Recent content by GhengisT

Brewed this yesterday. Although my LHBS was out of S-04, went with WLP013 (WL London Ale). Brew day went perfectly, got down to pitching temp, pitched, cleaned up and took off for lunch. Came home to find one of the o-rings on my SS Brewbucket ball valve decided it had had enough (20-30...

Brewed a recipe of Denny Conn's about 5-6 weeks ago- Imperial Vanilla Bean Porter. Pitched a 2L starter and fermented in my SS Brewbucket at 66F for 1.5wk, then ramped it up to 72F for diacetyl rest for a few days. My FG was a couple points higher than expected- 1.020, but I figured it's a...

I stopped using DME for my starters now that I culture/save the yeast strains. On mash out, I collect about a liter or two of wort to boil seperately, since the full batch boil takes a lot longer. I have a jam-sized mason jar of the yeast I'll be using, and once the liter or two is cooled, I...

Hey guys, I finally started lagering. Picked up a home built temperature controller from Risendeadbrewing.com and it was working great until the probe got a little wet. I emailed the owner because I didn't know what the HHH code meant, he said it means the temp probe shorted. He didn't...

So I was attempting my first lager, yesterday. I bought a vial of WLP940 Mexican Lager Yeast, only catch was that it was past it's expiration date Oct 20 something 2013. It was the last one my LHBS had & the guy sold it to me for half price, told me to just make a starter which I always do...

That would be your mistake. Use a priming calculator (http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/) for each batch. Darker brews take longer to condition/carbonate than the lighter stuff. Perfect example, I brewed an Arrogant Bastard clone 2 wks before I brewed a Magic Hat #9 clone...

Or just add water.

I used the extract recipe in BYO for my 2nd attempt at brewing. Soaked the oak chips in Crown Royal overnight. It came out great. I did triple up a 1000ml yeast starter for safe measures. One of my favorite beers. I've moved into AG brewing & your recipe is looking good. I might just give it a...

I'm going to estimate 3 & 1/2 ft below the valve on my mash tun.. should be able to get the majority of it.

I'll probably sit the cooler on the counter while it drains into my brew kettle on the floor. You guys don't see any problem with the higher drain valve?

I'm building my first mash tun & manifold right now. I found a Igloo IceCube 60qt (http://www.igloocoolers.com/Coolers/Ice-Cube/60-Quart-Ice-Cube-Roller) for $25 at WallyWorld. I really like the form factor when loading it in/out of the coupe. My only complaint & I knew when buying it is that...

A bigger tv is in order. Looks great though!

Sam recently released a reserve collection. Their Thirteenth Hour is a Belgian-style stout and one of the best beers I've ever tasted. My roommate described it as the perfect beer. I'd like to brew this, but don't know how much grain & of each to balance. This is a list of ingredients from...

She looks good! That is an interesting car boy. I do think a lot of people over-emphasize the infection aspect. To some extent its good, always keeping a cleanliness attitude while brewing/handling, but beer has proven very resilient in my experience (especially big ones). I made some noob...

Brew day went well. We had a little trouble maintaining our steep temp of 154F. Highest we hit was 158 & lowest was 150, so we still got what we needed. Yeast starter was 70F when we poured it into the bottle bucket. We poured the 60 wort on top, measured our 5gal mark & then transferred to...