Recent content by HerrMunich

I've finally built up enough confidence (and equipment :cross:) to try brewing a lager, and a nice dark malty German lager sounded like it would fit the bill! Commercially, I've had: Celebrator, Optimator, and Salvator, and I've really enjoyed them all! These are all classified as...

Burton Union! Thank you very much sir :rockin:

I'm having a memory lapse! I remember reading about, and seeing pictures of a container with two holes drilled into it: one at the top to which you connect a blow-off tube, and another at the bottom which drains the collected blow-off liquid back into the fermenter. I know there is a name...

I'm on the verge of purchasing my first kegging setup, and would love to kick the tires of the beta site :) I am a front-end web developer, so I should be able to provide some pertinent feedback about the whole experience! The website URL would be much appreciated - cheers. Edit: I just...

Clearly a month has passed since July 4th....just making sure there aren't any 10% codes available before I make my first foray into kegging! Any word KegconnectionLLC? :D

This is an amazing build - great stuff sir! You have all the bases covered - pumps, immersion chiller, temperature control, shiny triclovers, etc :D I had a question about how you purge the trub before pitching, and how you extract the flocculated yeast. Is it as simple as...opening the valve...

Looking to dip my toes into the kegging pool myself as well! If a code still exists, I would appreciate it :mug:

It looks like normal yeast shenanigans to me too! I think hector was referring to the fact that the picture was out of focus - maybe you can mess with your phone so that it focuses at the right distance, and also make sure to keep it steady while taking the picture, and even sized down you...

Adorable kid, sir :) Where did you acquire the 55-gallon white plastic drums? Also, what is the chicken wire supposed to keep out - have you had issues in the past with something trying to nibble the vines? Finally, any reason you switched from natural fiber twine to what looks like yellow...

Just getting started with this awesome hobby! In need of some beer bottles (pretty much any type/size!) to put a forthcoming Hefe into :D In the Berkeley area, also Walnut Creek area often too! I would dumpster dive, but I have quite a bit of....trained competition, lol :drunk:

I'm in! :tank:

I accidentally left it out of the original post - started roughly 12 hours ago! 100% Apple Juice (from Whole Foods, iirc the 365 organic brand), I did sanitize all the things you mentioned (maybe not thoroughly enough, we'll see!), and there is a 3-piece airlock on it, outside of the photo...

First of all, this is my first post - thank you all for being awesome and opening my eyes to what I know will soon be an obsession! :) My question is simple - is this mold? I lifted the bottle up, and see similar "white circular growth" on the bottom as well; so I'm not sure if it's yeast...