Recent content by darogo

sounds like heaven homebrewer_99! we had some amazing beer on that trip. i can't wait to go back. you worked in a great spot. mw66, that's a good idea. i guess i've only ever used the standard plastic bucket for fermenting, as it's easy enough to flip the switch and drain out the liquid...

thanks for the tip schlenkerla. i'll keep that in mind next time. on a side note, we went to bamberg strictly because of the rauchbier. such a great time at schlenkerla, spezial, mahrs. whew... i may have to try to make a rauchbier sometime...

thanks, icasanova. i didn't realize there were programs to help you convert like that. i've always lost some liquid to trub, but didn't seem like enough to warrant changing anything around. adding so many more hops throughout the brew and then the addition of the 3 oz at the end really seemed...

thanks marubozo, good thinking...

so when you use 5.5 gallons instead of 5 gallons, you use a blow-off tube rather than an airlock? seems to me that's asking for a blow up. i'm using your standard 5 gallon plastic fermenter and a typical glass carboy for secondary...

thanks fellas. next time i'll fill it up to 5.5 gallons. i did end up adding more water, but like you said, marubozo, now i'm afraid i've altered the taste. and i guess it could be slightly less in alcohol as well if my leaves and two grain bags sucked up a bunch of the liquid and now i'm...

Hey there, I just did a partial-mash IPA and I dry-hopped the heck out of it - 3 ounces of hop leaves for a 5 gallon batch. The bags and leaves sucked up a bunch of the liquid, so when i transferred it to my bottling bucket, I came out with a bunch less, maybe 1/2 gallon or so less than the...

hi, i'm making a barleywine and i'd love to age it for a year in an oak barrel, hopefully used. anyone know where i might be able to find one? i did find 5 gallon oak barrels at my local homebrew supply shop, but it's about $160 and they're un-used. any suggestions would be appreciated...