Recent content by HeyPaulie

Wow, that's some awesomely efficient chilling. Have a brand/model# by chance?

Aging in secondary and waiting to be kegged for cold weather consumption...

Still waiting for the recipe to go up on Stone's blog like they said they would during the hangout.

Yup! I call it the Blonde Experiment. The control (base recipe) is in the growlers. Top right has a quart of beet juice from freshly juiced beets along with some of the juice cooked down to a syrup. My wife and a few friends really liked Magic Hat Wacko and were sad they don't make it anymore...

That's the temp probe that goes through the fridge wall to a johnson controls temp controller. I've found the best way to keep everything at the temp I want is to tape the probe to the side of the container with bubble wrap on one side. Reads the temp great.

It's a little full :D

This is carbonating in the keg right now...

Thanks dude, and thanks for the good info on your site. It's been very helpful to a noob like me. That was the original idea but at the time of brewing I didn't have a temp controller, so I used WLP001 California Ale yeast instead of WLP810 the California Common yeast. Next time I will be able...

My 3rd brew, first label. Carbonating in keg, samples taste delicious!

Same here, I'm screwed if power goes out and sump pumps stop. Back up plan is to somehow use the auto siphon :) Coming down good now but wind isn't bad yet so that is good. I know :off: sorry.

haha, sweet. I was spending my time making sure everything was locked down and prepared for the worst. Hope you're all set and this just blows by everyone. cheers

been looking for a deal, thanks!

Of course! One broken item could ruin your brew or bottling day. I got a brix refractometer on ebay cheap in case the hydro breaks, I usually have 3 different thermometers in use because I don't trust them. :) And I have been bottling half a batch and kegging the rest, if the capper would ever...

Oh, I didn't know that! I'm fermenting blood orange hefe right now and it has an awesome banana aroma coming out. I do like the clove taste in my hefe's though so may need to try this one again at a lower temp. Thanks for the info.

I may have to give it a try, worried about temps going up and down a lot though. Absolutely! planned for batch #4, would have been #3 but I want the pumpkin to age a bit before the holidays