Recent content by HopHeadWeb

Thats a great idea! Probably work really well to pour the vorlauf onto not have to worry about disturbing the grain bed.

I guess it is possible that some might have burnt on the bottom of the kette, but I would only think that would happen if there was some more solid parts in the wort. Since this is an all grain batch and not an extract I would think the mixture would be pretty homogenous and that wouldn't be an...

I did do my Vorlauf (sp?). I think I did 4-5 quarts of Vorlauf on each sparge so I am pretty confident that i got most of the free radicals that made it through my braid from the grain. I have read that some people use Rice Hulls. I did not use these, should this be something I should be...

Tried my fist all grain yesturday. I am using the batch sparging technique. I dedcided to brew Edwort's Haus Pale Ale due to the fact that everyone seems to like it on the board and the cheap cost of ingrediants. I used the batch sparge method. I crafted my own Mash Tun using Flyguy's SS...

I am going to be running a dual regulator with two 2-way manifolds so I am just planning to run one tank outside of the fridge. From what you all are saying sounds like a 20#er should do the trick. I was hoping just to rent a tank from the local compressed gases company rather than buying...

Hey guys, I am in the middle of turning an old full size fridge into a kegerator. I am going to have 4 CO2 lines going to 4 cornies. I am going to have 2 serviing lines. It is my intention to have two kegs serving and 2 kegs carbing at a time and then rotate the kegs when one of my...

Sweet. Thanks guys, that answers all of my questions!

Hey all. I have a question about StarSan. This is the first time I have used this kind of sanitizer. I switched over from Idophore (sp.) because it won't stain stuff and I have heard alot of good things about it. I am getting ready to move my wort over to the secondary today and I have the...

Can someone please describe the "oxidized flavor" caused by HSA?

I am sure you are probably right. The metal of the brew pot alone probably would have crated a better heat transfer. The reason i didn't do this was a combo of a small kitchen sink, and I thought that the extra 2.5 gallons of H20 I was adding would reduce the temp more that it did. As far...

I just brewed my first batch today after being out of the hobby for about 3 years. Finally have a big enough place to brew! So today I brewed a Brewer's Best German Oktoberfest Kit (Partial Mash). My brewpot is only a 4 gallon so I had about 2.5 gallons of hot wart I needed to cool down. I...

You are quite the craftsman. That thing is awesome!

Lol. I have done this before too. The time I did it I was pulling the Bung out by grabbing onto the airlock. The airlock pulled out of the top of the bung and the seperation of the two somehow created a vacumm and sucked the bung into mah brew! I was ready to bottle so I went ahead and...

Hi everyone. I just joined the forum. I found out about you guys through you tube from members that posted videos. I thought the videos were very informative and figured the forums would be as well! I haven't brewed a batch of beer in about 3-4 years. I probably brewed 10-12 batches when...