Recent content by grat5454

I made a pale ale brewed with US-05 a while back, and I kegged it. I put about 32 oz of the ale into a bottle to share and stored it at room temperature for about 12 hours prior to re-cooling and then serving it. When I served it, it had some distinctly floral notes that it did not have straight...

I was wondering if anyone had rigged up a way to keep track of how much beer a keg in a kegerator has in it. I'm envisioning something along the lines of a gas gauge for a car, only on my kegerator. Anyone know of a way to do this? Or have any thoughts on a starting point?

I used the volunteer welding supply. It was easy and only took two minutes. It cost $11.47 for a 5 pound tank.

I ordered my copper from this company, coppertubingsales.com , it seems to be a lot cheaper than most, My roommate wanted a wort chiller as well, so we split the cost, it ended up being $43 including shipping for 50 feet of copper tubing, so 21.50 for each chiller. I have already made the...

I am by no means an expert, but could you just boil some hops in a little water and add while trying not to oxygenate too much?

I brewed an IPA last friday, and it has now been in the primary for 8 days. I have not been doing a secondary. My question in this, there have been no bubbles coming through the airlock for a few days now, is there any reason to continue to keep it in the primary vs. bottling and allowing it to...

Just built one according to your plans, works great! I have 25' of copper left over, I think I'm just gonna make an immersion filter and sell it... Thanks for the plans, and thanks whoever gave the link to ICS

You could just get a mask(I think they sell them at drug stores, or you could even just use some fabric tied around your face). This would keep you from sneezing into things. Otherwise, we are always covered in bacteria, so I don't see how being sick would make a difference.