Recent content by hopkid

I just did a Best Bitter for a wedding in 2 weeks but could have been done a little quicker. It went quick and had good reviews.

I have been doing all-grain for 3 years now and have pretty consistently over the past year or two have been getting around 68 % efficiency. I had tried several things to try an increase my number just by a little but no matter what it seemed to stay the same. What I have found, just in the...

I did a strawberry Berliner and put 6 lbs into 5 gallons. I never did freeze them but I did quarter them and as I put hem into the fermenter I squeezed them in my hands some. i did not make sure they were all crushed evenly and some did not get crushed much at all. I was surprised b how much the...

My fault for not being clear. Put the Biofine in the keg and transfer onto it and if you are force carbonating then shake like normal and throw it in the fridge after that. At that point let it sit for a few hours maybe a little longer and the beer should clear up pretty quick. If you are not...

I use Biofine quite regularly and have never racked the beer off of it. You may get some cloudy beers for the first few but then I have had very clear beers come from using the Biofine. Give it a good couple of hours after you transfer and get the keg into your fridge. Dirk

You may try freezing the fruit and also make sure you cold crash for a couple of days prior to racking on the fruit. Freezing the fruit should help get rid of any bugs on the fruit.

I couldn't find a hose clamp the other day when I transferred so I just used a zip tie and my bubbles were gone.

You can take a pot or pitcher and disconnect the line running into the whirlpool and empty into the pitcher. Then disconnect the line out of the kettle and hold it up to drain the rest of the liquid through the pump and into the pitcher. Dirk