I've not been brewing much lately. A few months ago I picked up an injury to my back so I haven't been brewing as much as I've been limiting my lifting to take it easy. So brewing is right out in my current setup. But I was musing about what brewing got me.
A few years ago the Restaurant my...
So I've been brewing up Nitro Cold brew. And I feel like maybe I'm too picky but I know from beer you don't want any residue at the bottom because it will get picked up by the liquid post. So when I brew my cold brew after straining the grounds I run my cold brew through a coffee filter to...
It is the check valves. I have the Duckbill style on this D coupler and it was giving me nothing. Supposedly they're supposed to have some give but it wasn't doing crap. Just to check I removed the check valve and it poured like a champ. I set up a different coupler and it uses the "abeco" style...
Hello everyone.
I'm setting up a brand new setup where I'm hooking up commercial kegs. And I cannot get anything to pour.
I have Sankey D couplers. Gas line I have a splitter on (next step is to try without a splitter) but they're 3/8 inch, same as my other kegerator. I was running a crazy...
So I have minimal experience brewing Cider. Given that I live in Northern New England I've been attempting to make Cider happen. It wasn't until my last batch that I realized the Cider I was buying contains Potassium Sorbate. Which explains why my 1 gallon batch worked fine but my 5 gallon...
A handful. I'm a minor electronic tinkerer. I work on fixing minor things and am really into screwing around with software. I also play guitar, though I admit that I haven't been as practiced in that discipline lately. But I go through fits then pick it up. Winter is coming and my desire to...
Fair enough. I'm a big fan of letting my beers rip. But I get what you're saying about controlling the temp. I don't think that's possible on my fast ferment given the size of it. I don't think I can buy something to temp contorl that other than what I'm doing which helps insulate more than...
Eventually I'm going to get an all electric system. We don't believe we'll be staying at our house for super long so my plan is to rough it for another year or so, if we aren't looking at moving out, then I'll make the jump. I generally don't drink enough to rip through beer, so brewing more...
My basement temp is pretty regular. There's some seasonal swings but it doesn't go too hot or too cold. Where I'm fermenting seems just about right as far as avoiding large swings.
I'm probably going to get some other means of controlling fermentation. But I'm not there yet. Mainly because I...
I live in Northern New Hampshire, throught the summer the high in my basement got to about 65. It generally sits in the 55-60 range as my furnace in the winter does a decent job keeping the basement semi-warm. My question for those who brew in colder climates. What larger scale methods of...