Recent content by hexXedBrewing

sure thing. also, I think the homebrew club in the AV is called "beavr" but I'm not sure they are still active cuz I can't find their website.

I'm sure there are a few as there's a new LHBS called the bearded brewer opening up in Quartz Hill. It supposed to open today or some time very soon. Here's their #: (661) 418-6348

is there food grade oxygen we should be getting?

yup I'm all grain brewing now and it's much more cost effective now. although I do seem to happy hour a lot since there are too many good breweries to go to in San Diego.

Fat Cat

lolol! as good a way as any!

when you see the Beck's Sapphire Super Bowl commercial and want to buy it just for the bottle.

give it a good twirl and see if it bubbles up. you'll know full well if there's yeast activity then.

Star San is an acid, and will probably corrode the copper very slightly over time. and that corroded copper will mix into your wort. I feel safest just letting the chiller boil with the wort for the last 10 mins to get it sanitized.

As far as water is concerned I know a lot of commercial brewers use municipal water and all they do is carbon filter or reverse osmosis. I personally use my fridge's carbon filter to take out the heavy calciums and chlorine. It makes for perfect chemistry in my porter. No need to add salts or...

I can definitely see that warming up the yeast makes more sense from 68F start to 72F after a few days. I've always read to start the pitch around 75F and let it come down. Thanks for the advice!

I also used the white labs yeast nutrient at 10 min boil.

yea I know it's vagueI'm really sorry. It's just that it's been such a long running issue. So here's my last batch: All grain 15lb of pale malt 1lb of crystal 60 1lb of carafa II 149F perfect mash temp for 60mins in my cooler. did first runnings and then another test at 149F for 40 mins for my...

So I've made 9 batches so far, and just had my first all grain batch. For whatever reason, I'm getting low attenuation rates like around 65% to 70%. all using 2liter starters and white labs. I've even tried super San Diego yeast and I only got 71%. I've gotten 76% twice but they were both low...

this is what beer is all about! what a good friend you have.