Recent content by donkeyhodie3

Morning all. This is my first time using a swamp cooler and I have a couple of easy (I hope) questions if I may. Brewed my 1st attempt at my own recipe (a Smutty IPA clone) Sunday, pitched a one liter starter of WY1272 @ 75*.It took off almost exactly 24 hrs later. I'm using a 48 qt cooler that...

That kind of info is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for. I had no clue this even existed. Many thanks indeed.

Hello all. Rather new at this, all of 3 extract kits, and gotta question. Are these two interchangeable for a 30 minute steep? I'm trying to come up with a Smuttynose IPA clone, and Crystal 40L was a suggestion. I'm trying to get all my ingredients at one site, some have one but not the other...

Ok,I think I may have figured this out.I eyeballed about how much I had left in both the primary and secondary and it's close to about a quart or so in each.My Ale Pale is marked correctly,so if I topped it off to about 5.5 gallons,skipped the secondary and racked about as much as I can using my...

Yep.Both batches were about 38 12oz.bottles short.As for the markings being off,if they are (which I'll check) it could only happen to me.I actually was worried a bit about the last batch 'cause I filled the primary a wee bit above the 5 gallon mark!The only way I can think of is that I'm losing...

No,not like where I left it.Lemme explain.I recently brewed two batches after a long absence,both went into secondaries.Each time when I bottled,I wound up about 3 six packs short.Since the only place I could be losing it is the transfers,here's my question:is using a ye olde ale pail bottling...