Recent content by golson3

Whenever I pull a sample from the mash for an iodine test, I always seem to get some grain particles in there, which gives me a false negative for full conversion. How do you all pull samples and test without having particles muddle your test?

It's part of the style. It uses lager yeast at ale temps like a steam beer.

Wasn't intentional, but all I can do to keep temps lowish is put the fermenter in the basement. My next addition after my keezer is going to be another chest freezer to use for lagering or better temp control in general.

That makes sense. First time I've used a lager yeast. Temp started at around 68 and dropped to around 64 over the course of two weeks.

I'm doing some research before I order my keezer components and have seen a few comments here and on reddit about Perlick 630SS faucets opening too easily, possibly attributed to heavy tap handles. I haven't seen many, just a couple. For those that use the 630, is this something you've run...

Just transferred my Kentucky Common to secondary. The second I opened the top of my BMB, I caught a strong whiff of sulfer and a faint smell of c. diff (for anybody in healthcare that knows what that smells like). Nothing funky on the top of the brew, nothing else out of the ordinary. Should...

I guess I can start charting boil off volumes with time of the year or ambient air temps to get an idea of what I'll be dealing with. Wind isn't usually a huge factor for me, since I'm protected on 3 sides in my garage. The swing in evaporation between winter and summer has been drastic (along...

I've been dealing with wild seasonal swings in humidity (MN is a desert in the winter, and GA jr in the summer) that I believe have resulted in huge swings in boil evaporation. Through the winter, this wasn't that big of a deal, as I was extract brewing. It wasn't ideal, but I could top off...

Been enjoying this beer quite a bit. Just take your time in letting it carb, since the relatively high ABV beats up the yeast and slows it down during bottle conditioning. I'll definitely be making this gain. This had far more body than any of my other beers made with extract and specialty...

I tried one a couple weeks ago and it was very under carb'd. There wasn't much body there, but that was to be expected since its an extract recipe. I'll probably try again this weekend.

Just took a gravity reading 10.20 (8.01% ABV). I've had it in secondary for a couple weeks and am debating whether I should bottle this weekend or bulk age it for another month. I'll take another gravity reading on Saturday and see if it moved at all. edit: Forgot to mention that I tasted the...

OK, just boiled it, scaled to 5 gallons. I did a 30 minute partial mash with the steeping grains, followed by a 90 minute boil. Starting with 7 gal, I just barely made the 5 gal target. OG was 1.081. I increased the hops by 1/2 oz because I don't like leftovers and spaced them out (1 oz for...

Gonna try this in a 5 gallon batch. Did you age any of this further? Anything else to add?

I guess I should clarify, I wasn't on vacation in Germany. There was a surprising variety of brews to be had in some establishments in Thailand.

Got a six pack of the hofbrau dunkel tonight and it was pretty good. I kinda feel like I'm getting screwed at $10 for a six pack, but it is what it is. Think I might make a trip to total wine and spirits soon in search of this Ayinger that comes so highly recommended. Thanks for the advice.