Recent content by doulovebeef

for me its about brewing beer i like, crossing BJCP guidelines, and running with scissors. I also like that its something i made myself, i grew up on a farm and be self sufficient and hunting and the like was an everyday thing for us.

ive been suckered into a couple of threads like that too, but i sometimes find something interesting. even though im not a GF brewer i always come across someone trying new adjunct or a different style and it gets the gears turning.

so how does that puppy work? im gettin ready to build one of these and i wanna know if that stick will hold a boil by itself (propane to get it to boiling)

you could try freezing it off, dry ice does a nice job. get that sucker hella cold and u should be able to scrape it off. or a long soak in a degreaser?

instead of using a hop bag for the hops, have u tried putting the mesh bag around ur siphon? this is what i do and i get virtually zero hops in my carboy

i only use blow off tubes in all 4 of my fermenters. In fact, i dont think i even own an airlock.

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Yea those are the switches i thought i was looking at, i just want one that illuminates when energized so i have a main cut off switch before the power got to my 'panel'. i have a friend who is very familiar with wiring thats going to help me with the wiring to make sure i dont fry myself. As...

ive been drawing up different designs for a electric brew stand im piecing together but i have a question about the power switch i want to use. i was wondering if the switch in the following link would be able to safely handle 120V at 20 amps? sorry for the noob question, and thanks for all your...

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if u have a can of break cleaner u can use that to freeze it off, just turn the can upside down, but be sure to wear gloves, cuz it gets friggin cold! im sure i pissed of an environmentalist with that idea, lmao. dry ice is also effective. let me know how it works out for u

Yooper, your the pro but i was wondering shouldnt hydrometers be tested in distilled water?

Sure, you can add gelatin at 50 degrees and itll clear your beer. But youll still have a haze when you chill the beer. the idea of chilling the beer with the gelatin is that the proteins coagulate when the beer is cold, then the gelatin drops it to the bottom. but if the beer isnt cold, the beer...

so, i asked the google gods 'removing melted vinyl from steel' and there reply was: "You can remove plastic off of a cool iron if you freeze it off. To do this, place the affected part of the iron in a pan of ice cubes and a little water for 5 to 10 minutes. This will make it easy to scrape...

beers with spices need time to mellow, and if ur serious about keeping this a year then i think it would have plenty of time for all the flavors to mellow.