Recent content by ericnem

Had an idea so I figured I would share my experience. When crash cooling with a better bottle, the beer shrinks significantly and will suck the liquid in your air lock / blow off tube back into the beer. I have an idea on how to combat this. Right before setting my chamber to crash cool, I...

SOLD I built a couple extra stir plates for the guys in the club and I have one left. It is the basic 24V fan with magnet attached setup installed in a radio shack project box. Comes complete with switch and potentiometer. Works best with the 1" stir bar (flask and stir bar not inlcuded)...

Yes, after boiling / cooling the water (to about room temp) I added the coffee grounds and then put in the refrigerator overnight.

Also, when I was doing research on this the one thing that seemed important was cold steeping. If you brew a batch in your coffee maker you will bring along more of the acidity and such which can leave off flavors. I did this with mine and was very happy but I know others have hot steeped too...

I recently did a 1.060 Sweet Stout (it doesn't really compare to your recipe but here is what I did) and added coffee to it by taking 1L of distilled water, boiling for 15 min, cooled, added 4 oz (by weight) of ground coffee in a sanitized container, stirred, covered, and put in fridge for 24...

Just a quick update. Midwest and MachineShopBrewing have been in contact with each other and it seems the wheels are in motion to rectify the situation by having the rollers replaced.

Wow, look at what a guy starts by merely taking his feeler gauges to the LHBS. I am the one who actually did the measuring. I also recently had a poor experience with my crush leading to a poor efficiency (about 20 percentage points lower than normal). Am I going to boycott Midwest? No. Am...

sounds great, sign me up

Hi all, Have used the site quite a bit lately for research and thought I would finally register. Have been brewing for about 3 years now and switched to all grain last year. In the last 2 months our club has brewed 10 five gallon batches (in 2 sessions, 4 in one day and 6 in another). I...