to strangers, so I did not want a very bitter beer. I figured I'd get a little bump in utilization boiling in water with only steeping grains for 10 minutes...

I don't have the exact recipie. Its sounds like a joke, but my dog literally ate my recipie. She loves paper. She ate my W2 last year. It was a pound of caramel 40/60 mix steeped until 170deg. Then 1oz of a hop blend (equal parts Bravo, Chinook, Columbus, and Cascade) once a boil was...

So I have early results. I crashed for 4 days after a 3 week primary with US-05. It is in the keg now, carbing at 10psi. When I tried it out of the fermenter and I was pretty disappointed. The beer was plenty bitter, but it lacked the aroma and flavor I'd hoped this process would retain. I...

Awesome response ReverseApacheMaster! I really appreciate the info. I'm all about making a few lacto based sours to tide me over, stblindtiger. I love the straight sour I've tasted in other sour mashes and I'm excited to try it for myself.

Right, that is my mistake. Otherwise all the maltose from my malt would be useless. :o That should have read: If yeast can't eat maltodextrin why would it matter? I think this would save a step and keep the bugs ever-busy until the all maltodextrin was gone. Plus anytime you're going in, you...

Thanks for the feedback. Like all of my good ideas, someone has already come up with it.

If yeast can't eat maltose why would it matter? I think this would save a step and keep the bugs ever-busy until the all maltose was gone. Plus anytime you're going in, you risk introducing oxygen for acetobater, right?

As a new homeowner, I'm excited about the prospect of long term aging of sour beer. I have no experience in producing sour beer, so I though I'd consult the HBT brain-trust for advice before proceeding with my plan. I am not good at waiting for anything. I want to be able to produce good sour...

I think "The Clapper" would be the perfect solution.

So the street elbow is a full 1/2" causing no restriction (beyond what the 90deg bend causes)? How tough is that connection? I worry about it slipping. Would it hold a 5lb weight? I don't hang weight from my hoses, but it would be nice to have that security. I noticed that Bobby M does not...

Have you brewed with this yet? I am looking to build a brew sculpture of some sort, and this has a number of favorable attributes. Nice work!