Recent content by grilljockey

You are a god, dude.:mug: I was thinking about growing a ghost pepper plant next year. I love the orange habaneros. I make a killer salsa with habs, garlic, lime juice, vinegar and salt. Is the bhut jolokia significantly hotter? I don't want to burn my buds so that I can't even taste the...

Cool...thanks much!!

I just bottled my second batch, which was dry hopped with pellets, not bagged. There still seemed to be a bit of hop material floating on the top after I racked into the bottling bucket. I tried to bottle without pulling any of that material in, but I'm not sure that I was fully successful...

Thanks Malkore. I agree, if it works and without the risk of off gassing or melting, its definitely the way to go. No new wheel.... And I'm not quite sure that my comment about how I'd 'worry a bit about' is the same as 'paranoia', but I get the picture.:mug:

As I indicated, I would only partially fill the bottles before freezing to account for the expansion. I've done this before for keeping wine must chilled for a cold soak and as long as you leave room for expansion it isn't an issue. Also, I wouldn't drop it in 200 degree wort...but wondering...

I've seen people mention using plastic bottle ice bombs to help cool down your wort in the absence of a wort chiller. I'd worry a bit about melting the plastic or having any off flavors gas out using this method. If instead you wanted to use some thick glassed wine bottles for example, which...

In an effort to move up to all grain before I make all of the requisite investments in equipment, I was thinking about starting with half batches (2.5 gallons). Smaller batches will allow me to get a 'full' boil going on my stove and using a BIAB technique I figure I will get a better mash with...

I brewed this for my first batch with the 1010. I can't offer a comparison or much depth of knowledge as a new brewer, but after only one week of carbing (just trying it to see how it was coming along), it really tasted very nice already. Hope you try it!