Recent content by Hops4life

Thanks guys. I think next time some worl flock will be in order. I use a copper chiller got down to temps reasonably fast. Maybe could have cold crashed colder would have done it but didn't really have ability other than using the beer fridge.

Ok so I brewed an all grain ESB style right after thanksgiving. I let it ferment about 2 weeks and had a stable FG for 3 days. After the 3rd day I moved the fermenter into my beer fridge which dropped it from 68 down to the low 50s. I THOUGHT this would make the beer crystal clear. After...

I guess my question more simply stated is that if I'm only off .0056 on my OG is that really a 20% efficiency problem? I'm wondering if part of it is due to mixing and not having a totally accurate reading. But I measured that after going from kettle to fermenter so it should have been well...

Yesterday I brewed my first "solo" All grain batch which was an ESB recipe I formulated based on other recipes I had found. I had 13# of grains. 10# of base 2 row. 2# 20L and a pound of 10L. I have beer smith and using 72% efficiency it said I should have OG of 1.06. I ended up with 1.0534...

So just to update here is what I ended up doing. $7 worth of CPVC.

So I'm not super handy but going to give this a shot. Out of curiosity how easy is it removing the vinyl hose?

Thanks guys! I figure I will call LHBS Friday see if he has any otherwise lowes is probably my best bet. I thought about getting some screen like was suggested and fasten it over the opening for the valve.

So primarily I have done all extract or partial boil batches up until sept when my FIL and I did an all grain heady topper clone (using cloned Conan yeast). He is an experienced brewer and after the batch was done he left me with an igloo cooler he had fit with a valve that we used as our mash...

Thanks for the feedback and info everyone. I plugged my recipe into beer smith last night and looks like for style it works "ok". The ibu are on the upper range and the Abv is too high but overall it seems ok. Think I am going to roll with it and see how she turns out. Can always adjust the...

Thanks for the link. I will check that out tonight as I tinker with the schedule

I I am going to play around with this tonight but I am planning to do a "simple" all grain ESB over the long weekend. I am wondering on the hop schedule. I am planning on using EKG & progress. 5 gallon recipe. My base profile is 5# ea 2 row and Maris otter 2 lb of 10L and a pound of 20L...

Relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew. Just be sure you know your steps ahead of time and are prepared as you go along for whatever is next. That said I doubt anyone on here will say they have ever had a batch that was perfect. I know I can't make that claim even on beers I thought turned out...

Everything seemed to go smoothly last night. No big mishaps that I was aware of. Color looks spot on and refractometer read my OG was pretty spot on. Sitting in the ice bath this am no real bubbles in the airlock but I can see the lid is bowed a bit so I know the yeasties seem to have gotten...

Just an update for anyone who is paying attention to this. Forgot to add I am using S-05 as my yeast. Looks like all is in line to brew later tonight.

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately for this batch I ordered from AHB do the grains are already mixed so the special b can't change. I am hoping the warrior counter balances a lot of the sweetness but only one way to find out!! I may increase the batch size a tad to give me a few extras to bottle...