Recent content by Gaditano

Just brewed the New World 24 hrs ago...temp has already climbed to 82 degrees and the blow out bottle had to be placed in another container lest I make a huge mess and short out my little space heater. I used 2 lbs of D-180 and 1 lb of D-90 other than that I kept the same recipe from saq...this...

Wow! Now that was a long informative thread. Thank you all for your contributions on making me a smarter brewer. I will try at least three of these variants over the next year. I will start with ordering the supplies for saq's New World with just a slight variation on the syrup (x2 D-180 and 1...

Zipties were my only remedy at the time since I did not have another blow off tube...that IPA blew its load all over the shower walls and ceiling...the Mrs. was nowhere as impressed as I was! :rockin:

From left to right "Black Scourge IPA", "Christmas Ale", and "Southern Tier's Pumpkin clone"

Just got mine yesterday and brewing my first batch in it tomorrow!! I thought it was a great deal compared to the Blichman. I think this will streamline my brewing process a bit... Stout Conical fermentor

Eagerly brewing this up tommorow. Thinking about adding about 6-8 oz of regular molasses to the boil at 15 min...didnt see any mention of molasses in this thread. Im also using warrior hops. I recently tried a Spartan Warrior Imperial Stout in Alaska recently that used blackstrap molasses and...