Recent content by fredbeard

When will you add the honey? I've read some places tend to add it at flame out, others at the 30 minute mark.

How long are you boiling?

So after reading a few of the Christmas Ale recipes I wanted to try one of mine. Basically it's Jamil's recipe but I'm replacing 3 pounds of British Pale with white wheat. After that I'm using my own spices. I'd really like to know what some of you think about the replacement. 16.5lbs...

I was there! Oh did that surprise the hell out of us. It's one of those confusing moments where you want to be pissed but you can't really because there isn't anyone or anything to blame. I think it was a fluke, nothing more. I've been using my carboys for 5 years and have never seen anything...

Very cool info, thank you. I didn't know if my growler would cut it or not and from looking above it may prove a bit messy lol. I suppose I could look into a 5l starter vessel too. It may save me some mess in the future. I had thought about making a 1L starter, letting it hit high krausen, then...

I'm brewing up two batches over the next two weeks. Both recipes call for the same yeast. If I doubled my normal starter would splitting it in half work in both batches? I make them with 3oz of dme in 1qt water and they normally come out to about 1.046. If I just doubled everything wouldn't it...

I had a Christmas Ale start out with 1.080 and last I checked it was sitting at 1.035 after 17 days at 66 degrees. I need to get it down to 1.010 so I warmed it up to 70-71. It still looked like it needed some help so a fellow HB suggested I add a drop of Beano. What does that do?

It's been 4 weeks since I started my Marzen. I had it sitting at around 50-55 degrees for about 3 1/2 weeks, then brought it up to around 65 for 3 days. It's been sitting in the frig now at around 38 degrees for a couple days. I checked the gravity and it's 1.032 the OG was 1.060. I was going to...

Most of the comments have eased my fears a little and thank you for all of the help. I may even have a solution. I found an old lid that fits perfectly in the bottom of the cooler. I was thinking about attaching it to the bottom of the FB to sort of complete the seal. Kind of like making a metal...

I just got a stainless steel false bottom for my homemade tun and in my opinion it's too small by about an inch on either side. My question is; should I go ahead and use it anyway? I've never owned one and don't know if this will work "well enough" or not. My fear is that it will slide around or...