Recent content by Copernicus

After having our second child 4 months ago and going on a brewing hiatus, I am easing back into it with an easy cider recipe I mixed up today. Here's the ingredient list I used: 4 gallons Kirkland Apple Juice (no preservatives, from concentrate) 1/2 gallon White House Apple Juice (no...

Jan 31, 2011: Today's Groupon for Raleigh-Durham is a $10 brew tour for 2 at Roth Brewery in Raleigh (normally $20, according to website). ============ Description from the website is below ============== http://www.groupon.com/raleigh-durham/ $10 for Brewery Tour for Two, Plus Two...

I know I'm late to the game responding, but I just stumbled across this article on the Popular Mechanics website and was REALLY impressed to see you guys featured along with other well-know brewing artists. Very cool. I've copied all of the recipes and will be choosing from that list for my...

That's generally what I've done too, Yooper. So in your mind, you're aiming for maximum clarity and are willing for that to cost a bottle or three worth of final volume, is that right? Also, do you tilt your bucket or carboy as you get near the bottom to get a little closer to the trub or do...

Dear Helpful Homebrew People, Regarding siphoning...what's your philosophy when racking to secondary and racking to a bottling bucket (I assume they're different). At what point do you stop siphoning? When the slightest bit of solids are there, all the way down to the trub/yeast cake...

Thanks, MetallHed. I think I will try this solution before shelling out for new gear.

Yeah, I'm feeling like the thermapen may be in my future. $100 for a thermometer was scaring me away.

It's called the Light Saber Stovetop. I WISH it looked like that in real life. I think the LED phone/camera flash made it funky in the pic. It's actually just a boring old orange-ish glow.

I brewed a pale ale yesterday, my fourth all grain batch, and was hoping this would be my smoothest brew day yet. My Evil Thermometer ("ET") had different plans. I heated my mash water until ET said I hit the 165 deg F strike temp. After adding the mash water, ET told me I was around 156...

I found this poor bugger buried in the trub when I racked from primary to secondary. I have no idea how it got in there but am hoping it was during the boil. Perhaps this IPA brew will be know as my BeePA.

For those interested, I used this for the first time this weekend with good results. I ended up drilling 18x 1/8" holes on the TOP side of the square section (as suggested by trigger) and it worked very well. I will say that 18x 1/8" holes does not restrict the flow at all. When I tested it...

Sure - that was a pain for me too. Without taking it apart to double-super-confirm, here's what I used from the outside in. barb x 3/8" male thread, brass 3/8" brass ball valve, female threads both ends 3/8" male x 3/8" male, brass (I don't remember the exact length, but it was longer than...

No problem.

This is a round 10-gal one I bought at Home Depot. Hope this helps.

I had the same concern so I made sure I researched it a little before building this. CPVC is approved for use in potable water applications and is rated to higher temperatures than PVC. That said, I would probably still run a bunch of water through it before first use to clean out any loose...