Recent content by Huds

Hello, Just FYI if you want a 1 BBL mash tun you aren't going to get there with 20gal. 40-50 gallons will be appropriate for 1BBL batches depending on what max gravity you'd like to achieve. -huds

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please let me know. I’ll take ‘‘em as long as the price is copacetic

Are these still available?

I’m 1 hr south of San Jose.

I’ll trade you for my half barrel I have just about the same.

I brewed a spit batch of IPA a few months back. One carboy Chico yeast the other pacman. I dry hopped the Chico with galaxy and the pacman Idaho 7. They were racked to secondary carboy after primary. I dry hopped for 2 weeks then cold crashed for another week then racked to kegs, cleanly I...

Letting it ferment a bit higher could provide some nice easters. Otherwise what's the point of using a nice English yeast without some eastery goodness.

I just picked up a half barrel fermenter from SsBT. Funny how the progression of a homebrewer advances exponentional and so do the investments. With that said, outside of switching to all grain I firmly believe there is no better investment then a conical. If you can afford the upgrades to...

Don't forget the gypsum. I usually add around a tablespoon or so for ten gallons. Really accentuates hops. You won't regret getting the yeast starter equipment. I've never looked back. Cheers

I wouldn't waste too many of those nice hops early on the boil. I would also highly recommend making a starter or pitching two packs of yeast. Your gravity is pretty high. Might be a bit of a struggle for those yeasties.

I think your yeast wasn't very viable. Lag phase usually takes 24 hrs but it may take a few days for activity to occur. I would wait another day. If no activity is present then pitch with two packs of the yeast of your liking. If your sanitation practices are sound you shouldn't worry about...

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Did you cold crash after primary fermentation or secondary? What did you do from the end of the ferm to bottling. Any finings?

Okay, so i made the all grain Hefe yesterday. 4.5 gal strike water dough in @175 and temp was at 156 so i stirred to i hit 152 and tightened the lid. I sparged and collected about 3.25 gallons. I batch sparged with 185* water but it only hot me to 162~ oh well. total pre boil wort collected...