Recent content by DeadGuyNick

My friend was left with a sankey keg of beer from a wedding. I'm set up for ball lock, and have no plans of ever doing sankey. I bought a cheap chrome sankey coupler, and ball lock adapters for it. The inside of the liquid part of the coupler looks like exposed brass. Not sure if it's supposed...

Just picked 1 lb of cascade hops from a buddy. Gonna use this recipe but go fresh hop, with pellets for the dry hopping.

Oops! Never came back to update. It turned out ok. It didn't remind me of the original at all, but it was still good.

Well cool, all sounds good! I probably won't get into too many big beers, but I will definitely consider subbing in DME if I do, fantastic idea.

Thanks for the response! Maybe I'll just go with the hop spider as well, to avoid pump issues. Maybe I'll try a whirlpool arm and silicone bit around the false bottom first, see how I get along. With a boilover on this system, what's the best way to handle it? Once I see it starting to rise...

Hey all! I'm looking at getting the 35L version. Moving into a smaller place, so I'm getting rid of my propane burner set up. Excited to save space! Anyway, a few questions after reading through this thread. Has anyone come up with a solution for the false bottom and clogged pump? I saw...

Woah that's a nice set up! Unfortunately my basement doesn't have any windows, so no exhaust. And the wiring in this house is already a little wonky. I'm just renting a room, so it's really up to the owner to want to do something about that. I doubt getting 240v down there would be top of the...

I think I can attest to this! Lots of grain bits in my fermenter. Pitched last night, this afternoon the blow off tube was going insane! Bubbles constantly, no break! Luckily no overflow, either. I'll have to consider your method! I don't have a pump. Also not able to leave the kettle out...

If all went to plan this would've had an OG of 1.086 and come out to 9.3% ABV! If I get close to that, or even lower at 7.5-8%, I'll still be happy! I did add more water after the batch sparge to try and fix the mash, so we'll see what I get on my readings. EDIT: Just measured. As is, I hit...

I ended up with just about 4 gallons after boil. I know a lot of wort got left behind in the grains (no mesh bag on hand to try and squeeze grains out, or whatever), and I spilled a lot trying to find ways to get the flow going again! I'll take a gravity reading, and see if I'm ok with adding...

Wow! Thank you ALL for your comments, I've learned a lot already! I'm gonna go ahead and pitch the yeast, and not worry about the tannins. I'm also going to remember raking the teig next time, see if that does the trick. I was using quick, rolled oats. I'm thinking the guminess of oats is...

I haven't pitched the yeast yet. Would that make much of a difference at this point? From what I understand the damage is done so far as tannins being extracted during the boil. I don't have any on hand, so I'd have to go get some tomorrow, but that's possible if it's going to make a significant...

I hope you're right! I just finished cleaning up, so I'm starting to calm down, ha. You've given me some hope, thank you!

Decided to go for an American oatmeal stout. The grain bill was about 18.5 lbs (inlcuding 2 lb 7 oz of oats). I added rice hulls as well to aid the flow. Everything started ok. Got 3 gallons off the first run before it started to slow a bit. Decided to transfer to my kettle, stir up the mash a...

It's been a few years since I've seen this beer available to me (PNW), and I miss it! I decided to try and make it as best I can. They provide some recipe clues on their website, but other than that I'm going in kind of blind. I can't even get the beer here to taste it, so it's all off memory...