Recent content by declanhalpin

Hi all, I'm a long time beer brewer, about to bottle my first wine (Old Vine Zin). I plan to put at least SOME in 12 oz beer bottles for smaller portions. I just ordered some cork-lined caps with this in mind. Does anyone have any experience with these? Should I lay them down to keep the...

Or the third option, which works like a charm. Get a buddy to pour in the grain as you pour the water from the opposite side of the tun. "Cross the streams" and you almost don't have to mix at all. I've done it dozens of times and its great.

fingers crossed! I'm in!

Jeezus, man. keep the faith? (I'm agnostic)

Yeah it's pretty crazy! I just harvested my hops so I'm drying them with the help of the dehumidifier. I have it cranked as low as it'll go and I have to empty it 3 times in 2 days. Doesn't help it's been raining, I guess....

Hi all, Thanks so much for the great replies. We do have a nice dehumidifier, so I think Pedio is probably the culprit. I am pretty manic about sanitizing, but I use StarSan. I will investigate oxygen-based solutions. I don't mill grain in that area, but I do measure bulk grains, and that's...

I've been having an increasing rate of white mold. It usually pops up in secondary, but I've noticed that even if I leave a half beer sitting around it will skin over within a day or two. Is there any way to treat the basement as a whole instead of just bleaching/sanitizing the carboy?

I think the main reason is the anode inside the water heater is constantly (and intentionally) corroding into the hot water. See this: http://bostonstandardplumbing.com/water-heater-maintenance-the-sacrificial-anode/ I use a Stainless Indirect holding tank, so the water is held in a 40...

This may not help, but I usually brew with a friend and we have a system that takes about 30 seconds: one person pours the water and the other person pours the grain. Both pours happen simultaneously and from opposing directions (facing each other, pouring "into" each other's pour), so there...

Just remember to get crystal clear plastic! They're a little more expensive, but tres chic.

The whole time/thyme pun never gets old, does it? Anyway, I'm brewing a wit this weekend and plan to add either regular thyme or lemon thyme. My question is how much? I've looked around and it looks like about an ounce at the end of the boil (5mins?) for a 5 gal batch. I have access to fresh...

Hi all, I did a search but didn't find anything... When I was building my keezer, I accidentally bought a 240V STC-1000. I didn't bother returning it, just ordered another one in 120V. But now I'm thinking of building an eHLT and wondering if I can use this? I've heard there's some...

Fingers Crossed!!!!

Hi all, Last night I was swirling some BLC around a 5 gal kettle full of random lengths of bev line. It made me think: A stir plate would be good for this! I don't have one, but just thought I'd mention it... dh

"HEAR your critique..." Sorry -pet peeve....