Recent content by eidling

I could seriously use a set of these. Thanks for supporting!

I found this other forum post talking about it, man I had no idea. I also never think to reuse it. I mix up five gallons in my carboy, let it sit, then boom, dump it out 30 minutes later. I love the spray bottle idea. You guys are brilliant...

Well I'll be damned. That's really good to know. And, while I've been sitting here waiting on you wonderful people to reply, the first bubble just went through the airlock. I feel like we did this as a team. Thanks!

Yup, sorry, probably should have specified.

Honestly, I guess I just assumed you were supposed to. Is it just as effective with cold or room temp water? That would be nice if that were the case. My head just thinks "hey, you're cleaning something, use hot water."

So most places advise sticking your yeast packet and scissors in the star san prior to cutting open. I usually make my star san solution with hot water. If I throw that yeast packet in there, will it kill the yeast before I ever even get it into my beer? I ask because I brewed a wheat kit...

I'm brewing the wheat right now. Going to add 2.5-3 cups of watermelon juice at the time I rack to secondary once fermentation settles down. Looking forward to it!

Not sure if any of you have seen this article on Wired but my stance on it is whoever can make a brew kettle like this....just shut up and take my money...all of it. :mug: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/a-jet-engineer-designs-a-saucepan-that-heats-up-super-fast/

That sounds pretty good. It's the wife driving the decision here as well. Also, the fact that I have a wheat kit and want to do SOMETHING to change it up. So now I'm torn between adding the watermelon juice at flame out when the wort is still hot or when racking to secondary. I am liking the...

So your advice is just put 2.5 cups of watermelon juice into the secondary then rack from primary into secondary? That sounds easy enough. How's the flavor? Noticeable but not overwhelming? Can you still taste the wheat?

Looking for a little direction/advice here. I have a wheat extract kit from NB and I want to change it up a little. My end goal is a watermelon style wheat. Is it enough to just add in watermelon into the secondary and how much should I add/how long? I'm very new to going off script for extract...

By WATTS do you mean the same stuff that has a warning on it because it can cause cancer and birth defects?

You know what, as idiotic as it sounds, I hadn't even considered this. I'm positive this is having an impact. How much of an impact, I'm not sure, but definitely an impact. I guess, after reading through some of these responses, that it really isn't a huge issue. I do fill for volume not OG when...

Hey everyone, I have been buying nearly all my extract kits from NB and have noticed a common theme, I rarely get the same OG as what they advertise on their site. Still being relatively new to this, I am wondering what might be contributing to that since I am basically doing it by the recipe...

Sorry for the delay, you're right, I didn't give a lot of detail. I had them printed at cafepress and had to do the design myself as they only had the standard marathon and half marathon versions as well as ones making fun of the people who buy those stickers. I have them on two different...