Recent content by cl8n

Awesome stuff, thanks Brad!

Count me in

What strength magnets do I need? I do not have an old hard drive, so I will need to buy, but they describe as lbs of megnetism.

Congrats! I am impressed, I think you are already as advanced as most multi-year brewers. Keep it up and keep the excitement!

Very cool!

Wife Not Complaining, then not too many!

Here are pictures of my hop spider before the brew and in action.

I learned from Basic Brewing. Great videos!

In my experience, Irish moss or whirlfloc gets you 3/4 of the way to clear beer and gelatin can get you to brilliantly clear. I also have experience some yeasty flavors in not gelatin beer, but none after using the gelatin. Chill haze is my most common problem, so I cold crash to 32F and then...

I totally agree! I have made the mistake twice of racking the beer as soon as it hits terminal gravity. Both times I was trying to keg and have ready to share at a specific event. Both times the beers were full of green apple (acetaldehyde) and hardly drinkable. I was incredibly...

I just built mine, but made a few modifications: -my pot is a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer and I usually have around 7 gallon pre-boil. In order to keep the reducer and bolt away from the hot liquid I installed the bolts at a downward angle. It now sits an inch or two above the top of kettle. -I...

Cam Locks are on sale at Austin Homebrew right now.

Congrats, keep it up! I am from central Florida also. I just kegged an English Pale Ale.

I rack my cold crashed beer into a "bright tank" keg with gelatin and then later move the beer to the serving keg. Does anyone know how long long I need to keep the beer on the gelatin? I want to move this one quickly, so I was think about 24 hours or so, but that may be too short?

That is great idea! I have thought about it myself and think it would be great way to get process down, while exploring at the same time. Do you plan on submitting each to competitions? How often do you brew, how long will it take to complete? That seems like a great project to have...