Recent content by dmcoates

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Do not drop the flaked rye at all. I have brewed a lot of rye beers and i find a get a much better rye flavor with the flaked rye. The down side of the flaked rye is you do not get much fermentable sugars.

Type: All Grain Date: 1/3/2014 Batch Size: 12.00 gal Brewer: Dave Boil Size: 13.74 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 Taste Notes: Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 1.00 lb Rice Hulls (0.0...

Here is my rig and brewing room.

I entered three wines, i didnt do any beers. My Blueberry/Zin won BOS. But the completiton was kinda messed up on the judging. It was not the standard judging of scoresheet. Did you ever enter anything? I just moved to Wasilla from Soldotna. Do we have a Homebrew club in the valley or does...

Thats what i have heard myself. So i brewed the same recipe with both with flaked and malted rye. Myself, i tasted much more rye in the beer with the flaked rye over the malted. But thats just me.

Thanks for the complements. The room is temp regulated, but its on its own thermostat. I have a walk-in closet that not in the pictures were i ferment. I am thinking about getting a chest freezer next to the panel and control the temp with the BCS to use as a fermentation chamber. But here in...

So after about 6 months i am very close to finishing my man cave/ brewing room. When i started working on the room all i had was sheetrock on the walls. I went with acid staining the cement for easy clean out. I went with conventional cabinets and granite in case a ever get out of brewing and...

Ok guys thanks for the input. Sounds like I will be safe to use a 50 amp spa panel along with the breaker in the box? The main breaker will offer the Overload protection and the spa panel the gfci protection.

I know this is an old thread but I am getting a 30amp BCS 460 panel from Ebrewsupply, i have 30 amp service to the brew room. So a 50 amp panel will not offer GFCI protection? I am having a hard time finding a 30 amp panel. May be cheaper to put a GFCI breaker in the box? Thanks for any input

I have been toying with the idea of making a sparkling wine. All the info i have found online suggests using a champagne yeast and bottle conditioning. I make a Strawberry/Mango wine that i think would be great as a sparkling wine. So my question is could this wine be made like normal...

I would get a wort chiller before you even consider getting a bigger kettle. A 15 gallon kettle is not much good if you can not cool it down in a timely fashion. As far as the glass carboys, i have been getting away from them. I still have 4 but i have been using to the better bottles. I...

Just wondering what efficiency you are getting now. I get about 70% batch sparging.

KY can work in a pinch. Its a water based lube! Who dosnt have KY laying around!

I have always want to try making a cask conditioned ale, but the fact that you have to finsh the cask so fast has always been a turn off. Might be fun at a BBQ in the summer where i had help to drink all 5 gallons.