Recent content by djk

Sad, as my first homebrew setup was from MW, and I used NB for more recent upgrades. I had great customer service experiences, but that was also over a year ago... At least there are 2 LHBS nowadays for me to go to.

Huh, cool. I've always read to get the wort/beer off of the break material and trub to avoid off flavors. I guess it may be one of those things that doesn't hurt at the homebrew-scale? I guess a potential "problem" would be that you're tying up your boil kettle during the time you're...

Hi julioardz, I've only done 4.5 batches so far, but for 2 of those, I didn't use an airlock in my bucket; only covered the hole with wax paper. No infections, and good beer. I like the idea of a one vessel process, but if you keep the beer in there boil-to-bottle (or even...

@ehedge20 I'm not too worried about cloudiness, but off flavors wouldn't be cool. OTOH, I don't currently take my beer off the trub; I've only done small ales so far. If I were going to lager or have a longer fermentation, I would probably rack to secondary. @mcarb Yes, my space is...

OK, here's an idea. Probably not an original idea, but if anyone's heard of this, or has done it, or knows why it would be a Bad Idea, let's talk. Keep the wort/beer in the kettle from (full extract) boil to bottling. I already dump everything from my boil kettle into my plastic bucket to...

I put my hop pellets in the muslin bag that's included in the kits for steeping specialty grains. (after I've dumped the grains) Seems to work pretty well.