Recent content by choppersean

Thanks for the responses..........albeit after I was well into my mashing. I decided to go with 148F, so seems like I made the right choice! Excited for this brew since I have only brewed Belgian ales twice before and never a Saison. I am fermenting in a water bath with an aquarium heater...

I am brewing a Saison tomorrow and am wondering about my mash schedule. My base malt is a Belgian Pils and I plan to do a two step infusion......first infusion to get an protein/acid rest at 122F and then the second infusion to get to the saccharification rest temperature. Since I am using...

I have a kegging system and have decided to make an easy root beer recipe for a company event. It is the Gnome extract I am using and want to use light brown sugar and honey as the sugar base. First, is that a good choice....approximately half honey, half sugar??? Second, sine I am not...

Hang on, crazy8, your video and an earlier post you said 4 oz. maltodextrine PER GALLON. Now you said 4 oz. for a 3 gallon batch. Which is correct?

I haven't used dry yeast at all for many years, but this recommendation seems counter intuitive. Who knows how old the dry yeast is and when it is dormant in a dry state, why wouldn't you want to kick-start them with a starter such as this? I don't see how it could hurt. What is the rationale...

We are in the same boat, brother/sister!! I got 6 gallons of organic, UV disinfected cider from a local orchard. Added 3 tsp. of pectic enzyme and 3 tsp. of yeast nutrient.....pitched yeast (WLP775 English Cider Yeast).....and 34 hours later things were fermenting like gangbusters. Things are...

I just stumbled on this place as I am interested in the same thing. It is an apple orchard about half way between Longmont and Lyons...... http://www.yayafarmandorchard.com/ They don't press on site..........but they can get you fresh juice. They also have a small press they will rent if you...

Hey, all! Brewed beer very regularly for about 15 years, but have not brewed a single batch in the last 5 years. :^O I want to get back at it and figured a simple mead or cider might get me back in the swing, easily. My wife loves cider, so that seems the logical choice. Anyway..... I...

Headed to the liquor store right now to get some Odell Brewing Co. Woodcut series. A bit pricey, but they Had No. 3 and No. 4.........yum yum..... http://odellbrewing.com/beers/woodcut-landing

That looks like a good setup. I am spoiled here in the Denver are where we have amazingly clean water.....and I have never felt the need to filter my tap water for brewing. I know that lots of other places in the USA and the world are not as fortunate as I. I think your filter will be fine...

MIOX, among other manufacturers (Severn Trent, Siemens, et al), is simply a system that produces bleach (sodium hypochlorite = NaOCl) by passing a high concentration salt/water solution across an electrode. MIOX happens to be a proprietary system that does generate other oxidants besides...

Understood.......that concerned me, too, when I read it first. However, if I were to make the interpretation based on this language, I could point to the portion that says, "...transpoted and delivered by the producer to any licensed premise where consumption ..." So, my interpretation of...

Bottenbrew, I think that you are right........it is the money thing and how we handle that which is the kicker. Originally (to PVH's questions), I was thinking that the "WINNER" of the friendly competition could be determined by whomever rasied the most money for the charity.....thus my...

Riverfront.......I have been away from homebrewing here in Colorado for the past 4 years (lived in AZ for 3 of those years). You sound down on Colorado.......has something changed significantly here that I am not aware of? I started brewing in Colorado in about 1992 and never have had any...

I did a bit of searching the forums and didn't find anything that I was looking for..... There seems to be a lot of homebrewers in the professional community I belong to locally (water and wastewater treatment civil engineers and our municipal clients). I have been thinking of doing a fun...